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Events on the 17th of April in history

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17 Apr 0858 Benedict III ends his reign as Catholic Pope
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17 Apr 1080 The King of Denmark, Harald III dies and is succeeded by Canute IV, who would later be the first Dane to be canonized.
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17 Apr 1349 Fall of the Bavand dynasty, and rise of the Afrasiyab dynasty.
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17 Apr 1397 Geoffrey Chaucer tells The Canterbury Tales for the first time at the court of Richard II. Chaucer scholars have also identified this date (in 1387) as the start of the book's pilgrimage to Canterbury.
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17 Apr 1421 Dikes at Dort Holland breaks, 100,000 drown
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17 Apr 1492 Spain and Christopher Columbus sign the Capitulations of Santa Fe for his voyage to Asia to acquire spices.
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17 Apr 1492 Christopher Columbus signs contract with Spain to find the Indies
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17 Apr 1521 Trial of Martin Luther over his teachings begins during the assembly of the Diet of Worms. Initially intimidated, he asks for time to reflect before answering and is given a stay of one day.
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17 Apr 1521 Martin Luther is excommunicated from the Roman Catholic Church
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17 Apr 1524 Giovanni da Verrazzano reaches New York harbor.
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17 Apr 1524 Giovanni Verrazano, a florentine navigator, discovers New York Bay
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17 Apr 1534 Sir Thomas More confined in London Tower
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17 Apr 1555 After 18 months of siege, Siena surrenders to the Florentine-Imperial army. The Republic of Siena is incorporated into the Grand Duchy of Tuscany.
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17 Apr 1555 Siena surrenders for Spanish troops
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17 Apr 1596 Arch duke Albrecht of Austria occupies Calais
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17 Apr 1629 1st commercial fishery established
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17 Apr 1704 1st successful US newspaper; published in Boston by John Campbell
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17 Apr 1711 Charles VI Habsburg becomes king of Austria
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17 Apr 1747 French troops occupy Zeeuws-Flanders, Netherlands
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17 Apr 1758 Francis Williams, 1st US black college graduate, publishes poems
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17 Apr 1793 Battle of Warsaw
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17 Apr 1797 Citizens of Verona, Italy, begin an eight-day rebellion against the French occupying forces, which will end unsuccessfully.
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17 Apr 1797 Sir Ralph Abercromby attacks San Juan, Puerto Rico, in what would be one of the largest invasions of the Spanish territories in America.
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17 Apr 1808 Bayonne Decree by Napoleon I of France orders seizure of US ships
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17 Apr 1817 1st US school for deaf (Hartford, Conn)
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17 Apr 1817 1st US school for the deaf founded by Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet and Laurent Clerc (American School for the Deaf-Hartford CT)
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17 Apr 1824 Russia abandons all North American claims south of 54
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17 Apr 1839 Guatemala forms republic
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17 Apr 1853 US Marine Hospital at Presidio (San Francisco) established
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17 Apr 1853 Thorbecke government resigns
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17 Apr 1861 Indianola TX-"Star of West" taken by Confederacy
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17 Apr 1861 The state of Virginia's secession convention votes to secede from the United States, becoming the 8th state to join the Confederate States of America.
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17 Apr 1861 Virginia become 8th state to secede
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17 Apr 1863 American Civil War: Grierson's Raid begins – troops under Union Army Colonel Benjamin Grierson attack central Mississippi.
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17 Apr 1863 Grierson's Raid La Grange TN to Baton Rouge LA
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17 Apr 1864 Battle of Plymouth, North Carolina
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17 Apr 1864 Bread revolt in Savannah, Georgia
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17 Apr 1864 American Civil War: The Battle of Plymouth begins – Confederate forces attack Plymouth, North Carolina.
