Wednesday, April 17 is the 108th day of the Gregorian calendar. There are 258 days left until the end of the year.
Saint of the day: Saint Robert of La Chaise-Dieu
April Proverb
When April thunders, it’s a good sign for the barrel
It happened today
1961 – Cuban Missile Crisis/Bay of Pigs: Invasion of Cuba begins
1964 – Ford introduces the Mustang sports car
1969 – Sirhan Sirhan is convicted of the assassination of Robert Kennedy
1970 – USA/NASA: return of Apollo 13 with rescue of the crew
1975 – Cambodia falls to the Khmer Rouge
1982 – Queen Elizabeth II approves the new constitution of Canada
1984 – London: Agent Yvonne Fletcher is killed in a shootout outside the Libyan embassy between police and a group of protesters. Ten other people are injured. The episode will cause an eleven-day siege of the building where the embassy is located
2002 – Afghanistan: killing of four Canadian soldiers hit by friendly fire from two US F-16s
2003 – Pope John Paul II publishes the encyclical “Ecclesia de Eucharistia” on the Eucharist in its relationship with the Church
2014 – NASA announces the discovery of the most Earth-like planet discovered so far which is given the name Kepler-186 f
Birthdays
Terry Schiavo – Italian actress and singer (17 April 1970)
Alessandro Piccinini – Italian journalist, television presenter and sports commentator (17 April 1958)
Paola Perego – Italian television presenter, actress, businesswoman (17 April 1966)
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