April 17
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April 17th is the 107th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (108th in leap years). There are 258 days remaining.
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Events
- 1492 - Spain and Christopher Columbus sign a contract for him to sail to Asia to get spices
- 1521 - Martin Luther is excommunicated
- 1524 - Giovanni da Verrazano reaches New York harbor.
- 1861 - Virginia secedes from the Union
- 1865 - Mary Surratt is arrested as a conspirator in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln
- 1906 - San Francisco earthquake
- 1924 - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studios is formed
- 1941 - World War II: Yugoslavia surrenders to Germany
- 1961 - Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba begins.
- 1964 - Ford Motor Company unveils the Mustang car.
- 1964 - Jerrie Mock becomes the first woman to circumnavigate the world by air
- 1969 - Sirhan Sirhan is convicted of assassinating Robert F. Kennedy.
- 1969 - Czechoslovak Communist Party chairman Alexander Dubcek is deposed.
- 1970 - Apollo 13 spacecraft returns with all crew aboard and safe
- 1975 - Cambodia falls to the Khmer Rouge
- 1982 - Patriation of the Canadian constitution in Ottawa by Proclamation of Queen Elizabeth II, Queen of Canada
- 2002 - Four Canadian infantrymen are killed in Afghanistan by friendly fire from two U.S. F-16s
Births
- 1598 - Giovanni Riccioli, astronomer (+ 1671)
- 1837 - J.P. Morgan, financier, art collector, philanthropist (+ 1913)
- 1852 - Cap Anson, Baseball Hall of Famer (+ 1922)
- 1882 - Artur Schnabel, pianist (+ 1951)
- 1885 - Isak Dinesen, author (+ 1962)
- 1893 - Irene Castle, dancer (+ 1969)
- 1894 - Nikita Khrushchev, Soviet politician and Premier 1958-1964 (+ 1971)
- 1897 - Thornton Wilder, dramatist and narrator (+ 1975)
- 1915 - Joe Foss, soldier, politician (+ 2003)
- 1918 - William Holden, actor (+ 1981)
- 1923 - Lindsay Anderson, director (+ 1994)
- 1923 - Harry Reasoner, journalist (+ 1991)
- 1929 - James Last, band leader
- 1934 - Don Kirshner, television producer, composer
- 1940 - Anja Silja, soprano
- 1948 - Jan Hammer, composer
- 1951 - Olivia Hussey, actress
- 1954 - Blackbyrd McKnight, musician (P Funk)
- 1954 - Riccardo Patrese, racing driver
- 1957 - Nick Hornby, author
- 1961 - Boomer Esiason, American football player
- 1967 - Marquis Grissom, baseball player
- 1967 - Liz Phair, musician
- 1972 - Jennifer Garner, actress
Deaths
- 1761 - Thomas Bayes mathematician (* 1702)
- 1790 - Benjamin Franklin, politician, inventor, diplomat, printer (* 1706)
- 1843 - Samuel Morey, American inventor
- 1891 - Alexander Mackenzie, second Prime Minister of Canada (* 1822)
- 1942 - Jean Perrin physicist (* 1870)
- 1960 - Eddie Cochran, musician
- 1990 - Reverend Ralph Abernathy, civil rights activist
- 1998 - Linda McCartney, activist, musician
- 1999 - [[Se�or Wences]], Spanish ventriloquist
Holidays and observances
See Also:
April 16 - April 18 - March 17 - May 17 -- listing of all days
January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December
References
- Adapted from the Wikipedia article, "April 17" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/April_17 December 27, 2003
