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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