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17 Apr 1864 Battle of Plymouth NC
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17 Apr 1864 Grant suspends prisoner-of-war exchanges
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17 Apr 1865 Mary Surratt is arrested as a conspirator in Lincoln's assassination
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17 Apr 1869 1st pro baseball games-Cincinnati Reds 24, Cincinnati amateurs 15
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17 Apr 1875 "Snooker" (variation of pool) invented by Sir Neville Chamberlain
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17 Apr 1892 1st Sunday NL baseball game, Reds beat Cards 5-1
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17 Apr 1892 1st Sunday National League baseball game, Cincinnati Reds beat St Louis Cardinals 5-1
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17 Apr 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 province, Taiwan and the Pescadores Islands to Japan.
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17 Apr 1895 Treaty of Shimonoseki signed, ends 1st Sino-Japanese War (1894-95)
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17 Apr 1897 The Aurora, Texas, UFO incident
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17 Apr 1900 7 high chiefs of American Samoa sign Instrument of Cession
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17 Apr 1905 The Supreme Court of the United States decides Lochner v. New York, which holds that the "right to free contract" is implicit in the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.
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17 Apr 1905 US Supreme court judges maximum work day unconstitutional
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17 Apr 1907 Ellis Island, New York - 11,745 immigrants arrive
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17 Apr 1907 The Ellis Island immigration center processes 11,747 people, more than on any other day.
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17 Apr 1907 11,745 immigrants arrive at Ellis Island NY
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17 Apr 1912 Russian troops open fire on striking goldfield workers in northeast Siberia, killing at least 150.
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17 Apr 1912 1st unofficial gold record (Al Jolson's "Ragging The Baby To Sleep")
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17 Apr 1920 American Professional Football Association forms (NFL)
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17 Apr 1923 Longest National League opening game, Phillies & Dodgers tie 5-5 in 14
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17 Apr 1924 Metro Pictures, Goldwyn Pictures & Louis B Mayer Company merged to form MGM
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17 Apr 1925 New York Yankee Babe Ruth has ulcer surgery
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17 Apr 1925 Paul Painlev
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17 Apr 1927 Japan's Wakarsoeki government falls/Baron Tanaka becomes premier
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17 Apr 1930 Abkhazian ASSR forms in Georgian SSR
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17 Apr 1930 Abkhazian ASSR established in Georgian SSR
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17 Apr 1932 Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia ends slavery
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17 Apr 1933 Chicago Bears win their 1st NFL Game beating New York Giants 23-21
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17 Apr 1934 The new Fenway Park opens, Washington Senators beat Red Sox 6-5
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17 Apr 1935 Provincial-National elections (Musserts NSB achieves 7.9%/44 chairs)
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17 Apr 1937 Daffy Duck's first appearance, in Porky's Duck Hunt.
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17 Apr 1937 Cartoon characters Daffy Duck, Elmer J Fudd & Petunia Pig, debut
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17 Apr 1939 Joe Louis KOs Jack Roper in 1 for heavyweight boxing title
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17 Apr 1939 Samuel Nathaniel Behrman's "No Time for Comedy", premieres in NYC
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17 Apr 1939 Stalin signs British-France-Russian anti-nazi pact
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17 Apr 1941 Office of Price Administration forms (handled rationing)
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17 Apr 1941 World War II: The Kingdom of Yugoslavia surrenders to Germany.
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17 Apr 1941 Office of Price Administration established (to handle rationing)
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17 Apr 1941 British troop land in Iraq/Yugoslavia; surrender to Nazi's
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17 Apr 1942 French prisoner of war General Henri Giraud escapes from his castle prison in Königstein Fortress.
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17 Apr 1942 12 Lancasters bombs MAN-factory in Augsburg
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17 Apr 1942 Operations begin to destroy Sobibor Concentration Camp
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17 Apr 1943 Admiral Yamamoto flies from Truk to Rabaul
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17 Apr 1943 SS-Lieutenant-General J
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17 Apr 1944 Forces of the Communist-controlled Greek People's Liberation Army attack the smaller National and Social Liberation resistance group, which surrenders. Its leader Dimitrios Psarros is murdered.
