Historical Events In April - 17
Saturday, 07 September 2024
1983 India entered space age launching SLV-3 rocket on April - 17.
1983 India launched its first satellite on April - 17.
1983 Nolan Ryan strikes out his 3,500th batter on this day in history.
1983 Wayne Gretsky scores 7 points in a playoff game on April - 17.
1983 On April - 17 felix Pappalardi, rocker (Cream, Mountain), dies
1985 On this day in history ilona Bodden, writer, dies
1986 On this day in history bessie Head, writer, dies
1987 On this day in history julius Erving becomes the 3rd NBA player to score 30,000 points
1987 On this day in history carlton Barrett, Jamaican reggae drummer (No woman no cry), dies at 36
1988 Eva Novak, actress (Medicine Man), dies of pneumonia at 90 on April - 17.
1989 On April - 17 maximum NY State unemployment benefits raised to $245 per week
1989 On April - 17 soviet-US agreement allows Soviets to fight US pros
1989 Charles Lampkin, dies on this day in history.
1990 On this day in history ralph David Abernathy, US civil rights leader, dies
1991 Dow Jones closes for first time over 3,000 on April - 17.
1991 On this day in history railroad workers go on strike in the US
1991 On this day in history jack Yellen, US poet (Sons o' Fun), dies at 97
1992 Hank Penny, country music singer, dies at 73 of heart failure on this day in history.
1993 On this day in history turgut Ã-zal, president of Turkey (1989-93), dies at 65
1994 On April - 17 peter Hacker, US journalist/actor (NBC, Broadcast News), dies at 69
1995 A R A (Anton) Murray, cricketer (289 runs & 11 wkts in 10 Tests), dies on this day in history.
1996 Eva Jones, poet/novelist, dies at 82 on this day in history.
1997 On this day in history chaim Herzog, President of Israel (1983-93), dies at 78
2005 Twelve holidaymakers are killed in southern Switzerland when a bus carrying twenty seven people plunges 656 feet into a ravine on this day in history.
2006 A suicide bombing by Islamic Jihad in Tel Aviv kills nine people and injures dozens on April - 17.
2007 The Pound Sterling hits a 15-year high against the US dollar, breaking through the US$2 level for the first time since 1992 on this day in history.
2012 The St Cuthbert Gospel, Europe's oldest intact book, purchased by the British Library for 9 million pounds on April - 17.
2013 5 people are killed in Wana, Pakistan, by a United States drone attack on this day in history.
2014 On this day in history abdelaziz Bouteflika wins a fourth term as President of Algeria
2017 1st living giant shipworm at 3 ft found in the Philippines, really a type of clam on April - 17.
2018 Former F.B.I. director James Comey publishes his political autobiography “A Higher Loyalty: Truth, Lies, and Leadership†on April - 17.
2018 Protests across India at the rape and murder of an 8-year old Muslim girl in Kathua, Bengalu on this day in history.
2019 Beyoncé releases a live album of her 2018 Coachella performance on the same day as her Netflix documentary "Homecoming" on April - 17.
2019 On April - 17 the 2019 Indonesian general election takes place; for the President, 575 seats in the People's Representative Council, and 136 seats in the Regional Representative Council.
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