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April 17 is the 107th day of the year (108th in leap years ) in the Gregorian calendar . 258 days remain until the end of the year.
Events [ ]
1080 – Harald III of Denmark dies and is succeeded by Canute IV , who would later be the first Dane to be canonized .
1349 – The rule of the Bavand dynasty in Mazandaran is brought to an end by the murder of Hasan II .
1362 – Kaunas Castle falls to the Teutonic Order after a month-long siege .
1492 – Spain and Christopher Columbus sign the Capitulations of Santa Fe for his voyage to Asia to acquire spices .
1521 – Trial of Martin Luther over his teachings begins during the assembly of the Diet of Worms . Initially intimidated, he asks for time to reflect before answering and is given a stay of one day.
1524 – Giovanni da Verrazzano reaches New York harbor.
1797 – Sir Ralph Abercromby attacks San Juan, Puerto Rico , in what would be one of the largest invasions of the Spanish territories in the Americas.
1797 – Citizens of Verona begin an unsuccessful eight-day rebellion against the French occupying forces.
1861 – The state of Virginia 's secession convention votes to secede from the United States, later becoming the eighth state to join the Confederate States of America .
1863 – American Civil War : Grierson's Raid begins: Troops under Union Army Colonel Benjamin Grierson attack central Mississippi .
1864 – American Civil War: The Battle of Plymouth begins: Confederate forces attack Plymouth, North Carolina .
1869 – Morelos is admitted as the 27th state of Mexico .[1]
1876 – Catalpa rescue : The rescue of six Fenian prisoners from Fremantle Prison in Western Australia.
1895 – The Treaty of Shimonoseki between China and Japan is signed. This marks the end of the First Sino-Japanese War , and the defeated Qing Empire is forced to renounce its claims on Korea and to concede the southern portion of the Fengtien province , Taiwan and the Pescadores Islands to Japan.
1905 – The Supreme Court of the United States decides Lochner v. New York , which holds that the "right to free contract " is implicit in the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution .
1907 – The Ellis Island immigration center processes 11,747 people, more than on any other day.
1912 – Russian troops open fire on striking goldfield workers in northeast Siberia , killing at least 150.
1941 – World War II : The Kingdom of Yugoslavia surrenders to Germany .
1942 – French prisoner of war General Henri Giraud escapes from his castle prison in Königstein Fortress .
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 – World War II : Montese , Italy, is liberated from Nazi forces.
1945 – Historian Tran Trong Kim is appointed the Prime Minister of the Empire of Vietnam .
1946 – The last French troops are withdrawn from Syria .
1951 – The Peak District becomes the United Kingdom's first National Park .
1961 – Bay of Pigs Invasion : A group of Cuban exiles financed and trained by the CIA lands at the Bay of Pigs in Cuba with the aim of ousting Fidel Castro .
1969 – Sirhan Sirhan is convicted of assassinating Robert F. Kennedy .
1969 – Communist Party of Czechoslovakia chairman Alexander Dubček is deposed.
1970 – Apollo program : The ill-fated Apollo 13 spacecraft returns to Earth safely.
1971 – The Provisional Government of Bangladesh is formed.
1975 – The Cambodian Civil War ends. The Khmer Rouge captures the capital Phnom Penh and Cambodian government forces surrender.
1978 – Mir Akbar Khyber is assassinated, provoking a communist coup d'état in Afghanistan .
1982 – Constitution Act, 1982 Patriation of the Canadian constitution in Ottawa by Proclamation of Elizabeth II , Queen of Canada .
1992 – The Katina P is deliberately run aground off of Maputo , Mozambique and 60,000 tons of crude oil spill into the ocean.[2]
2006 – A Palestinian suicide bomber detonates an explosive device in a Tel Aviv restaurant , killing 11 people and injuring 70.
2013 – An explosion at a fertilizer plant in the city of West, Texas , kills 15 people and injures 160 others.
2014 – NASA 's Kepler space telescope confirms the discovery of the first Earth-size planet in the habitable zone of another star.
