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Events

69 - After the First Battle of Bedriacum, Vitellius becomes Roman Emperor.
1397 - Geoffrey Chaucer tells the Canterbury Tales for the first time at the court of Richard II of England. Chaucer scholars have also identified this date (in 1387) as when the book's pilgrimage to Canterbury starts.
1492 - Spain and Christopher Columbus sign a contract for him to sail to Asia to get spices.
1521 - Martin Luther speaks to the assembly at the Diet of Worms, refusing to recant his Lutheranism.
1524 - Giovanni da Verrazzano reaches New York City harbor.
1555 - After 18 months of siege, Siena surrenders to the Florence-Holy Roman Empire army. The Republic of Siena is incorporated into the Grand Duchy of Tuscany.
1797 - Sir Ralph Abercromby attacks San Juan, Puerto Rico in what would be one of the largest invasions to Spanish territories in America.
1861 - American Civil War: Virginia secedes from the United States.
1864 - American Civil War: Battle of Plymouth (1864) begins – Confederate States of America forces attack Plymouth, North Carolina.
1865 - Mary Surratt is arrested as a conspirator in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.
1895 - The Treaty of Shimonoseki between China and Japan is signed. This marks the end of the First Sino-Japanese War, and the defeated Qing Empire is forced to renounce its claims on Korea and to concede the southern portion of the Fengtien Political divisions of China, Taiwan and the Pescadores Islands to Japan.
1924 - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studios is formed from a merger of Metro Pictures, Goldwyn Pictures, and the Louis B. Mayer Company.
1941 - World War II: The Kingdom of Yugoslavia surrenders to Germany.
1942 - POW France General Henri Giraud escapes from his castle prison in Festung Königstein.
1945 - In Strassfurt, Germany, United States Lieutenant Colonel Boris T. Pash seizes half a ton of uranium, in an attempt to foil Soviet Union plans to build an atomic bomb.
1961 - Bay of Pigs Invasion: A group of CIA financed and trained Cuban refugees lands at the Bay of Pigs in Cuba with the aim of ousting Fidel Castro.
1961 - Manos Hadjidakis receives an Academy Award in the best music category, for his Song Never on Sunday from the film of the same name.
1964 - The Ford Motor Company unveils the Ford Mustang at the New York World's Fair.
1964 - Jerrie Mock becomes the first woman to circumnavigate the world by air.
1969 - Sirhan Sirhan is convicted of assassinating Robert F. Kennedy.
1969 - Czechoslovakia Communist Party chairman Alexander Dubček is deposed.
1970 - Apollo program: The ill-fated Apollo 13 spacecraft returns to Earth safely.
1971 - People's Republic of Bangladesh forms, under Sheikh Mujibur Rahman at Mujibnagor.
1973 - Federal Express delivers its first package.
1975 - Cambodian Civil War ends: The Khmer Rouge captures the capital Phnom Penh and Cambodian government forces surrender.
1982 - Patriation of the Canadian constitution in Ottawa by Proclamation of Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom, Queen of Canada.
1984 - Police Constable Yvonne Fletcher is killed by gunfire from the Libyan People's Bureau in London during a small demonstration outside the embassy. Ten others are wounded. The events lead to an 11-day siege of the building.
1986 - Treaty signed, ending Three Hundred and Thirty Five Years' War between the Netherlands and the Isles of Scilly.
1991 - The Dow Jones Industrial Average closes above 3,000 for the Closing milestones of the Dow Jones Industrial Average gaining 17.58 to 3,004.46.
2002 - Four Canadian Forces soldiers are killed in Afghanistan by friendly fire from two United States Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcons, the first deaths in a combat zone for Canada since the Korean War.

