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Friday, April 17, 2009

The Fifth Summit of the Americas begins in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. //www.barbadosadvocate.com/newsitem.asp?more=businessNewsID=3064 ("Barbados Advocate")
Thirty-four heads of state and government meet in Port of Spain, Trinidad for the 5th Summit of the Americas.

Sunday, April 17, 2005

Twelve holidaymakers are killed in southern Switzerland when a bus carrying 27 people plunges

Saturday, April 17, 2004

Israeli helicopters fire missiles at a convoy of vehicles in the Gaza Strip, killing the Gaza leader of Hamas, Abdel Aziz al-Rantissi.

Thursday, April 17, 2003

The Stevens Report concludes that members of the Royal Ulster Constabulary and British Army cooperated with the Ulster Defence Association in the killings of Catholics in Northern Ireland.
Australian Prime Minister John Howard announces that Australian forces in Operation Falconer will completely pull out by June.
Sir John Stevens releases the Stevens Report, which states that the police and other security services in Northern Ireland colluded in the murders of many innocent people, including Pat Finucane and Francisco Notarantonio, in the 1970s and 1980s.

Wednesday, April 17, 2002

Four Canadian infantrymen are killed in Afghanistan by friendly fire from 2 US F-16s.

Monday, April 17, 2000

Tuanku Syed Sirajuddin becomes Raja of Perlis.
Tuanku Syed Sirajuddin becomes Raja of Perlis.

Saturday, April 17, 1999

A nail bomb, planted by David Copeland, explodes in the middle of a busy market in Brixton, South London.

Saturday, April 17, 1993

18-year-old student Stephen Lawrence is stabbed to death in London, England the attack is believed to have been racially motivated.
South Dakota governor George Mickelson and seven others are killed when a state-owned aircraft crashes near Dubuque, Iowa.
The World Health Organization declares tuberculosis a Global Emergency.
Eritreans vote overwhelmingly for independence from Ethiopia in a United Nations-monitored referendum.
Laurence Powell and Stacey Koon are found guilty in the second Rodney King trial.
A 51-day stand-off at the Branch Davidian compound near Waco, Texas, ends with a fire that kills 76 people, including David Koresh.

Wednesday, April 17, 1991

The Dow Jones Industrial Average closes above 3,000 for the first time ever, at 3,004.46.

Monday, April 17, 1989

Trisha Meili is attacked while jogging in New York City's Central Park as her identity remains secret for years, she becomes known as the Central Park Jogger.
Poland, Solidarity was again legalized and allowed to participate in semi-free elections on June 4.
A gun turret explodes on the U.S. battleship "Iowa", killing 47 crew members.

Tuesday, April 17, 1984

WPCYvonne Fletcher is shot and killed by a secluded gunman leading to a police siege of the Libyan Embassy in London.

Saturday, April 17, 1982

By Proclamation of the Queen of Canada on Parliament Hill, Canadapatriates its constitution, gaining full political independence from the United Kingdom included is the country's first entrenchedbill of rights.

Tuesday, April 17, 1979

Schoolchildren in the Central African Empire are arrested (and around 100 killed) for protesting against compulsory school uniforms. An African judicial commission later determines that Emperor Jean-Bédel Bokassa almost certainly took part in the massacre.

Thursday, April 17, 1975

Following several weeks of successful fighting the Khmer Republic surrenders there fore the Cambodian Civil War ends, in which the Communist party of the Khmer Rouge guerilla forces capture Phnom Penh, prompting a forcible mass evacuation of the city and starting off the infamous genocide.

Monday, April 17, 1972

The first Boston Marathon in which women are officially allowed to compete.

Friday, April 17, 1970

Apollo program: "Apollo 13" splashes down safely in the Pacific.

Saturday, April 17, 1965

The first SDS march against the Vietnam War draws 25,000 protestors to Washington, DC.

Sunday, April 17, 1960

Russwood Park, a baseball stadium in Memphis, Tennessee, burns to the ground from a fire shortly after a Chicago White Sox versus Cleveland Indians Major League Baseball game.

Thursday, April 17, 1958

King Baudouin of Belgium officially opens the World Fair in Brussels, also known as Expo '58. The Atomium forms the centrepiece.
King Baudouin of Belgium officially opens the World Fair in Brussels, also known as Expo '58. The Atomium forms the centrepiece.

Wednesday, April 17, 1957

Suspected serial killerJohn Bodkin Adams is found not guilty of murder at the Old Bailey.

Tuesday, April 17, 1956

Elizabeth II inaugurates Chew Valley Lake.

Sunday, April 17, 1955

Imre Nagy, the communist Premier of Hungary, is ousted for being too moderate.

Friday, April 17, 1953

Mickey Mantle hits a 565 foot (172 m) home run at Griffith Stadium in Washington D.C. Mantle's home run is believed to be the longest home run in baseball history by many historians.