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17 Apr 1945 World War II: Brazilian forces liberate the town of Montese, Italy, from Nazi forces.
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17 Apr 1945 8th Air Force bombs Dresden
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17 Apr 1945 German occupiers flood Wieringermeer Netherlands
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17 Apr 1945 Mussolini flees from Sal
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17 Apr 1945 US troops lands in Mindanao
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17 Apr 1946 Syria obtains its independence from the French occupation.
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17 Apr 1946 Last French troops leave Syria (National Day)
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17 Apr 1946 Syria declares independence from French administration
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17 Apr 1947 Jackie Robinson bunts for his 1st major league hit
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17 Apr 1949 At midnight 26 Irish counties officially leave the British Commonwealth. A 21-gun salute on O'Connell Bridge, Dublin, ushers in the Republic of Ireland.
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17 Apr 1951 The Peak District becomes the United Kingdom's first National Park.
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17 Apr 1951 New York Yankee Mickey Mantle's 1st game, he goes 1 for 4
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17 Apr 1953 Mickey Mantle hits a 565' (172 meter) homerun in Washington DC's Griffith Stadium
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17 Apr 1955 Betty Jameson wins LPGA Babe Didrikson-Zaharias Golf Open
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17 Apr 1956 USSR's Cominform (Parliament) dissolves
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17 Apr 1956 Willie Mosconi sinks 150 consecutive balls in a billiard tournament
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17 Apr 1956 Bulgaria premier Tchervenkov resigns
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17 Apr 1956 Kominform disbands
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17 Apr 1956 Premium Savings Bonds introduced in Great Britain
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17 Apr 1958 Brussel's (Belgium) World Fair opens
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17 Apr 1960 American Samoa sets up a constitutional government
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17 Apr 1960 Cleveland Indians trade Rocky Colavito to Tigers for Harvey Kuenn
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17 Apr 1961 33rd Academy Awards - "Apartment, " Burt Lancaster and Liz Taylor win
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17 Apr 1961 Bay of Pigs Invasion: A group of Cuban exiles financed and trained by the CIA lands at the Bay of Pigs in Cuba with the aim of ousting Fidel Castro.
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17 Apr 1961 1,400 Cuban exiles land in Bay of Pigs attempt to overthrow Castro
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17 Apr 1964 "Cafe Crown" opens at Martin Beck Theater NYC for 3 performances
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17 Apr 1964 "High Spirits" opens at Alvin Theater NYC for 375 performances
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17 Apr 1964 Jerrie Mock becomes 1st woman to fly solo around the world
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17 Apr 1964 Ford Mustang is introduced to the North American market.
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17 Apr 1964 Jerrie Mock becomes the first woman to circumnavigate the world by air.
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17 Apr 1964 Ford Mustang formally introduced ($2368 base)
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17 Apr 1964 1st game at Shea Stadium, New York Mets lose to Pittsburgh Pirates, 4-3
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17 Apr 1966 100th international soccer meet between Netherlands-Belgium (3-1)
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17 Apr 1966 Carol Mann wins LPGA Raleigh Ladies Golf Invitational
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17 Apr 1967 Shortwave Radio New York Worldwide goes back on the air after a week off
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17 Apr 1967 Surveyor 3 launched; soft lands on Moon, April 20
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17 Apr 1968 "Fade Out-Fade In" closes at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC after 72 performances
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17 Apr 1968 A's 1st game in Oakland-Alameda Stadium, lose 4-1 to Baltimore Orioles
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17 Apr 1969 Communist Party of Czechoslovakia chairman Alexander Dubček is deposed.
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17 Apr 1969 Sirhan Sirhan is convicted of assassinating Robert F. Kennedy.
