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Birthday April 17, 1837 J.P. Morgan, financed the US. |
Birthday April 17, 1885 Isak Dinesen is born |
Birthday April 17, 1897 Thornton Wilder, American novelist |
History April 17, 1524 New York Harbor discovered by Giovanni Verrazano. |
History April 17, 1783 Colbert launches raid on Fort Carlos, Arkansas |
History April 17, 1790 Benjamin Franklin dies |
History April 17, 1815 Volcanic eruption kills 80,000 |
History April 17, 1853 US Marine Hospital at the Presidio established. |
History April 17, 1864 Battle of Plymouth, North Carolina, begins |
History April 17, 1882 Life of Billy the Kid arrives at Library of Congress |
History April 17, 1895 Treaty of Shimonoseki signed - ends 1st Sino-Japanese War (1894-95). |
History April 17, 1917 Second Battle of Gaza |
History April 17, 1936 A single horsehair uncovers a murderer |
History April 17, 1941 The Yugoslav army surrenders |
History April 17, 1941 Office of Price Administration established (handled rationing) |
History April 17, 1941 Yugoslavia surrenders |
History April 17, 1942 General Henri Giraud makes his great escape |
History April 17, 1945 Americans seize 1,100 tons of uranium |
History April 17, 1960 Eddie Cochran dies, and Gene Vincent is injured, in a UK car accident |
History April 17, 1961 Bay of Pigs - invasion. |
History April 17, 1961 JFK waits for word on the Bay of Pigs invasion |
History April 17, 1961 The Bay of Pigs invasion begins |
History April 17, 1964 Ford Mustang debuts at World's Fair |
History April 17, 1969 Architect of Czechoslovakia's Prague Spring resigns |
History April 17, 1972 First antiwar protest of the year is conducted |
History April 17, 1975 Cambodia falls to the Khmer Rouge |
History April 17, 1976 Mike Schmidt hits four consecutive homers |
History April 17, 2002 General Hospital airs 10,000th episode |
History April 17, 2014 Gabriel Garcia Marquez dies at age 87 |