Births [ ]
44 – Pope Evaristus (d. 107)
1277 – Michael IX Palaiologos , Byzantine emperor (d. 1320)
1455 – Andrea Gritti , Doge of Venice (d. 1538)[3]
1497 – Pedro de Valdivia , Spanish conquistador, conquered northern Chile (d. 1553)
1573 – Maximilian I, Elector of Bavaria (d. 1651)
1586 – John Ford , English poet and playwright (d. 1639)
1598 – Giovanni Battista Riccioli , Italian priest and astronomer (d. 1671)
1620 – Marguerite Bourgeoys , French-Canadian nun and saint, founded the Congregation of Notre Dame of Montreal (d. 1700)
1635 – Edward Stillingfleet , British theologian and scholar (d. 1699)
1676 – Frederick I of Sweden (d. 1751)
1683 – Johann David Heinichen , German composer and theorist (d. 1729)
1710 – Henry Erskine, 10th Earl of Buchan , Scottish politician (d. 1767)
1734 – Taksin , King of Thailand (d. 1782)
1741 – Samuel Chase , American lawyer and jurist (d. 1811)
1750 – François de Neufchâteau , French academic and politician, French Minister of the Interior (d. 1828)
1756 – Dheeran Chinnamalai , Indian commander (d. 1805)
1766 – Collin McKinney , American surveyor, merchant, and politician (d. 1861)
1794 – Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius , German botanist and explorer (d. 1868)
1798 – Étienne Bobillier , French mathematician and academic (d. 1840)
1814 – Josif Pančić , Serbian botanist and academic (d. 1888)
1816 – Thomas Hazlehurst , English architect and philanthropist (d. 1876)
1820 – Alexander Cartwright , American firefighter and inventor of baseball (d. 1892)
1833 – Jean-Baptiste Accolay , Belgian violinist, composer, and conductor (d. 1900)
1837 – J. P. Morgan , American banker and financier, founded J.P. Morgan & Co. (d. 1913)
1842 – Maurice Rouvier , French businessman and politician, 53rd Prime Minister of France (d. 1911)
1849 – William R. Day , American jurist and politician, 36th United States Secretary of State (d. 1923)
1852 – Cap Anson , American baseball player and manager (d. 1922)
1863 – Augustus Edward Hough Love , English mathematician and theorist (d. 1940)
1865 – Ursula Ledóchowska , Polish-Austrian nun and saint, founded the Congregation of the Ursulines of the Agonizing Heart of Jesus (d. 1939)
1866 – Ernest Starling , English physiologist and academic (d. 1927)
1875 – Aleksander Tõnisson , Estonian general and politician, 5th Estonian Minister of War (d. 1941)
1877 – Matsudaira Tsuneo , Japanese diplomat (d. 1949)
1878 – Emil Fuchs , German-American lawyer and businessman (d. 1961)
1878 – Demetrios Petrokokkinos , Greek tennis player (d. 1942)
1879 – Henri Tauzin , French hurdler (d. 1918)
1882 – Artur Schnabel , Jewish-Polish pianist and composer (d. 1951)
1888 – Herms Niel , German soldier, trombonist, and composer (d. 1954)
1891 – George Adamski , Polish-American ufologist and author (d. 1965)
1895 – Robert Dean Frisbie , American soldier and author (d. 1948)
1896 – Señor Wences , Spanish-American ventriloquist (d. 1999)
1897 – Nisargadatta Maharaj , Indian philosopher and educator (d. 1981)
1897 – Thornton Wilder , American novelist and playwright (d. 1975)
1897 – Edouard Wyss-Dunant , Swiss physician and mountaineer (d. 1983)
1899 – Aleksander Klumberg , Estonian decathlete and coach (d. 1958)
1903 – Nicolas Nabokov , Russian-American composer and educator (d. 1978)
1903 – Gregor Piatigorsky , Ukrainian-American cellist and educator (d. 1976)
1903 – Morgan Taylor , American hurdler and coach (d. 1975)
1905 – Louis Jean Heydt , American journalist and actor (d. 1960)
1905 – Arthur Lake , American actor (d. 1987)
1906 – Sidney Garfield , American physician, co-founded Kaiser Permanente (d. 1984)
1909 – Alain Poher , French politician, President of France (d. 1996)
1910 – Evangelos Averoff , Greek historian and politician, Greek Minister of Defence (d. 1990)
1910 – Ivan Goff , Australian screenwriter and producer (d. 1999)
1910 – Helenio Herrera , French footballer and manager (d. 1997)
1911 – Hervé Bazin , French author and poet (d. 1996)
1911 – Lester Rodney , American soldier and journalist (d. 2009)
1912 – Marta Eggerth , Jewish-Hungarian-American actress and singer (d. 2013)