Wednesday, April 17, 1946

The inaugural session of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) occurs.
The League of Nations, in its last meeting, transfers its mission to the United Nations and disbands itself.
The United States recognizes Josip Broz Tito's government in Yugoslavia.
Syria's independence from France is officially recognized.

Tuesday, April 17, 1945

Brazilian forces liberate the town of Montese, Italy, from German forces.

Friday, April 17, 1942

WWII: Henri Giraud the French commander captured in 1940, escapes from Königstein Fortress.

Thursday, April 17, 1941

WWII: The Yugoslav Royal Army capitulates.

Saturday, April 17, 1937

The animated short "Porky\\'s Duck Hunt", directed by Tex Avery for the Looney Tunes series, featuring the debut of Daffy Duck, is released.
The animated short "Porky's Duck Hunt", directed by Tex Avery for the Looney Tunes series, featuring the debut of Daffy Duck, is released.

Wednesday, April 17, 1935

Sun Myung Moon claims to have a revelation from Jesus telling him to complete his mission from almost 2,000 years ago.

Thursday, April 17, 1930

The BBC Radio Service from London, somewhat infamously, reports on this day that There is no news.
The Chittagong Rebellion begins in India with the Chittagong armoury raid.
Neoprene is invented.

Saturday, April 17, 1897

Wednesday, April 17, 1895

The Treaty of Shimonoseki is signed between China and Japan. This marks the end of the first Sino-Japanese War, and the defeated Qing Empire is forced to renounce its claims on Korea and to concede the southern portion of Fengtien province, Taiwan, and the Pescadores Islands to Japan.ref name=shim

Monday, April 17, 1893

Riots of Mons during the Belgian general strike of 1893, The day after, Belgian parliament approved Universal suffrage.
May ndash The Free Presbyterian Church of Scotland is formed.

Friday, April 17, 1863

May 2 ndash The Grierson\\'s Raid: Union cavalrymen are ambushed while crossing the Tickfaw river in Mississippi.
May 2 ndash The Grierson's Raid: Union cavalrymen are ambushed while crossing the Tickfaw river in Mississippi.

Wednesday, April 17, 1861

American Civil War: The state of Virginia secedes from the Union.

Thursday, April 17, 1856

The Chicago Historical Society museum is established at 1601 N. Clark Street, Chicago.

Sunday, April 17, 1825

Charles X of France recognizes Haiti, 21 years after it expelled the French following the successful Haitian Revolution, and demands the payment of 150 million gold francs, 30 million of which Haiti must finance through France itself, as down payment.

Monday, April 17, 1797

Sir Ralph Abercromby unsuccessfully invades San Juan, Puerto Rico in what will be one of the largest British attacks on Spanish territories in the western hemisphere, and one of the worst defeats of the English navy for years to come.

Sunday, April 17, 1774

The first avowedly Unitarian congregation, Essex Street Chapel, is founded in London by Theophilus Lindsey.

Friday, April 17, 1711

Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor becomes king of Austria.

Tuesday, April 17, 1663

The Turks declare war against Holy Roman Emperor Leopold I.

Sunday, April 17, 1594

The Banat Rebellion of Serbs against Ottoman rule ends with the public burning of Saint Sava's bones in Belgrade, Serbia.
Nine Years\\' War: In Ireland, Hugh O'Neill, 2nd Earl of Tyrone and Hugh Roe O'Donnell form an alliance to try to overthrow English domination.ref name=Cassell's Chronology
Nine Years' War: In Ireland, Hugh O'Neill, 2nd Earl of Tyrone and Hugh Roe O'Donnell form an alliance to try to overthrow English domination.ref name=Cassell's Chronology
Saint Hyacinth is canonized.

Sunday, April 7, 1555 (Julianian calendar)

After 18 months of siege, the Republic of Siena surrenders to the Florentine–Imperial army.

Thursday, April 7, 1524 (Julianian calendar)

da Verrazzano's expedition makes the first European entry into New York Bay and sights the island of Manhattan.

Sunday, April 8, 1492 (Julianian calendar)

The Capitulations of Santa Fe were signed.

Sunday, April 10, 1222 (Julianian calendar)

Wednesday, April 10, 1191 (Julianian calendar)

Tusculum is destroyed by the army of the Commune of Rome. Jean-Claude Maire Vigueur (2010) "L'autre Rome. Une histoire des Romains à l'époque communale (XIIe-XIVe siècle)." Paris: Tallandier. pp.316.

Wednesday, April 19, 69 (Julianian calendar)

Marcus Vettius Bolanus becomes the new governor of Britain and faced a second insurrection of Venutius, king of the Brigantes.
After the Battle of Bedriacum, Vitellius becomes emperor.
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