Births

1278 - Michael IX Palaeologus, co-ruling Eastern Roman Emperor (d. 1320)
1573 - Maximilian I, Elector of Bavaria (d. 1651)
1586 - John Ford (dramatist), English dramatist
1598 - Giovanni Riccioli, Italian astronomer (d. 1671)
1620 - Marguerite Bourgeoys, founder of the Congregation of Notre Dame (d. 1700)
1622 - Henry Vaughan, Welsh poet (d. 1695)
1710 - Henry Erskine, 10th Earl of Buchan, British Freemason (d. 1767)
1734 - Taksin, King of Thailand (d. 1782)
1741 - Samuel Chase, Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (d. 1811)
1750 - François de Neufchâteau, French statesman and intellectual figure (d. 1828)
1794 - Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius, German botanist (d. 1868)
1798 - Étienne Bobillier, French mathematician (d. 1840)
1816 - Thomas Hazlehurst (chapel builder), English Methodist chapel builder (d. 1876)
1833 - Jean-Baptiste Accolay, Belgian composer (d. 1900)
1837 - J.P. Morgan, American financier (d. 1913)
1842 - Maurice Rouvier, French statesman (d. 1911)
1849 - William R. Day, American diplomat and Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (d. 1923)
1863 - Augustus Edward Hough Love, English mathematician (d. 1940)
1863 - Constantine P. Cavafy, Greek poet (d. 1933)
1865 - Ursula Julia Ledochowska, Polish-Austrian Catholic saint (d. 1939)
1866 - Ernest Starling, British physiologist (d. 1927)
1882 - Artur Schnabel, Polish pianist (d. 1951)
1885 - Isak Dinesen, Danish author (d. 1962)
1890 - Art Acord, American actor and rodeo rider (d. 1931)
1894 - Nikita Khrushchev, Premier of the Soviet Union (d. 1971)
1896 - Señor Wences, Spanish ventriloquist (d. 1999)
1897 - Thornton Wilder, American dramatist (d. 1975)
1902 - Jaime Torres Bodet, Mexican politician (d. 1974)
1903 - Gregor Piatigorsky, Russian cellist (d. 1976)
1903 - Morgan Taylor, American athlete (d. 1975)
1906 - Sidney R. Garfield, American physician (d. 1984)
1909 - Alain Poher, French politician (d. 1996)
1914 - George Davis (art director), American art director (d. 1984)
1915 - Joe Foss, American soldier and politician (d. 2003)
1916 - Helenio Herrera, French footballer player and manager (d. 1997)
1917 - Bill Clements, American politician
1918 - William Holden (actor), American actor (d. 1981)
1919 - Gilles Lamontagne, French Canadian politician
1919 - Chavela Vargas, Costa Rican-Mexican singer
1923 - Lindsay Anderson, English film director (d. 1994)
1923 - Harry Reasoner, American journalist (d. 1991)
1923 - Solly Hemus, American baseball player
1926 - Gerry McNeil, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2004)
1928 - Cynthia Ozick, American writer
1929 - James Last, German band leader
1929 - Peggy McKercher, 11th Chancellor of the University of Saskatchewan)
1930 - Chris Barber, British jazz band leader
1934 - Don Kirshner, American composer
1935 - Theo Angelopoulos, Greek film director
1938 - Ben Barnes, American politician
1940 - Billy Fury, British singer (d. 1983)
1940 - John McCririck, English television horse racing pundit
1940 - Anja Silja, German soprano
1942 - David Bradley (actor), British actor
1944 - L. Scott Caldwell, American actress
1946 - Georges J.F. Kohler, German biologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. 1995)
1947 - Linda Martin, Irish singer
1948 - Jan Hammer, Czech composer
1950 - Bruce McNall, American former National Hockey League team owner
1951 - Olivia Hussey, Argentine-born actress
1951 - Börje Salming, Swedish ice hockey player
1952 - Željko Ražnatović, Serbian warlord (d. 2000)
1954 - Riccardo Patrese, Italian race car driver
1954 - Roderick Toombs, Canadian professional wrestler
1954 - Michael Sembello, American musician
1955 - Pete Shelley, British musician
1957 - Nick Hornby, English author
1957 - Africa Bambaataa (born Kevin Donovan), American DJ
1959 - Sean Bean, English actor
1961 - Boomer Esiason, American football player
1963 - Joel Murray, American actor
1964 - Maynard James Keenan, American singer (Tool (band) and A Perfect Circle)
1964 - Ken Daneyko, Canadian ice hockey player
1964 - Lela Rochon, American actress
1965 - William Mapother, American actor
1966 - John Kennedy (actor), Indian actor
1967 - Marquis Grissom, American baseball player
1967 - Kimberly Elise, American actress
1967 - Henry Ian Cusick, Peruvian-born Scottish actor
1967 - Liz Phair, American musician/songwriter
1970 - Redman (rapper), American rapper
1972 - Gary Bennett, American baseball player
1972 - Tony Boselli, American football player
1972 - Jennifer Garner, American actress
1972 - Muttiah Muralitharan, Sri Lankan cricketer
1972 - Ruffian (horse), American thoroughbred racehorse (d. 1975)
1972 - Terran Sandwith, Canadian ice hockey player
1972 - Claire Sweeney, English actress
1973 - Brett Maher, Australian basketballer
1974 - Victoria Beckham, English singer
1974 - Mikael Åkerfeldt, Swedish singer (Opeth)
1975 - Gabriel Soto, Mexican actor
1975 - Travis Roy, American hockey player
1977 - Chad Hedrick, American speed skater
1977 - Sizzla, Jamaican dancehall artist
1977 - Phil Jamieson, lead singer for alternative rock band Grinspoon
1978 - Lindsay Hartley, American actress
1978 - Jason White (rugby player), Scottish rugby player
1979 - Siddharth Narayan, Indian actor
1980 - Curtis Woodhouse, English footballer/boxer
1981 - Hanna Pakarinen, Finnish singer
1982 - Lee Jun Ki, South Korean actor and model
1982 - Brad Boyes, Canadian hockey player
1983 - Stanislav Chistov, Russian hockey player
1996 - Dee Dee Davis, American actress