1914 – George Davis , American art director (d. 1984)
1914 – Mac Raboy , American illustrator (d. 1967)
1915 – Martin Clemens , Scottish soldier (d. 2009)
1915 – Joe Foss , American general and politician, 20th Governor of South Dakota (d. 2003)
1915 – Regina Ghazaryan , Armenian painter (d. 1999)
1916 – Win Maung , 3rd President of Union of Myanmar (d. 1989)
1916 – A. Thiagarajah , Sri Lankan educator and politician (d. 1981)
1916 – Sirimavo Bandaranaike , Prime Minister of Sri Lanka , world's first female prime minister (d. 2000)
1918 – William Holden , American actor (d. 1981)
1919 – Gilles Lamontagne , Canadian lieutenant and politician, 24th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec (d. 2016)
1919 – Chavela Vargas , Costa Rican-Mexican singer-songwriter and actress (d. 2012)
1920 – Edmonde Charles-Roux , French journalist and author (d. 2016)
1923 – Lindsay Anderson , English actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 1994)
1923 – Solly Hemus , American baseball player, coach, and manager (d. 2017)
1923 – Neville McNamara , Australian air marshal (d. 2014)
1923 – Gianni Raimondi , Italian lyric tenor (d. 2008)
1923 – Harry Reasoner , American soldier and journalist (d. 1991)
1924 – Kenneth Norman Jones , Australian public servant
1924 – Donald Richie , American-Japanese author and critic (d. 2013)
1925 – René Moawad , Lebanese lawyer and politician, 13th President of Lebanon (d. 1989)
1926 – Joan Lorring , British actress (d. 2014)
1926 – Gerry McNeil , Canadian ice hockey player and manager (d. 2004)
1927 – Margot Honecker , East German politician and First Lady (d. 2016)
1928 – Victor Lownes , American businessman (d. 2017)
1928 – Cynthia Ozick , American short story writer, novelist, and essayist
1928 – Heinz Putzl , Austrian fencer
1928 – Fabien Roy , Canadian accountant and politician
1929 – James Last , German-American bassist, composer, and bandleader (d. 2015)
1930 – Chris Barber , English trombonist and bandleader
1931 – John Barrett , English tennis player and sportscaster
1931 – Malcolm Browne , American journalist and photographer (d. 2012)
1934 – Don Kirshner , American songwriter and producer (d. 2011)
1934 – Peter Morris , Australian-English surgeon and academic
1935 – Bud Paxson , American broadcaster, founded Home Shopping Network and Pax TV (d. 2015)
1937 – Ronald Hamowy , Canadian historian and academic (d. 2012)
1937 – Ferdinand Piëch , Austrian-German engineer and businessman (d. 2019)
1938 – Ben Barnes , American businessman and politician, 36th Lieutenant Governor of Texas
1938 – Doug Lewis , Canadian lawyer and politician, 41st Canadian Minister of Justice
1938 – Ronald H. Miller , American theologian, author, and academic (d. 2011)
1938 – Kerry Wendell Thornley , American theorist and author (d. 1988)
1939 – Robert Miller , American art dealer (d. 2011)
1940 – Eric Dancer , English businessman and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Devon
1940 – Billy Fury , English singer-songwriter (d. 1983)
1940 – John McCririck , English journalist (d. 2019)
1940 – Chuck Menville , American animator and screenwriter (d. 1992)
1940 – Anja Silja , German soprano and actress
1940 – Agostino Vallini , Italian cardinal and vicar general of Rome
1941 – Lagle Parek , Estonian architect and politician, Estonian Minister of the Interior
1942 – Buster Williams , American jazz bassist
1943 – Richard Allen Epstein , American lawyer, author, and academic
1946 – Clare Francis , English sailor and author
1947 – Nigel Emslie, Lord Emslie , Scottish lawyer and judge
1947 – Richard Field , English lawyer and judge
1947 – Sherrie Levine , American photographer
1947 – Tsutomu Wakamatsu , Japanese baseball player, coach, and manager
1948 – Jan Hammer , Czech pianist, composer, and producer
1948 – Alice Harden , American educator and politician (d. 2012)
1948 – Pekka Vasala , Finnish runner
1951 – Olivia Hussey , Argentinian-English actress
1951 – Börje Salming , Swedish ice hockey player and businessman
1952 – Joe Alaskey , American voice actor (d. 2016)
1952 – Pierre Guité , Canadian ice hockey player
