What happened this day in history April 17

What are the important events that happened on April 17? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.

April 17: Facts & Myths About This Day

April 17 is the 108th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 258 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Wednesday.

Under the Julian calendar, this day is April 4, 2024 – a Wednesday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?

When this day started, 28,555,200 minutes has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.

Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘hectaoctagon’ day.

Aries is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Diamond is the modern birthstone for this month. Opal is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.

According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 287 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.

The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,135 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.

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April 17 Historical Events

  • 1797
    Citizens of Verona, Italy, begin an eight-day rebellion against the French occupying forces, which will end unsuccessfully.
  • 1864
    American Civil War: The Battle of Plymouth begins – Confederate forces attack Plymouth, North Carolina.
  • 1897
    The Aurora, Texas UFO incident
  • 1907
    The Ellis Island immigration center processes 11,747 people, more than on any other day.
  • 1944
    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.
  • 1945
    Brazilian forces liberate the town of Montese, Italy, from German Nazi forces.
  • 1946
    Syria obtains its Independence from the French occupation.
  • 1951
    The Peak District becomes the United Kingdom’s first National Park.
  • 1969
    Czechoslovakian Communist Party chairman Alexander Dubček is deposed.
  • 1971
    The People’s Republic of Bangladesh forms, under Sheikh Mujibur Rahman at Mujibnagor.

Who were born on April 17?

  • 1741
    Samuel Chase, Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (d. 1811)
  • 1837
    J. P. Morgan, American financier (d. 1913)
  • 1910
    Evangelos Averoff, Greek politician (d. 1990)
  • 1923
    Solly Hemus, American baseball player
  • 1955
    Pete Shelley, British musician
  • 1967
    Liz Phair, American musician/songwriter
  • 1967
    Marquis Grissom, American baseball player
  • 1973
    Theo Ratliff, American basketball player
  • 1985
    Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, French tennis player
  • 1990
    Nari Yang Kim, South Korean diplomat

Who died on April 17?

  • 1574
    Joachim Camerarius, German classical scholar (b. 1500)
  • 1892
    Alexander Mackenzie, 2nd Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1822)
  • 1921
    Manwel Dimech, Maltese philosopher and social reformer (b. 1860)
  • 1954
    Lucreţiu Pătrăşcanu, Romanian communist activist (b. 1900)
  • 1976
    Henrik Dam, Danish biochemist, Nobel laureate (b. 1895)
  • 1985
    Takis Miliadis, Greek actor (b. 1922)
  • 1987
    Dick Shawn, Actor and Comedian (b. 1923)
  • 2004
    Soundarya, Indian actress (b. 1971)
  • 2007
    Gil Dobrică, Romanian singer (b. 1946)
  • 2011
    Eric Gross, Austrian-Australian composer (b. 1926)

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