Hisdates•Com
HomePage 6: Historical Events In April - 17
Saturday, 07 February 2026
1961 Bay of Pig invasion The US try to start a people's revolution to overthrow Fidel Castro. They fail. 
1962 Louise Fazenda, dies of cerebral hemorrhage at 66.
1964 Ford Mustang formally introduced ($2368 base).
1964 Jerrie Mock is recorded as becoming inaugural woman to fly solo around the world
1964 "Cafe Crown" opens at Martin Beck Theater NYC for 3 performances.
1966 100th intl soccer meet between Netherlands-Belgium (3-1)
1967 Operation Linebacker II began in Mekong Delta
1967 Shortwave Radio NY Worldwide goes back on the air after a week off
1967 Surveyor 3 launched; soft lands on Moon, April 20.
1968 P Wild discovers asteroids #1773 Rumpelstilz, #1830 Pogson,
1968 "Fade Out-Fade In" closes at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC after 72 perfs.
1968 Margaret Seddon, dies at 95
1969 Czechoslovakia's Communist Party chairman Alexander Dubcek deposed
1969 Sirhan Sirhan is convicted of assassinating Sen Robert F Kennedy.
1969 The Band (formerly The Hawks), perform their inaugural concert
1969 Bernadette Devlin elected to British house of commons.
1970 Apollo 13 limps back safely, Beech-built oxygen tank no help.
1970 Paul McCartney's inaugural solo album "McCartney"
1970 The Apollo XIII mission makes it back to earth It was the mission which popularized the phrase "Houston, we have a problem" as an on-board explosion threatened to kill the spacemen... "Houston, we HAD a problem"
1970 Sergei U S Aleksi, patriarch of Russian-Orthodox church, dies at 92
1971 Egypt, Libya and Syria form federation (FAR).
1971 Roberto Lupi, composer, dies at 62
1972 1st Boston Women's Marathon won by Nina Kuscsik of NY in 3:10:26
1974 Bundy victim Susan Rancourt disappears from CWU, Ellensburg, WA
1974 Frank McGee, Today show host, dies of cancer at 52.
1975 Khmer Rouge captures Phnom Penh, Cambodia (Kampuchea Natl Day).
1975 The government of Cambodia surrends to the Khmer Rouge.
1976 Jean-Jacques Gailliard, Belgian painter, dies at 85
1977 E F Helin and S J Bus discovers asteroid #2135 Aristaeus.
1977 Marjorie Gateson, actress (One Man's Family), dies at 86.
1978 In this year, Bill Rodgers claims his 2nd Boston Marathon
1983 inaugural National Coin Week begins.
1983 In Warsaw, police route 1000 Solidarity supporters.
1983 India entered space age launching SLV-3 rocket.
« Previous Page | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Next Page »