1952 – John McColl , English general and politician, Lieutenant Governor of Jersey
1952 – Željko Ražnatović , Serbian commander (d. 2000)
1952 – John Robertson , Scottish businessman and politician
1954 – Riccardo Patrese , Italian race car driver
1954 – Roddy Piper , Canadian professional wrestler and actor (d. 2015)
1954 – Michael Sembello , American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1955 – Todd Lickliter , American basketball player and coach
1955 – Pete Shelley , English singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2018)
1955 – Mike Stroud , English physician and explorer
1956 – Colin Tyre, Lord Tyre , Scottish lawyer and judge
1957 – Teri Austin , Canadian actress
1957 – Afrika Bambaataa , American disc jockey
1957 – Nick Hornby , English novelist, essayist, lyricist, and screenwriter
1957 – Julia Macur , English lawyer and judge
1957 – Frank McDonough , British historian
1958 – Laslo Babits , Canadian javelin thrower (d. 2013)
1959 – Sean Bean , English actor
1959 – Jimmy Mann , Canadian ice hockey player
1959 – Li Meisu , Chinese shot putter
1960 – Vladimir Polyakov , Russian pole vaulter
1961 – Frank J. Christensen , American labor union leader
1961 – Norman Cowans , Jamaican-English cricketer
1961 – Boomer Esiason , American football player and sportscaster
1961 – Bella Freud , English fashion designer
1962 – Paul Nicholls , English jockey and trainer
1964 – Ken Daneyko , Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
1964 – Maynard James Keenan , American singer-songwriter and producer
1964 – Rachel Notley , Canadian politician
1964 – Lela Rochon , American actress
1966 – Vikram , Indian actor and singer
1967 – Kimberly Elise , American actress
1967 – Marquis Grissom , American baseball player and coach
1967 – Ian Jones , New Zealand rugby player
1967 – Barnaby Joyce , Australian politician, 17th Deputy Prime Minister of Australia
1967 – Liz Phair , American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1968 – Julie Fagerholt , Danish fashion designer
1968 – Phil Henderson , American basketball player and coach (d. 2013)
1968 – Eric Lamaze , Canadian jockey
1968 – Roger Twose , New Zealand cricketer
1968 – Richie Woodhall , English boxer and trainer
1970 – Redman , American rapper, producer, and actor
1971 – Claire Sweeney , English actress
1972 – Gary Bennett , American baseball player
1972 – Tony Boselli , American football player and sportscaster
1972 – Jennifer Garner , American actress
1972 – Muttiah Muralitharan , Sri Lankan cricketer
1972 – Yuichi Nishimura , Japanese footballer and referee
1972 – Terran Sandwith , Canadian ice hockey player
1973 – Katrin Koov , Estonian architect
1973 – Brett Maher , Australian basketball player and sportscaster
1973 – Theo Ratliff , American basketball player
1974 – Mikael Åkerfeldt , Swedish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1974 – Victoria Beckham , English singer and fashion designer
1975 – Heidi Alexander , English politician
1975 – Travis Roy , American ice hockey player
1976 – Maurice Wignall , Jamaican hurdler and long jumper
1977 – Chad Hedrick , American speed skater
1977 – Frederik Magle , Danish composer, organist, and pianist
1978 – Monika Bergmann-Schmuderer , German skier
1978 – Lindsay Hartley , American actress
1978 – Jason White , Scottish rugby player
1979 – Eric Brewer , Canadian ice hockey player
1979 – Marija Šestak , Serbian-Slovenian triple jumper
1980 – Fabián Vargas , Colombian footballer
1980 – Curtis Woodhouse , English footballer, boxer, and manager
1981 – Jenny Meadows , English runner
1981 – Hanna Pakarinen , Finnish singer-songwriter
1981 – Ryan Raburn , American baseball player
1981 – Chris Thompson , English runner
1981 – Zhang Yaokun , Chinese footballer
1982 – Brad Boyes , Canadian ice hockey player
1982 – Chuck Kobasew , Canadian ice hockey player
1983 – Stanislav Chistov , Russian ice hockey player
1983 – Roberto Jiménez , Peruvian footballer
1983 – Andrea Marcato , Italian rugby player
1984 – Pablo Sebastián Álvarez , Argentinian footballer
1984 – Jed Lowrie , American baseball player
1984 – Raffaele Palladino , Italian footballer
1985 – Rooney Mara , American actress
