Hisdates•ComPage 7: Historical Events In April - 17
Thursday, 03 April 2025
1983 On this day in history india entered space age launching SLV-3 rocket 
1983 India launched its first satellite on April - 17.
1983 On April - 17 nolan Ryan strikes out his 3,500th batter
1983 Wayne Gretsky scores 7 points in a playoff game on this day in history.
1983 On this day in history felix Pappalardi, rocker (Cream, Mountain), dies
1985 Ilona Bodden, writer, dies on April - 17.
1986 On this day in history bessie Head, writer, dies
1987 On April - 17 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 On this day in history eva Novak, actress (Medicine Man), dies of pneumonia at 90
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 April - 17.
1990 Ralph David Abernathy, US civil rights leader, dies on April - 17.
1991 Dow Jones closes for first time over 3,000 on this day in history.
1991 Railroad workers go on strike in the US on this day in history.
1991 Jack Yellen, US poet (Sons o' Fun), dies at 97 on April - 17.
1992 Hank Penny, country music singer, dies at 73 of heart failure on this day in history.
1993 On April - 17 turgut Ã-zal, president of Turkey (1989-93), dies at 65
1994 On this day in history peter Hacker, US journalist/actor (NBC, Broadcast News), dies at 69
1995 On April - 17 a R A (Anton) Murray, cricketer (289 runs & 11 wkts in 10 Tests), dies
1996 Eva Jones, poet/novelist, dies at 82 on April - 17.
1997 Chaim Herzog, President of Israel (1983-93), dies at 78 on this day in history.
2005 On April - 17 twelve holidaymakers are killed in southern Switzerland when a bus carrying twenty seven people plunges 656 feet into a ravine.
2006 A suicide bombing by Islamic Jihad in Tel Aviv kills nine people and injures dozens on this day in history.
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 On this day in history the St Cuthbert Gospel, Europe's oldest intact book, purchased by the British Library for 9 million pounds
2013 On this day in history 5 people are killed in Wana, Pakistan, by a United States drone attack
2014 Abdelaziz Bouteflika wins a fourth term as President of Algeria on this day in history.
2017 On April - 17 1st living giant shipworm at 3 ft found in the Philippines, really a type of clam
2018 Former F.B.I. director James Comey publishes his political autobiography “A Higher Loyalty: Truth, Lies, and Leadership†on this day in history.
2018 Protests across India at the rape and murder of an 8-year old Muslim girl in Kathua, Bengalu on April - 17.
2019 Beyoncé releases a live album of her 2018 Coachella performance on the same day as her Netflix documentary "Homecoming" on April - 17.
2019 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 on April - 17.
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