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17 Apr 1969 Czechoslovakia's Communist Party chairman Alexander Dubcek deposed
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17 Apr 1969 Montr
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17 Apr 1969 The Band (formerly The Hawks), perform their 1st concert
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17 Apr 1969 Bernadette Devlin elected to British House of Commons
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17 Apr 1970 Apollo program: The ill-fated Apollo 13 spacecraft returns to Earth safely.
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17 Apr 1970 Apollo 13 limps back safely, Beech-built oxygen tank no help
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17 Apr 1970 Paul McCartney's 1st solo album "McCartney" is released
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17 Apr 1971 The People's Republic of Bangladesh forms, under Sheikh Mujibur Rahman at Mujibnagor.
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17 Apr 1971 Egypt, Libya & Syria form federation (FAR)
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17 Apr 1971 People's Republic Bangladesh forms, under sheik Mujib ur-Rahman
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17 Apr 1972 Kiteman attempting to throw out 1st ball in Phillies' Veterans Stadium crashes into the centerfield seats
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17 Apr 1972 1st Boston Women's Marathon won by Nina Kuscsik of New York in 3:10:26
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17 Apr 1972 76th Boston Marathon won by Olavi Suomalainen of Finland in 2:15:39
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17 Apr 1972 Revised Dutch constitution proclaimed
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17 Apr 1973 George Lucas begins writing the treatment for The Star Wars.
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17 Apr 1973 2nd Boston Women's Marathon won by Jacqueline Hansen of CA in 3:05:59
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17 Apr 1973 77th Boston Marathon won by Jon Anderson of Oregon in 2:16:03
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17 Apr 1974 Bundy victim Susan Rancourt disappears from CWU, Ellensburg, Washington
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17 Apr 1974 Ted Bundy victim Susan Rancourt disappears from Central Washington State College, Ellensburg WA
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17 Apr 1974 Moslem fundamentalists assault military academy in Heliopolis Egypt
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17 Apr 1975 Penguins 6-Isles 4 - Quarterfinals - Penguins hold 3-0 lead
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17 Apr 1975 The Cambodian Civil War ends. The Khmer Rouge captures the capital Phnom Penh and Cambodian government forces surrender.
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17 Apr 1975 Khmer Rouge captures Phnom Penh, Cambodia (Kampuchea National Day)
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17 Apr 1975 Pittsburgh Penguins 6-New York Islanders 4-Quarterfinals-Penguins hold 3-0 lead
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17 Apr 1975 Phnom Penh fell to Communist insurgents, ending Cambodia's 5-year war
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17 Apr 1976 National League greatest comeback, trailing 12-1 the Phillies win 18-16 in 10, Mike Schmidt hits 4 consecutive homeruns
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17 Apr 1977 "I Love My Wife" opens at Barrymore Theater NYC for 864 performances
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17 Apr 1977 Christian-Democrats win Belgium parliamentary election
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17 Apr 1977 Sandra Palmer wins LPGA Women's International Golf Tournament
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17 Apr 1978 Pulitzer prize awarded to Carl Sagan for "Dragons of Eden"
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17 Apr 1978 Mir Akbar Khyber is assassinated, provoking a communist coup d'état in Afghanistan.
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17 Apr 1978 63,500,000 shares traded on New York stock exchange (record)
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17 Apr 1978 7th Boston Women's Marathon won by Gayle Barron of Georgia in 2:44:52
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17 Apr 1978 82nd Boston Marathon won by Bill Rodgers of Massachusetts in 2:10:13
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17 Apr 1979 Brian Clark's "Whose Life is it Anyway?", premieres in London
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17 Apr 1981 Isle Potvin's 3 playoff power-play goals tie NHL record vs Oilers
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17 Apr 1981 Ranger's Anders Hedberg is 2nd to score on a Stanley Cup penalty shot
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17 Apr 1982 Patriation of the Canadian constitution in Ottawa by Proclamation of Elizabeth II, Queen of Canada.
