Historical Events In April - 17
Friday, 29 March 2024
1983 India entered space age launching SLV-3 rocket on April - 17.
1983 On this day in history india launched its first satellite
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 this day in history.
1983 Felix Pappalardi, rocker (Cream, Mountain), dies on April - 17.
1985 Ilona Bodden, writer, dies on April - 17.
1986 Bessie Head, writer, dies on April - 17.
1987 Julius Erving becomes the 3rd NBA player to score 30,000 points on this day in history.
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 this day in history maximum NY State unemployment benefits raised to $245 per week
1989 On this day in history soviet-US agreement allows Soviets to fight US pros
1989 Charles Lampkin, dies on April - 17.
1990 On April - 17 ralph David Abernathy, US civil rights leader, dies
1991 On this day in history dow Jones closes for first time over 3,000
1991 On April - 17 railroad workers go on strike in the US
1991 Jack Yellen, US poet (Sons o' Fun), dies at 97 on April - 17.
1992 On this day in history hank Penny, country music singer, dies at 73 of heart failure
1993 On April - 17 turgut Ã-zal, president of Turkey (1989-93), dies at 65
1994 Peter Hacker, US journalist/actor (NBC, Broadcast News), dies at 69 on this day in history.
1995 On this day in history 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 On April - 17 chaim Herzog, President of Israel (1983-93), dies at 78
2005 On this day in history 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 On April - 17 the Pound Sterling hits a 15-year high against the US dollar, breaking through the US$2 level for the first time since 1992.
2012 On April - 17 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 On April - 17 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 April - 17.
2019 On this day in history beyoncé releases a live album of her 2018 Coachella performance on the same day as her Netflix documentary "Homecoming"
2019 On this day in history 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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