April 17

Learn the most interesting events and historical facts that happened throughout history on April 17. From 1900 until now. April 17 is under the sign of Aries. Famous birthdays on this day include Nikita Khrushchev (1894), Victoria Beckham (1974) and Jennifer Garner (1972). Several movies were released around April 17 over the years, such as Shoeshine in 1946 directed by Vittorio De Sica and Serpico in 1976 directed by Sidney Lumet.
But much more happened on April 17 over the years: find out below

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Holidays

Pope Anicetus (died 166)
Saint Gerwin of Oudenburg (d. 1117)
Saint Landricus
Blessed Radboud of Louvain (d.1142)
Saint Stephen Harding (d. 1134)
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Events

2019 Russian military intervention in Ukraine: The Security Service of Ukraine claims to have captured a Russian military intelligence hit squad responsible for the attempted murder of a Ukrainian military spy in the run-up to a presidential election on 21 April. (Daily Express)
2018 Syrian Civil War: American-led intervention in the Syrian Civil War: U.S. President Donald Trump and his administration are considering replacing the U.S. military forces in Syria with a regional Arab force. (Haaretz)
2017 American pipeline operator Williams Partners has agreed to sell an olefins plant in Louisiana to Canadian chemical company Nova Chemicals for $2.1 billion. (Reuters)
2016 War in Afghanistan (2001–present): Heavy fighting continues in the north of Afghanistan as Taliban fighters intensify their attacks in several districts around Kunduz in their bid to retake the city. According to a police chief, militants overnight attacked several police checkpoints in the southwest outskirts of the city while government forces repelled a major attack to the east of Kunduz. (Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty)
2015 Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad says that the "most dangerous" leaders of ISIS are Scandinavians. (The Local)
2014 The Pakistani Taliban announces that it will not extend a ceasefire with the Pakistani government. (CNN)
2013 War in North-West Pakistan:: A United States drone attack kills at least five people in the Pakistani city of Wana, located in the South Waziristan Agency. (The Nation)
2012 South Sudan–Sudan border conflict:
2011 At least four people are shot dead by security forces during anti-government protests in Syria. (CBC) (AFP via Channel News Asia)
2010 The ampquotNuclear Energy for All, Nuclear Weapons for No Oneampquot disarmament conference opens in response to President of the United States Barack Obama's conference in Washington, D.C. (ABC News)
2009 An airplane crash kills 11 people in Papua, Indonesia. (UPI)
2008 At the Central States Numismatic Society convention, in Rosemont, Illinois, Heritage Auction Galleries hosts the US Coin Signature Auction.
2007 Student Cho Seung-hui kills 32 people plus himself at the premises of Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in Blacksburg, Virginia, USA.
2006 Sami Hammad, a Palestinian suicide bomber, detonates an explosive device in Tel Aviv, killing 11 people and injuring 70.
2005 Over one hundred thousand people throughout Indonesia have taken part in anti-Israeli and anti-American protests. The protest was organised by the Prosperous Justice Party in order to show Muslim unity regarding the Al Aqsa Mosque. (Herald Sun), (Guardian), (Jerusalem Post)
2004 His Holiness the Fourteenth Dalai Lama begins a visit to Canada. (Toronto Star)
2003 2003 invasion of Iraq
2002 Four Canadian infantrymen are killed in Afghanistan by friendly fire from 2 US F-16s.
1997 New Jersey Devils' goalie Martin Brodeur is second NHL goalie to score in a playoff game.
1995 99th Boston Marathon won by Cosmas Ndeti of Kenya in 2:09:22.
1994 Little More Magic closes at Belasco Theater NYC after 30 performances
1993 Police officers found guilty of violating Rodney Kings civil rights
1991 Railroad workers go on strike in the US.
1990 Reverend Ralph David Abernathy, American civil rights activist, dies at 64 (born 1926).
1989 Maximum New York State unemployment benefits raised to $245 per week
1988 Nancy Lopez wins LPGA AI Star / Centinela Hospital Golf Classic
1987 Richard Wilbur appointed as US poet laureate.
1986 Pulitzer prize awarded to Larry McMurtry for Lonesome Dove
1984 Libyan embassy demonstration, 1 shot dead
1983 In Warsaw, Poland, police route 1,000 Solidarity supporters.
1982 Canada adopts its constitution
1979 Schoolchildren in the Central African Empire are arrested (and around 100 killed) for protesting against compulsory school uniforms. An African judicial commission later determines that Emperor Jean-Bédel Bokassa quotalmost certainlyquot took part in the massacre.
1978 Pulitzer prize awarded to Carl Sagan for Dragons of Eden
1977 I Love My Wife opens at Barrymore Theater NYC for 864 performances
1976 NL greatest comeback, trailing 12-1 Phils win 18-16 in 10, Mike Schmidt hits 4 consecutive HRs
1975 Khmer Rouge captures Phnom Penh, Cambodia (Kampuchea National Day)
1974 Bundy victim Susan Rancourt disappears from CWU, Ellensburg, Washington
1973 77th Boston Marathon won by Jon Anderson of Oregon in 2:16:03.
1972 76th Boston Marathon won by Olavi Suomalainen of Finland in 2:15:39.
1971 Egypt, Libya and Syria form federation (Federation of Arab Republics).
1970 Apollo 13 limps back safely, Beech-built oxygen tank no help
1969 Bernadette Devlin elected to British House of Commons.
1968 Fade Out-Fade In closes at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC after 72 performances
1967 Shortwave Radio New York Worldwide goes back on the air after a week off
1966 Carol Mann wins LPGA Raleigh Ladies Golf Invitational.
1965 The first SDS march against the Vietnam War draws 25,000 protestors to Washington, DC.
1964 Cafe Crown opens at Martin Beck Theater NYC for 3 performances
1961 33rd Academy Awards - Apartment, Burt Lancaster and Elizabeth Taylor win.
1960 American Samoa sets up a constitutional government.
1957 Suspected serial killer John Bodkin Adams is found not guilty of murder at the Old Bailey.
1956 Kominform disbands
1955 Betty Jameson wins LPGA Babe Didrikson-Zaharias Golf Open.
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.
1947 Jackie Robinson bunts for his first major league hit.
1946 Syria declares independence from French administration
1945 German occupiers flood Wieringermeer, Netherlands.
1943 Admiral Yamamoto flies from Truk to Rabaul
1942 Operations begin to destroy Sobibor Concentration Camp.
1941 British troop land in Iraq / Yugoslavia; surrender to Nazis
1939 Joe Louis knocks out Jack Roper in one for heavyweight boxing title.
1937 Cartoon characters Daffy Duck, Elmer J Fudd and Petunia Pig debut.
1935 Provincial-National elections (Musserts NSB achieves 7.9% / 44 chairs)
1933 Chicago Bears win their first NFL game beating New York Giants 23-21.
1932 Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia ends slavery.
1930 Abkhazian ASSR established in Georgian SSR.
1925 New York Yankee Babe Ruth has ulcer surgery
1924 Metro Pictures, Goldwyn Pictures and Louis B Mayer Co merged to form MGM
1923 Longest NL opening game, Phillies and Dodgers tie 5-5 in 14
1920 American Professional Football Association forms (NFL).
1912 Russian troops open fire on striking goldfield workers in northeast Siberia, killing at least 150.
1907 Ellis Island, New York - 11,745 immigrants arrive
1905 US Supreme court judges maximum work day unconstitutional.
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