Deaths

326 - Alexander of Alexandria, Patriarch of Alexandria
487 - Proclus, Greek philosopher (b. 412)
617 - Donn%C3%A1n of Eigg, Celtic Christian martyr, patron saint of Eigg
1080 - King Harald III of Denmark (b. 1041)
1427 - John IV, Duke of Brabant (b. 1403)
1539 - George, Duke of Saxony (b. 1471)
1574 - Joachim Camerarius, German classical scholar (b. 1500)
1680 - Kateri Tekakwitha, first American Indian to receive beatification (b. 1656)
1695 - Sor Juana, Mexican writer
1696 - Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sévigné, French writer (b. 1626)
1711 - Joseph I, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1678)
1713 - David Hollatz (dogmatician), Pomeranian dogmatician (b. 1648)
1742 - Arvid Horn, Swedish statesman (b. 1664)
1761 - Thomas Bayes, English mathematician
1764 - Johann Mattheson, German composer (b. 1681)
1790 - Benjamin Franklin, American inventor, diplomat, and printer (b. 1706)
1799 - Richard Jupp, English architect (b. 1728)
1843 - Samuel Morey, American inventor (b. 1762)
1873 - Fyodor Petrovich Tolstoy, Russian painter (b. 1783)
1882 - George Jennings Sanitary engineer (b. 1810)
1892 - Alexander Mackenzie, 2nd Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1822)
1902 - Francis of Spain, King Consort of Spain (b. 1822)
1930 - Alexander Golovin, Russian painter (b. 1863)
1936 - Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck, Dutch prime minister (b. 1873)
1937 - Yi Sang, Korean Poet (b. 1910)
1941 - Al Bowlly, British dance band vocalist (b. 1899)
1942 - Jean Perrin, French physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1870)
1944 - Jack Hearne (John Thomas Hearne), English cricketer (b. 1867)
1954 - Lucreţiu Pătrăşcanu, Romanian communist activist (b. 1900)
1960 - Eddie Cochran, American musician (b. 1938)
1967 - Red Allen, American jazz trumpeter (b. 1908)
1975 - Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, Indian philosopher (b. 1888)
1976 - Henrik Dam, Danish biochemist, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine laureate (b. 1895)
1977 - William Cardinal Conway, Northern Irish clergyman (b. 1913)
1984 - Claude Provost, French Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1933)

1987 - Cecil Harmsworth King, owner of Mirror Group Newspapers (b. 1901)
1988 - Louise Nevelson, American sculptor (b. 1900)
1990 - Ralph Abernathy, American civil rights activist (b. 1936)
1993 - Turgut Ozal, 8th president of Turkey (b. 1927)
1994 - Roger Wolcott Sperry, American neurobiologist, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine laureate (b. 1913)
1995 - Frank E. Resnik, American business executive (b. 1928)
1997 - Allan Francovich, American documentarian
1997 - Piet Hein (Denmark), Danish scientist and poet (b. 1905)
1998 - Linda McCartney, American-born wife of Paul McCartney (b. 1941)
2003 - Robert Atkins (nutritionist), American dietician (b. 1930)
2003 - Paul Getty, American-born philanthropist (b. 1932)
2003 - Earl King, American musician and songwriter (b. 1934)
2003 - Yiannis Latsis, Greek shipping tycoon (b. 1910)
2004 - Edmond Pidoux, Swiss writer (b. 1908)
2004 - Soundarya, Indian actress (b. 1971)
2007 - Kitty Carlisle Hart, American actress and television personality (b. 1910)

Holidays and observances

World Hemophilia Day
Liturgical Feast day of the following Catholic saints:

Pope Anicetus (died 166)

*Saint Gerwin of Oudenburg (d. 1117) *Saint Landricus *Saint Stephen Harding (d. 1134) *Blessed Radboud of Louvain (d.1142)

Simeon Barsabae and companions Holweck, F. G. A Biographical Dictionary of the Saints. St. Louis, MO: B. Herder Book Co. 1924.

References

External links

BBC: On This Day
On This Day in Canada

April 17 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
April 17 is the 107th day of the year (108th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 258 days remaining until the end of the year.

BBC ON THIS DAY | 17
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BBC ON THIS DAY | 17 | 1984: Libyan embassy shots kill policewoman
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