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17 Apr 1982 Canada adopts its constitution
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17 Apr 1982 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
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17 Apr 1983 1st National Coin Week begins
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17 Apr 1983 In Warsaw, police route 1,000 Solidarity supporters
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17 Apr 1983 India entered space age launching SLV-3 rocket
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17 Apr 1983 Islanders tie NHL record with 3 shorthanded playoff goals vs Rangers; Rangers 7-Islanders 6-Patrick Division Finals-Islanders hold 2-1 lead; Wayne Gretzky scores 7 goals
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17 Apr 1983 Nolan Ryan strikes out his 3,500th batter
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17 Apr 1983 Grete Waltz runs female world record marathon (2:25:29)
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17 Apr 1983 Lynn Adams wins LPGA Combanks Orlando Golf Classic
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17 Apr 1984 Police Constable Yvonne Fletcher is killed by gunfire from the Libyan People's Bureau (Embassy) in London during a small demonstration outside the embassy. Ten others are wounded. The events lead to an 11-day siege of the building.
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17 Apr 1984 Braves pitcher Pascual Perez suspended due to cocaine usage
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17 Apr 1984 Libyan embassy demonstration, 1 shot dead
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17 Apr 1986 Pulitzer prize awarded to Larry McMurtry for "Lonesome Dove"
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17 Apr 1986 Nezar Hindawi's attempt to detonate a bomb aboard an El Al flight from London to Tel Aviv is thwarted.
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17 Apr 1986 The Three Hundred and Thirty Five Years' War between the Netherlands and the Isles of Scilly ends.
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17 Apr 1986 IBM produces 1st megabit-chip
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17 Apr 1986 Netherlands & Scilly Islands sign peace treaty (war of 1651)
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17 Apr 1987 Julius Erving becomes the 3rd NBA player to score 30,000 points
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17 Apr 1987 Richard Wilbur appointed as US poet laureate
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17 Apr 1987 USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR
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17 Apr 1988 Ethiopian Belayneh Densimo runs world record marathon (2:06:50)
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17 Apr 1988 Nancy Lopez wins LPGA AI Star/Centinela Hospital Golf Classic
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17 Apr 1989 Maximum New York State unemployment benefits raised to $245 per week
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17 Apr 1989 Soviet-US agreement allows Soviets to fight US pros
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17 Apr 1989 18th Boston Women's Marath won by Ingrid Kristiansen of Norway in 2:24:33
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17 Apr 1989 93rd Boston Marathon won by Abebe Mekonen of Ethiopia in 2:09:06
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17 Apr 1989 Polish labor union granted legal status
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17 Apr 1990 Gas explodes on passenger train in Kumrahar India, 80 die
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17 Apr 1991 Railroad workers go on strike in the US
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17 Apr 1991 Dow Jones closes above 3,000 for 1st time (3,004.46)
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17 Apr 1993 Police officers found guilty of violating Rodney King's civil rights
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17 Apr 1993 STS-56 (Discovery) lands
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17 Apr 1994 "Little More Magic" closes at Belasco Theater NYC after 30 performances
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17 Apr 1994 "Twilight - Los Angeles 1992" opens at Cort Theater NYC for 72 performances
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17 Apr 1994 55th PGA Seniors Golf Championship Lee Trevino wins
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17 Apr 1994 Aruba government of Oduber falls
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17 Apr 1994 Jennie Garth weds Dan Clark
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17 Apr 1994 Val Skinner wins LPGA Atlanta Women's Golf Championship
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17 Apr 1995 24th Boston Women's Marathon won by Uta Pippig of Germany in 2:25:11
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17 Apr 1995 99th Boston Marathon won by Cosmas Ndeti of Kenya in 2:09:22
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17 Apr 1997 John Bell, 115, recieves new pacemaker
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17 Apr 1997 New Jersey Devil Martin Brodeur is 2nd NHL goalie to score in a playoff game
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