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Thursday, 04 December 2025
1983 On April - 17 india entered space age launching SLV-3 rocket 
1983 On this day in history india launched its first satellite
1983 On April - 17 nolan Ryan strikes out his 3,500th batter
1983 On this day in history wayne Gretsky scores 7 points in a playoff game
1983 On April - 17 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 Carlton Barrett, Jamaican reggae drummer (No woman no cry), dies at 36 on April - 17.
1988 On this day in history eva Novak, actress (Medicine Man), dies of pneumonia at 90
1989 Maximum NY State unemployment benefits raised to $245 per week on April - 17.
1989 On this day in history soviet-US agreement allows Soviets to fight US pros
1989 Charles Lampkin, dies on this day in history.
1990 On April - 17 ralph David Abernathy, US civil rights leader, dies
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 April - 17.
1991 Jack Yellen, US poet (Sons o' Fun), dies at 97 on this day in history.
1992 Hank Penny, country music singer, dies at 73 of heart failure on this day in history.
1993 Turgut Ã-zal, president of Turkey (1989-93), dies at 65 on this day in history.
1994 On April - 17 peter Hacker, US journalist/actor (NBC, Broadcast News), dies at 69
1995 A R A (Anton) Murray, cricketer (289 runs & 11 wkts in 10 Tests), dies on April - 17.
1996 Eva Jones, poet/novelist, dies at 82 on this day in history.
1997 On April - 17 chaim Herzog, President of Israel (1983-93), dies at 78
2005 Twelve holidaymakers are killed in southern Switzerland when a bus carrying twenty seven people plunges 656 feet into a ravine on April - 17.
2006 A suicide bombing by Islamic Jihad in Tel Aviv kills nine people and injures dozens on April - 17.
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 April - 17 the St Cuthbert Gospel, Europe's oldest intact book, purchased by the British Library for 9 million pounds
2013 On April - 17 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 1st living giant shipworm at 3 ft found in the Philippines, really a type of clam on this day in history.
2018 Former F.B.I. director James Comey publishes his political autobiography “A Higher Loyalty: Truth, Lies, and Leadership†on April - 17.
2018 On this day in history 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 April - 17.
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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