17 April

Notable Births

Antonio Nusa

b. 2005

Norwegian footballer (born 2005)

Ryujin (rapper)

b. 2001

South Korean rapper and singer (born 2001)

Violette Dorange

b. 2001

French offshore sailor

Anna Odine Strøm

b. 1998

Norwegian ski jumper (born 1998)

Suppapong Udomkaewkanjana

b. 1998

Thai actor, producer and host (born 1998)

Lorna Fitzgerald

b. 1996

British actress

Caitlin Parker

b. 1996

Australian boxer (born 1996)

Helene Spilling Ødegaard

b. 1996

Norwegian dancer (born 1996)

Wheein

b. 1995

South Korean singer

Alanna Goldie

b. 1994

Canadian fencer (born 1994)

Hongseok

b. 1994

South Korean singer and actor

Lachlan Maranta

b. 1992

Australian professional rugby player

Jinho

b. 1992

South Korean singer (born 1992)

Paraskevi Papachristou

b. 1989

Greek athlete (born 1989)

Avi Kaplan

b. 1989

American singer-songwriter (born 1989)

Takahiro Moriuchi

b. 1988

Japanese singer-songwriter (born 1988)

Romain Grosjean

b. 1986

French and Swiss racing driver (born 1986)

Rooney Mara

b. 1985

American actress (born 1985)

Luke Mitchell

b. 1985

Australian actor (born 1985)

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga

b. 1985

French tennis player (born 1985)

Notable Deaths

Radu Lupu

d. 2022

Romanian pianist (1945–2022)

Alan García

d. 2019

President of Peru (1985–1990 and 2006–2011)

Gwen Marston

d. 2019

American quilter (1936–2019)

Barbara Bush

d. 2018

First Lady of the United States from 1989 to 1993

Carl Kasell

d. 2018

American radio personality (1934–2018)

Chyna

d. 2016

American professional wrestler and bodybuilder (1969–2016)

Doris Roberts

d. 2016

American actress (1930–2016)

Robert P. Griffin

d. 2015

American politician

Jeremiah J. Rodell

d. 2015

United States Air Force general

A. Alfred Taubman

d. 2015

American businessman (1924–2015)

Gabriel García Márquez

d. 2014

Colombian writer and Nobel laureate (1927–2014)

Bernat Klein

d. 2014

Serbian textile designer and painter

Wojciech Leśnikowski

d. 2014

American architect

Karpal Singh

d. 2014

Former Malaysian politician and lawyer

Carlos Graça

d. 2013

Prime Minister of São Tomé and Príncipe from 1994 to 1995

Bi Kidude

d. 2013

Tanzanian singer (c. 1910– 2013)

Yngve Moe

d. 2013

Musical artist

V. S. Ramadevi

d. 2013

Indian politician

J. Quinn Brisben

d. 2012

American poet (1934–2012)

Dimitris Mitropanos

d. 2012

Greek singer (1948–2012)

On This Day in History

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2021

The funeral of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, takes place at St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle.

Death and funeral of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh

2014

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

NASA

2013

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

West Fertilizer Company explosion

2006

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

Palestinians

2003

Anneli Jäätteenmäki takes office as the first female prime minister of Finland.

Anneli Jäätteenmäki

1998

Space Shuttle Columbia is launched on STS-90, the final Spacelab mission.

Space Shuttle Columbia

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1992

The Katina P is deliberately run aground off Maputo, Mozambique, and 60,000 tons of crude oil spill into the ocean.

Katina P

1986

An alleged state of war lasting 335 years between the Netherlands and the Isles of Scilly is declared over.

Three Hundred and Thirty Five Years' War

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1982

Constitution Act, 1982 Patriation of the Canadian constitution in Ottawa by Proclamation of Elizabeth II, Queen of Canada.

Constitution Act, 1982

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1978

Mir Akbar Khyber is assassinated, provoking the Saur Revolution in Afghanistan.

Mir Akbar Khyber

1975

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

Cambodian Civil War

1971

The Provisional Government of Bangladesh is formed.

Provisional Government of Bangladesh

1970

Apollo program: The damaged Apollo 13 spacecraft returns to Earth safely.

Apollo program

1969

Sirhan Sirhan is convicted of assassinating Robert F. Kennedy.

Sirhan Sirhan

1969

Communist Party of Czechoslovakia chairman Alexander Dubček is deposed.

Communist Party of Czechoslovakia

1964

Jerrie Mock completes the first around-the-world airplane flight by a woman. Her solo flight in the Spirit of Columbus, which took 29+1⁄2 days, took off and landed at the Port Columbus International Airport in Ohio.

Jerrie Mock