1985 – Luke Mitchell , Australian actor and model
1985 – Jo-Wilfried Tsonga , French tennis player
1986 – Romain Grosjean , French race car driver
1988 – Takahiro Moriuchi , Japanese singer-songwriter
1989 – Paraskevi Papachristou , Greek triple jumper
1989 – Avi Kaplan , singer and songwriter
1990 – Jonathan Brown , Welsh footballer
1992 – Lachlan Maranta , Australian rugby league footballer
1994 – Alanna Goldie , Canadian fencer[4]
1996 – Lorna Fitzgerald , British actress
Deaths [ ]
485 – Proclus , Greek mathematician and philosopher (b. 412)
617 – Donnán of Eigg , Irish priest and saint
648 – Xiao , empress of the Sui Dynasty
744 – Al-Walid II , Umayyad caliph (b. 706)
818 – Bernard of Italy , Frankish king (b. 797)
858 – Benedict III , pope of the Catholic Church
1071 – Manuel Komnenos , Byzantine military commander (b. c. 1045)
1080 – Harald III of Denmark (b. 1041)
1111 – Robert of Molesme , Christian saint and abbot (b. 1027)
1298 – Árni Þorláksson , Icelandic bishop (b. 1237)
1321 – Infanta Branca of Portugal , daughter of King Afonso III of Portugal (b. 1259)
1331 – Robert de Vere, 6th Earl of Oxford , English nobleman (b. 1257)
1344 – Constantine II, King of Armenia
1355 – Marin Falier , Doge of Venice (b. 1285)
1427 – John IV, Duke of Brabant (b. 1403)
1539 – George, Duke of Saxony (b. 1471)
1574 – Joachim Camerarius , German scholar and translator (b. 1500)
1669 – Antonio Bertali , Italian violinist and composer (b. 1605)
1680 – Kateri Tekakwitha , Mohawk -born Native American saint (b. 1656)
1695 – Juana Inés de la Cruz , Mexican poet and scholar (b. 1651)[5]
1696 – Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sévigné , French author (b. 1626)
1711 – Joseph I, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1678)
1713 – David Hollatz , Polish pastor and theologian (b. 1648)
1764 – Johann Mattheson , German lexicographer and composer (b. 1681)
1790 – Benjamin Franklin , American inventor, publisher, and politician, 6th President of Pennsylvania (b. 1706)
1799 – Richard Jupp , English surveyor and architect (b. 1728)
1840 – Hannah Webster Foster , American journalist and author (b. 1758)
1843 – Samuel Morey , American engineer (b. 1762)
1882 – George Jennings , English engineer and plumber, invented the Flush toilet (b. 1810)
1888 – E. G. Squier , American archaeologist and journalist (b. 1821)
1892 – Alexander Mackenzie , Scottish-Canadian journalist and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1822)
1921 – Manwel Dimech , Maltese journalist, author, and philosopher (b. 1860)
1923 – Laurence Ginnell , Irish lawyer and politician (b. 1852)
1930 – Alexander Golovin , Russian painter and stage designer (b. 1863)
1933 – Kote Marjanishvili , Georgian director and playwright (b. 1872)
1936 – Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck , Dutch lawyer and politician, 28th Prime Minister of the Netherlands (b. 1873)
1942 – Jean Baptiste Perrin , French-American physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1870)
1944 – J. T. Hearne , English cricketer and coach (b. 1867)
1944 – Dimitrios Psarros , Greek lieutenant, founded the National and Social Liberation (b. 1893)
1946 – Juan Bautista Sacasa , Nicaraguan medical doctor, politician and 20th President of Nicaragua (b. 1874)
1948 – Suzuki Kantarō , Japanese admiral and politician, 42nd Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1868)
1954 – Lucrețiu Pătrășcanu , Romanian lawyer and politician, Romanian Minister of Justice (b. 1900)
1960 – Eddie Cochran , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1938)
1961 – Elda Anderson , American physicist and health researcher (b. 1899)
1967 – Red Allen , American singer and trumpet player (b. 1908)
1975 – Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan , Indian philosopher and politician, 2nd President of India (b. 1888)
1976 – Henrik Dam , Danish biochemist and physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1895)
1977 – William Conway , Irish cardinal (b. 1913)
1983 – Felix Pappalardi , American singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer (b. 1939)
