Hisdates•ComPage 7: Historical Events In April - 17
Monday, 30 June 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 Nolan Ryan strikes out his 3,500th batter on April - 17.
1983 Wayne Gretsky scores 7 points in a playoff game on April - 17.
1983 On April - 17 felix Pappalardi, rocker (Cream, Mountain), dies
1985 Ilona Bodden, writer, dies on this day in history.
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 April - 17 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 Soviet-US agreement allows Soviets to fight US pros on this day in history.
1989 Charles Lampkin, dies on this day in history.
1990 On this day in history ralph David Abernathy, US civil rights leader, dies
1991 On April - 17 dow Jones closes for first time over 3,000
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 this day in history.
1992 On April - 17 hank Penny, country music singer, dies at 73 of heart failure
1993 Turgut Ã-zal, president of Turkey (1989-93), dies at 65 on April - 17.
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 this day in history.
1997 On this day in history chaim Herzog, President of Israel (1983-93), dies at 78
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 On this day in history a suicide bombing by Islamic Jihad in Tel Aviv kills nine people and injures dozens.
2007 On this day in history 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 this day in history the St Cuthbert Gospel, Europe's oldest intact book, purchased by the British Library for 9 million pounds
2013 5 people are killed in Wana, Pakistan, by a United States drone attack on this day in history.
2014 Abdelaziz Bouteflika wins a fourth term as President of Algeria on April - 17.
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 this day in history.
2018 On April - 17 protests across India at the rape and murder of an 8-year old Muslim girl in Kathua, Bengalu
2019 Beyoncé releases a live album of her 2018 Coachella performance on the same day as her Netflix documentary "Homecoming" on this day in history.
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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