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What Happened on April 17th This Day in History

Year	Name
2021	The funeral of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, takes place at St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle.
2014	NASA's Kepler space telescope confirms the discovery of the first Earth-size planet in the habitable zone of another star.
2013	An explosion at a fertilizer plant in the city of West, Texas, kills 15 people and injures 160 others.
2006	A Palestinian suicide bomber detonates an explosive device in a Tel Aviv restaurant, killing 11 people and injuring 70.
1992	The Katina P is deliberately run aground off Maputo, Mozambique, and 60,000 tons of crude oil spill into the ocean.
1986	An alleged state of war lasting 335 years between the Netherlands and the Isles of Scilly declared peace bringing an end to any hypothetical war that may have been legally considered to exist.[3]
1982	Constitution Act, 1982 Patriation of the Canadian constitution in Ottawa by Proclamation of Elizabeth II, Queen of Canada.
1978	Mir Akbar Khyber is assassinated, provoking the Saur Revolution in Afghanistan.
1975	The Cambodian Civil War ends. The Khmer Rouge captures the capital Phnom Penh and Cambodian government forces surrender.
1971	The Provisional Government of Bangladesh is formed.
1970	Apollo program: The ill-fated Apollo 13 spacecraft returns to Earth safely.
1969	Sirhan Sirhan is convicted of assassinating Robert F. Kennedy.
1969	Communist Party of Czechoslovakia chairman Alexander Dubček is deposed.
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.
1951	The Peak District becomes the United Kingdom's first National Park.
1946	The last French troops are withdrawn from Syria.
1945	World War II: Montese, Italy, is liberated from Nazi forces.
1945	Historian Tran Trong Kim is appointed the Prime Minister of the Empire of Vietnam.
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.
1942	French prisoner of war General Henri Giraud escapes from his castle prison in Königstein Fortress.
1941	World War II: The invasion of Yugoslavia is completed when it signs an armistice with Germany and Italy.
1912	Russian troops open fire on striking goldfield workers in northeast Siberia, killing at least 150.
1907	The Ellis Island immigration center processes 11,747 people, more than on any other day.
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.
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.
1876	Catalpa rescue: The rescue of six Fenian prisoners from Fremantle Prison in Western Australia.
1869	Morelos is admitted as the 27th state of Mexico.
1864	American Civil War: The Battle of Plymouth begins: Confederate forces attack Plymouth, North Carolina.
1863	American Civil War: Grierson's Raid begins: Troops under Union Army Colonel Benjamin Grierson attack central Mississippi.
1861	The state of Virginia's secession convention votes to secede from the United States, later becoming the eighth state to join the Confederate States of America.
1797	Sir Ralph Abercromby attacks San Juan, Puerto Rico, in what would be one of the largest invasions of the Spanish territories in the Americas.
1797	Citizens of Verona begin an unsuccessful eight-day rebellion against the French occupying forces.
1524	Giovanni da Verrazzano reaches New York harbor.
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.
1492	Spain and Christopher Columbus sign the Capitulations of Santa Fe for his voyage to Asia to acquire spices.
1362	Kaunas Castle falls to the Teutonic Order after a month-long siege.
1349	The rule of the Bavand dynasty in Mazandaran is brought to an end by the murder of Hasan II.
1080	Harald III of Denmark dies and is succeeded by Canute IV, who would later be the first Dane to be canonized.

Famous People Born on April 17

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Year	Name
1939	Robert Miller, American art dealer (d. 2011)
1926	Gerry McNeil, Canadian ice hockey player and manager (d. 2004)
1878	Demetrios Petrokokkinos, Greek tennis player (d. 1942)
1683	Johann David Heinichen, German composer and theorist (d. 1729)
1973	Katrin Koov, Estonian architect
1967	Barnaby Joyce, Australian politician, 17th Deputy Prime Minister of Australia
1940	Billy Fury, English singer-songwriter (d. 1983)
1973	Theo Ratliff, American basketball player
1988	Takahiro Moriuchi, Japanese singer-songwriter
1882	Artur Schnabel, Polish pianist and composer (d. 1951)

Famous People Deaths On April 17

Here is a list of some famous peope who died on April 17. For full list please click on the link above.

Date	Name
1990	Ralph Abernathy, American minister and activist (b. 1936)
1711	Joseph I, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1678)
1988	Louise Nevelson, Ukrainian-American sculptor and educator (b. 1900)
2016	Chyna, American wrestler (b. 1969)
1997	Chaim Herzog, Israeli general, lawyer, and politician, 6th President of Israel (b. 1918)
1799	Richard Jupp, English surveyor and architect (b. 1728)
2012	Leila Berg, English journalist and author (b. 1917)
1321	Infanta Branca of Portugal, daughter of King Afonso III of Portugal (b. 1259)
1669	Antonio Bertali, Italian violinist and composer (b. 1605)
1948	Kantarō Suzuki, Japanese admiral and politician, 42nd Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1868)