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17 April

On This Day: 17 April

Harald III of Denmark dies and is succeeded by Canute Click to show or hide the answer
Chaucer's fictional pilgrims begin their journey to Canterbury (date identified by scholars) Click to show or hide the answer
Geoffrey Chaucer tells the Canterbury Tales for the first time at the court of Richard II Click to show or hide the answer
100,000 drown when the sea bursts the dyke at Dordrecht (Dort), Holland Click to show or hide the answer
Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain sign their grant to Columbus Click to show or hide the answer
The trial of Martin Luther as a heretic begins at the Diet of Worms Click to show or hide the answer
Act of Supremacy partially re–enacted in England Click to show or hide the answer
Joseph I, Holy Roman Emperor, dies Click to show or hide the answer
Humphrey Davy inhales a gallon of nitrous oxide and is astounded by the effect Click to show or hide the answer
Republic of Guatemala founded Click to show or hide the answer
Virginia becomes the eighth state to secede from the Union and join the Confederacy Click to show or hide the answer
The Football League is formally inaugurated, at a meeting at the Royal Hotel, Manchester Click to show or hide the answer
Treaty of Shimonoseki ends the First Sino–Japanese War; the Qing empire renounces its claim on Korea and concedes territory to Japan Click to show or hide the answer
Turkey declared war on Greece Click to show or hide the answer
Russian troops open fire on striking goldfield workers in northeast Siberia, killing at least 150 Click to show or hide the answer
United Artists formed by Mary Pickford, Charlie Chaplin, Douglas Fairbanks and D. W. Griffith Click to show or hide the answer
Mussolini's Fascist party wins the Italian elections Click to show or hide the answer
Daffy Duck makes his first appearance, in Porky's Duck Hunt Click to show or hide the answer
149,547 people watch Scotland play England at Hampden Park – a British record Click to show or hide the answer
Yugoslavia surrenders to Germany Click to show or hide the answer
The Republic of Ireland is declared (at midnight) Click to show or hide the answer
The Peak District is designated Britain's first national park Click to show or hide the answer
Charlie Chaplin, under scrutiny from the McCarthy campaign, announces that he will never return to the USA Click to show or hide the answer
Chancellor Harold Macmillan, in his budget speech, announces the launch of Premium Bonds Click to show or hide the answer
Archbishop Makarios returns to Cyprus after over a year in exile in the Seychelles Click to show or hide the answer
Pandit Nehru founds the New India Congress movement Click to show or hide the answer
South Africa's Nationalist Party wins its third general election Click to show or hide the answer
Junior army officers launch an unsuccessful coup in Ghana Click to show or hide the answer
'Bay of Pigs' invasion of Cuba, by US troops and Cuban exiles, fails Click to show or hide the answer
Greville Wynne charged with espionage in Moscow Click to show or hide the answer
The Rolling Stones' first LP released Click to show or hide the answer
Surveyor 3 – the second US spacecraft to make a soft landing on the moon – launched Click to show or hide the answer
Dr. Gustav Havak replaces Alexander Dubcek as First Secretary of the Czechoslovakian Communist Party Click to show or hide the answer
The voting age in Britain is lowered from 21 to 18 (HME) Click to show or hide the answer
Sirhan Sirhan found guilty of the murder of Senator Robert Kennedy Click to show or hide the answer
Bernardette Devlin, Irish Nationalist candidate, wins the Mid-Ulster by-election to become Britain's youngest woman MP (six days short of her 21st birthday) Click to show or hide the answer
Johnny Cash performs for President Nixon at the White House Click to show or hide the answer
Apollo 13 splashes down safely after its abortive lunar mission Click to show or hide the answer
The People's Republic of Bangladesh is formed Click to show or hide the answer
Cambodian Civil War ends as Phnom Penh surrenders to the Khmer Rouge Click to show or hide the answer
Rhodesia's first one–man–one–vote elections Click to show or hide the answer
Rhodesia becomes independent as Zimbabwe Click to show or hide the answer
Solidarity made legal in Poland, ten years after its foundation Click to show or hide the answer
WPC Yvonne Fletcher shot dead outside the Libyan Embassy, London Click to show or hide the answer
Svetlana Alliluyeva, daughter of Josef Stalin, settles in the USA Click to show or hide the answer
British journalist John McCarthy captured in Beirut Click to show or hide the answer
Moscow blockades Lithuania in an attempt to contain demands for independence Click to show or hide the answer
Prince Andrew, Duke of York, granted a decree nisi in respect of his marriage to Sarah Ferguson Click to show or hide the answer
40 people injured by a bomb in Brixton market Click to show or hide the answer
US Secretary of State Colin Powell leaves Jerusalem, having failed to secure a ceasefire, as international fury grows over events in Jenin where evidence of Israeli atrocities grows Click to show or hide the answer
Dr. Abdel Aziz Rantissi, newly–appointed leader of Hamas, killed by an Israeli missile strike in Gaza City Click to show or hide the answer
11 people killed and 70 injured by a Palestinian suicide bomber in a restaurant in Tel Aviv Click to show or hide the answer
NASA's Kepler space telescope confirms the discovery of the first Earth–sized planet in the habitable zone of another star Click to show or hide the answer

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