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History Events on April 17

By  Richie Embry  17 Apr   67 Views

History Events on April 17

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The Ellis Island immigration center processes 11,747 people, more than on any other day.

#Ellis_Island

In 1907

NASA's Kepler space telescope confirms the discovery of the first Earth-size planet in the habitable zone of another star.

#NASA

In 2014

Russian troops open fire on striking goldfield workers in northeast Siberia, killing at least 150.

#Russian_Empire

In 1912

An explosion at a fertilizer plant in the city of West, Texas, kills 15 people and injures 160 others.

#West_Fertilizer_Company_explosion

In 2013

Citizens of Verona begin an unsuccessful eight-day rebellion against the French occupying forces.

#Verona

In 1797

Communist Party of Czechoslovakia chairman Alexander Dub?ek is deposed.

#Communist_Party_of_Czechoslovakia

In 1969

The Supreme Court of the United States decides Lochner v. New York, which holds that the "right to free contract" is implicit in the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.

#Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States

In 1905

The rule of the Bavand dynasty in Mazandaran is brought to an end by the murder of Hasan II.

#Bavand_dynasty

In 1349

Harald III of Denmark dies and is succeeded by Canute IV, who would later be the first Dane to be canonized.

#Harald_III_of_Denmark

In 1080

The Peak District becomes the United Kingdom's first National Park.

#Peak_District

In 1951

Trial of Martin Luther over his teachings begins during the assembly of the Diet of Worms. Initially intimidated, he asks for time to reflect before answering and is given a stay of one day.

#Martin_Luther

In 1521

Sir Ralph Abercromby attacks San Juan, Puerto Rico, in what would be one of the largest invasions of the Spanish territories in the Americas.

#Ralph_Abercromby

In 1797

Spain and Christopher Columbus sign the Capitulations of Santa Fe for his voyage to Asia to acquire spices.

#Christopher_Columbus

In 1492

The Cambodian Civil War ends. The Khmer Rouge captures the capital Phnom Penh and Cambodian government forces surrender.

#Cambodian_Civil_War

In 1975

Catalpa rescue: The rescue of six Fenian prisoners from Fremantle Prison in Western Australia.

#Catalpa_rescue

In 1876

Kaunas Castle falls to the Teutonic Order after a month-long siege.

#Kaunas_Castle

In 1362

The Treaty of Shimonoseki between China and Japan is signed. 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 the Fengtien province, Taiwan and the Pescadores Islands to Japan.

#Treaty_of_Shimonoseki

In 1895

French prisoner of war General Henri Giraud escapes from his castle prison in Königstein Fortress.

#Prisoner_of_war

In 1942

American Civil War: Grierson's Raid begins: Troops under Union Army Colonel Benjamin Grierson attack central Mississippi.

#American_Civil_War

In 1863

The People's Republic of Bangladesh is formed.

#Bangladesh

In 1971

World War II: Montese, Italy, is liberated from Nazi forces.

#World_War_II

In 1945

Sirhan Sirhan is convicted of assassinating Robert F. Kennedy.

#Sirhan_Sirhan

In 1969

Bay of Pigs Invasion: A group of Cuban exiles financed and trained by the CIA lands at the Bay of Pigs in Cuba with the aim of ousting Fidel Castro.

#Bay_of_Pigs_Invasion

In 1961

Giovanni da Verrazzano reaches New York harbor.

#Giovanni_da_Verrazzano

In 1524

The state of Virginia's secession convention votes to secede from the United States, later becoming the eighth state to join the Confederate States of America.

#Virginia

In 1861

World War II: The Kingdom of Yugoslavia surrenders to Germany.

#World_War_II

In 1941

Forces of the Communist-controlled Greek People's Liberation Army attack the smaller National and Social Liberation resistance group, which surrenders. Its leader Dimitrios Psarros is murdered.

#Greek_People's_Liberation_Army

In 1944

Apollo program: The ill-fated Apollo 13 spacecraft returns to Earth safely.

#Apollo_program

In 1970

A tourist bus overturned on the Portuguese island of Madeira, killing 29 passengers mostly German tourists.

In 2019

A Palestinian suicide bomber detonates an explosive device in a Tel Aviv restaurant, killing 11 people and injuring 70.

In 2006

Patriation of the Canadian constitution in Ottawa by Proclamation of Elizabeth II, Queen of Canada.

In 1982

Mir Akbar Khyber is assassinated, provoking a communist coup d'état in Afghanistan.

In 1978

At midnight 26 Irish counties officially leave the British Commonwealth. A 21-gun salute on O'Connell Bridge, Dublin, ushers in the Republic of Ireland.

In 1949

The last French troops are withdrawn from Syria.

In 1946

President Benito Juarez declares Morelos a state of Mexico.

In 1869

American Civil War: The Battle of Plymouth begins: Confederate forces attack Plymouth, North Carolina.

In 1864

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