1984 – Claude Provost , Canadian-American ice hockey player (b. 1933)
1987 – Cecil Harmsworth King , English publisher (b. 1901)
1987 – Dick Shawn , American actor (b. 1923)
1988 – Louise Nevelson , Ukrainian-American sculptor and educator (b. 1900)
1990 – Ralph Abernathy , American minister and activist (b. 1936)
1993 – Turgut Özal , Turkish engineer and politician, 8th president of Turkey (b. 1927)
1994 – Roger Wolcott Sperry , American psychologist and biologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1913)
1995 – Frank E. Resnik , American sergeant and businessman (b. 1928)
1996 – Piet Hein , Danish poet and mathematician (b. 1905)
1997 – Chaim Herzog , Israeli general, lawyer, and politician, 6th President of Israel (b. 1918)
1998 – Linda McCartney , American photographer, activist, and musician (b. 1941)
2003 – Robert Atkins , American physician and cardiologist, created the Atkins diet (b. 1930)
2003 – H. B. Bailey , American race car driver (b. 1936)
2003 – John Paul Getty, Jr. , American-English philanthropist (b. 1932)
2003 – Earl King , American blues singer, guitarist and songwriter (b. 1934)
2003 – Yiannis Latsis , Greek businessman (b. 1910)
2004 – Edmond Pidoux , Swiss author and poet (b. 1908)
2006 – Jean Bernard , French physician and haematologist (b. 1907)
2006 – Scott Brazil , American director and producer (b. 1955)
2006 – Henderson Forsythe , American actor (b. 1917)
2007 – Kitty Carlisle , American actress, singer, socialite and game show panelist (b. 1910)
2008 – Aimé Césaire , Caribbean-French poet and politician (b. 1913)
2008 – Danny Federici , American organist and accordion player (b. 1950)
2011 – Eric Gross , Austrian-Australian pianist and composer (b. 1926)
2011 – Michael Sarrazin , Canadian actor (b. 1940)
2011 – Robert Vickrey , American artist and author (b. 1926)
2012 – Leila Berg , English journalist and author (b. 1917)
2012 – J. Quinn Brisben , American educator and politician (b. 1934)
2012 – Dimitris Mitropanos , Greek singer (b. 1948)
2012 – Nityananda Mohapatra , Indian journalist, poet, and politician (b. 1912)
2012 – Jonathan V. Plaut , American rabbi and author (b. 1942)
2012 – Stanley Rogers Resor , American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 9th United States Secretary of the Army (b. 1917)
2013 – Carlos Graça , São Toméan politician, Prime Minister of São Tomé and Príncipe (b. 1931)
2013 – Bi Kidude , Tanzanian Taarab singer (b. ≈1910)[6]
2013 – Yngve Moe , Norwegian bass player and songwriter (b. 1957)
2013 – V. S. Ramadevi , Indian politician, 13th Governor of Karnataka (b. 1934)
2014 – Gabriel García Márquez , Colombian journalist and author, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1927)
2014 – Bernat Klein , Serbian-Scottish fashion designer and painter (b. 1922)
2014 – Wojciech Leśnikowski , Polish–American architect and academic (b. 1938)
2014 – Karpal Singh , Malaysian lawyer and politician (b. 1940)
2015 – Robert P. Griffin , American soldier, lawyer, and politician (b. 1923)
2015 – Scotty Probasco , American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1928)
2015 – Jeremiah J. Rodell , American general (b. 1921)
2015 – A. Alfred Taubman , American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1924)
2016 – Chyna , American wrestler (b. 1969)[7]
2016 – Doris Roberts , American actress (b. 1925)
2018 – Barbara Bush , former First Lady of the United States (b. 1925)[8]
2018 – Carl Kasell , American radio personality (b. 1934)[9]
2019 – Alan García , Peruvian lawyer and politician, 61st and 64th President of Peru (b. 1949)[10]
Holidays and observances [ ]
Christian feast day :
Kateri Tekakwitha (Canada )
Stephen Harding
April 17 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Earliest day on which Store Bededag or General Prayer Day can fall, while May 13 is the latest; observed on the 4th Friday after Easter . (Denmark)
Evacuation Day (Syria) , celebrates the recognition of the independence of Syria from France in 1946.
FAO Day (Iraq )
Flag Day (American Samoa)
Malbec World Day
Women's Day (Gabon )
World Hemophilia Day
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