please enjoy your travel through time on the 17th day of April, with interesting events, births & deaths on this day in history
17th April History Timeline
1700s / the 18th century on the 17th of April
1706 : Benjamin Franklin the American inventor, publisher, and politician was born in Boston, Massachusetts Bay, British America.
1900s / the 20th century on the 17th of April
1951 : The Peak District became the first National Park in the United Kingdom.
1954 : Roddy Piper the Canadian professional wrestler was born Roderick George Toombs in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada (died in 2015 aged 61).
1954 : Michael Sembello the American musician was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
1955 : Pete Shelley the English musician and founder of the Buzzcocks was born Peter Campbell McNeishin in Leigh, Lancashire, England (died in 2018 aged 63). Buzzcocks official website : Buzzcocks.com
1961 : The Bay of Pigs invasion began when a group of Cuban exiles financed and trained by the CIA landed in Cuba to remove Fidel Castro.
1960 : Eddie Cochran American musician died aged 21, after a road accident on the previous day (born Ray Edward Cochran in 1938).
1964 : Ford Mustang convertible was introduced to the world on the 17th April.
1967 : Barnaby Joyce the 17th Deputy Prime Minister of Australia was born in Tamworth, New South Wales, Australia.
1969 : Sirhan Sirhan was convicted of assassinating Robert F. Kennedy.
1970 : Apollo 13 spacecraft returned safely to Earth, after the landing on the Moon was aborted, due to the failure of an oxygen tank in the service module.
1972 : Jennifer Garner the American actress was born in Houston, Texas, USA.
1998 : Linda McCartney the American photographer, musician, and animal rights activist died from breast cancer, aged 56 (born in 1941). She was the first wife of Paul McCartney from the Beatles.
2000s / the 20th century on the 17th of April
2003 : John Paul Getty, Jr., the American-English philanthropist died with $6 billion, aged 70 (born in 1932). He was the founder of the Getty Oil Company, the richest living American (Fortune magazine 1957), the world’s richest private citizen (1966 Guinness Book of Records) worth an estimated $1.2 billion ($7.4 billion in 2019), worth over $6 billion when he died ($21 billion in 2019), and the 67th richest American who ever lived (1966).
2014 : NASA’s Kepler space telescope confirmed the discovery of the first planet with a similar radius to Earth, in a habitable zone of another star.
2020 : TOP NEWS stories on Thursday 17th April by Associated Press : Trump gave governors a road map for recovering from Covid-19, Germany said the Covid-19 virus outbreak was now manageable, Singapore sees a second record day of new coronavirus cases, pro cyclist helped his community in Italy…
2021 : The funeral of Prince Philip at St George’s Chapel, Windsor Castle, London, England. He was interred in the Royal Vault inside St George’s.
Today in History for April 17th by Associated Press
Video features : Cuban exiles invade Bay of Pigs, 3 astronauts of Apollo 13 landed safely in the Pacific Ocean, Benjamin Franklin died at the age of 84, JP Morgan was born in Connecticut, and Ford rolled out the Mustang convertible car…
We hope you enjoyed your travel through time on the 17th day of April
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This page was last updated on the 17th April 2021
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