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Events from History on April 17

1964 : "Cafe Crown" opens at Martin Beck Theater NYC for 3 performances
1968 : "Fade Out-Fade In" closes at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC after 72 perfs
1964 : "High Spirits" opens at Alvin Theater NYC for 375 performances
1977 : "I Love My Wife" opens at Barrymore Theater NYC for 864 performances
1994 : "Little More Magic" closes at Belasco Theater NYC after 30 perfs
1875 : "Snooker" (variation of pool) invented by Sir Neville Chamberlain
1994 : "Twilight - Los Angeles 1992" opens at Cort Theater NYC for 72 perfs
1961 : 1,400 Cuban exiles land in Bay of Pigs attempt to overthrow Castro
1966 : 100th intl soccer meet between Netherlands-Belgium (3-1)
1942 : 12 Lancasters bombs MAN-factory in Augsburg
1989 : 18th Boston Women's Marath won by Ingrid Kristiansen of Nor in 2:24:33
1972 : 1st Boston Women's Marathon won by Nina Kuscsik of NY in 3:10:26
1629 : 1st commercial fishery established
1983 : 1st National Coin Week begins
1704 : 1st successful US newspaper; published in Boston by John Campbell
1912 : 1st unofficial gold record (Al Jolson's "Ragging The Baby To Sleep")
1817 : 1st US school for deaf (Hartford, Conn)
1995 : 24th Boston Women's Marathon won by Uta Pippig of Germany in 2:25:11
1973 : 2nd Boston Women's Marathon won by Jacqueline Hansen of CA in 3:05:59
1978 : 63,500,000 shares traded on NY stock exchange (record)
1900 : 7 high chiefs of American Samoa sign Instrument of Cession
1972 : 76th Boston Marathon won by Olavi Suomalainen of Finland in 2:15:39
1973 : 77th Boston Marathon won by Jon Anderson of Oreg in 2:16:03
1978 : 7th Boston Women's Marathon won by Gayle Barron of Ga in 2:44:52
1978 : 82nd Boston Marathon won by Bill Rodgers of Mass in 2:10:13
1945 : 8th Air Force bombs Dresden
1989 : 93rd Boston Marathon won by Abebe Mekonen of Ethiopia in 2:09:06
1995 : 99th Boston Marathon won by Cosmas Ndeti of Kenya in 2:09:22
1930 : Abkhazian ASSR forms in Georgian SSR
1943 : Admiral Yamamoto flies from Truk to Rabaul
1960 : American Samoa sets up a constitutional government
1970 : Apollo 13 limps back safely, Beech-built oxygen tank no help
1596 : Arch duke Albrecht of Austria occupies Calais
1994 : Aruba govt of Oduber falls
1864 : Battle of Plymouth, NC
1793 : Battle of Warsaw
1808 : Bayonne Decree by Napoleon I of France orders seizure of US ships
1969 : Bernadette Devlin elected to British house of commons
1984 : Braves pitcher Pascual Perez suspended due to cocaine usage
1864 : Bread revolt in Savannah, Georgia
1979 : Brian Clark's "Whose Life is it Anyway?," premieres in London
1941 : British troop land in Iraq/Yugoslavia; surrender to nazis
1958 : Brussel's (Belgium) World Fair opens
1956 : Bulgaria premier Tchervenkov resigns
1974 : Bundy victim Susan Rancourt disappears from CWU, Ellensburg, WA
1982 : Canada adopts its constitution
1937 : Cartoon characters Daffy Duck, Elmer J Fudd & Petunia Pig, debut
1711 : Charles VI Habsburg becomes king of Austria
1492 : Christopher Columbus signs contract with Spain to find Indies
1960 : Cleveland Indians trade Rocky Colavito to Tigers for Harvey Kuenn
1969 : Czechoslovakia's Communist Party chairman Alexander Dubcek deposed
1421 : Dikes at Dort Holland breaks, 100,000 drown
1991 : Dow Jones closes above 3,000 for 1st time (3,004.46)
1971 : Egypt, Libya & Syria form federation (FAR)
1907 : Ellis Island, NY-11,745 immigrants arrive
1932 : Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia ends slavery
1964 : Ford Mustang formally introduced ($2368 base)
1758 : Francis Williams, 1st US black college graduate, publishes poems
1747 : French troops occupy Zeeuws-Flanders, Netherlands
1990 : Gas explodes on passenger train in Kumrahar India, 80 die
1945 : German occupiers flood Wieringermeer Neth
1524 : Giovanni Verrazano, a florentine navigator, discovers New York Bay
1864 : Grant suspends prisoner-of-war exchanges
1839 : Guatemala forms republic
1986 : IBM produces 1st megabit-chip
1983 : In Warsaw, police route 1,000 Solidarity supporters
1983 : India entered space age launching SLV-3 rocket
1861 : Indianola TX-"Star of West" taken by Confederacy
1972 : into centerfield seats
1947 : Jackie Robinson bunts for his 1st major league hit
