Thursday April 17, 2025
A date scroll with Latin text from “The Extremes of Good and Evil” by Cicero, written in 45 BC.

: Day of the Week

was the of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There were until the end of the year. The day of the week was .

If you are trying to learn French then this day of the week in French is jeudi.

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Zodiac & Birthstone

Aries is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Diamond is the modern birthstone for this month. Opal is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.

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by the Numbers

  • days since
  • year, month, and days ago
  • month since then
  • is in the th week of the year (ISO 8601)
  • week ago
  • The year is not a leap year

Historical Event(s)

69
After the First Battle of Bedriacum, Vitellius becomes Roman Emperor.
1555
After 18 months of siege, Siena surrenders to the Florentine-Imperial army. The Republic of Siena is incorporated into the Grand Duchy of Tuscany.
Sir Ralph Abercromby attacks San Juan, Puerto Rico in what would be one of the largest invasions of the Spanish territories in America.
World War II: The Kingdom of Yugoslavia surrenders to Germany.
French prisoner of war General Henri Giraud escapes from his castle prison in Festung Königstein.
At midnight 26 Irish counties officially leave the British Commonwealth. A 21-gun salute on O'Connell Bridge, Dublin, ushers in the Republic of Ireland.
The People’s Republic of Bangladesh forms, under Sheikh Mujibur Rahman at Mujibnagor.
Patriation of the Canadian constitution in Ottawa by Proclamation of Queen Elizabeth II, Queen of Canada.
Police Constable Yvonne Fletcher is killed by gunfire from the Libyan People’s Bureau in London during a small demonstration outside the embassy. Ten others are wounded. The events lead to an 11-day siege of the building.
The Three Hundred and Thirty Five Years’ War between the Netherlands and the Isles of Scilly ends.

Who were born on ?

John Ford, English dramatist
François de Neufchâteau, French statesman and intellectual figure (d. 1828)
Étienne Bobillier, French mathematician (d. 1840)
Lester Rodney, American journalist (d. 2009)
Börje Salming, Swedish ice hockey player
Yoshiki Kuroda, Japanese urban planner
Vikram, Indian actor
Leslie Bega, American actress
Victoria Beckham, English singer (Spice Girls)
Fabián Andrés Vargas, Colombian football player

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