1927 : Japan's Wakarsoeki govt falls/Baron Tanaka becomes premier
1994 : Jennie Garth weds Dan Clark
1964 : Jerrie Mock becomes 1st woman to fly solo around the world
1939 : Joe Louis KOs Jack Roper in 1 for heavyweight boxing title
1997 : John Bell, 115, recieves new pacemaker
1987 : Julius Erving becomes 3rd NBA player to score 30,000 points
1975 : Khmer Rouge captures Phnom Penh, Cambodia (Kampuchea Natl Day)
1972 : Kiteman attempting to throw out 1st ball in Phillie Vet crashes
1956 : Kominform disbands
1984 : Libyan embassy demonstration, 1 shot dead
1521 : Martin Luther is excommunicated from Roman Catholic Church
1865 : Mary Surratt is arrested as a conspirator in Lincoln's assassination
1989 : Maximum NY State unemployment benefits raised to $245 per week
1924 : Metro Pictures, Goldwyn Pictures & Louis B Mayer Co merged to form MGM
1953 : Mickey Mantle hits a 565' (172 m) HR in Wash DC's Griffith Stadium
1969 : Mont Expos Bill Stoneman no-hits Phillies, 7-0
1974 : Moslem fundamentalists assault military academy in Heliopolis Egypt
1945 : Mussolini flees from Sal• to Milan
1986 : Netherlands & Scilly Islands sign peace treaty (war of 1651)
1934 : New Fenway Park opens, Washington Senators beat Red Sox 6-5
1983 : Nolan Ryan strikes out his 3,500th batter
1925 : NY Yankee Babe Ruth has ulcer surgery
1941 : Office of Price Administration forms (handled rationing)
1942 : Operations begin to destroy Sobibor Concentration Camp
1970 : Paul McCartney's 1st solo album "McCartney" is released
1925 : Paul Painlev‚ follows Edouard Herriot on as French premier
1975 : Penguins 6-Isles 4-Quarterfinals-Penguins hold 3-0 lead
1971 : People's Republic Bangladesh forms, under sheik Mujib ur-Rahman
1975 : Phnom Penh fell to Communist insurgents, ending Cambodia's 5-year war
1993 : Police officers found guilty of violating Rodney Kings civil rights
1989 : Polish labor union granted legal status
1956 : Premium Savings Bonds introduced in Great Britain
1935 : Provincial-National elections (Musserts NSB achieves 7.9%/44 chairs)
1978 : Pulitzer prize awarded to Carl Sagan for "Dragons of Eden"
1986 : Pulitzer prize awarded to Larry McMurtry for "Lonesome Dove"
1863 : R Grierson's: La Grange, TN to Baton Rouge, LA
1991 : Railroad workers go on strike in US
1983 : Rangers 7-Isles 6-Patrick Div Finals-Isles hold 2-1 lead
1981 : Ranger's Anders Hedberg is 2nd to score on a Stanley Cup penalty shot
1972 : Revised Dutch constitution proclaimed
1987 : Richard Wilbur appointed as US poet laureate
1824 : Russia abandons all North American claims south of 54ø 40' N
1976 : Schmidt hits 4 consecutive HRs
1967 : Shortwave Radio NY Worldwide goes back on the air after a week off
1555 : Siena surrenders for Spanish troops
1534 : Sir Thomas More confined in London Tower
1969 : Sirhan Sirhan is convicted of assassinating Sen Robert F Kennedy
1939 : SN Behrman's "No Time for Comedy," premieres in NYC
1989 : Soviet-US agreement allows Soviets to fight US pros
1943 : SS-lt-general Jrgen Stoop arrives in Warsaw
1939 : Stalin signs British-France-Russian anti-nazi pact
1993 : STS-56 (Discovery) lands
1967 : Surveyor 3 launched; soft lands on Moon, April 20
1946 : Syria declares independence from French administration
1969 : The Band (formerly The Hawks), perform their 1st concert
1853 : Thorbecke govt resigns
1895 : Treaty of Shimonoseki signed, ends 1st Sino-Japanese War (1894-95)
1853 : US Marine Hospital at Presidio (SF) forms
1905 : US Supreme court judges maximum work day unconstitutional
1945 : US troops lands in Mindanao
1956 : USSR's Cominform (Parliament) dissolves
1861 : Virginia is 8th state to secede
1956 : Willie Mosconi sinks 150 consecutive balls in a billiard tournament
2003 : Indian Govt. talks with All India Motor Transport Congress members fails taking the strike for the 4th day.
2003 : India: First SAARS case reported in Goa, India
2003 : 2 policemen killed – 18 injured in militant attacks in J & K.
2003 : Action against Yadav not political vendetta – says Mayawati
2003 : Mayawati accuses Rajnath Singh of double stands.
2003 : Wipro’s poor results brings down Sensex
2003 : BSE Sensex ends at 2984.5 down by 47.82
2003 : NSE Nify ends at 940.07 down by 17.95
2003 : 1 USD = 47.34 INR

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