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April 17: Day of the Week
April 17, 2024 was the 108th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 258 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Wednesday.
If you are trying to learn Japanese then this day of the week in Japanese is Suiyōbi.
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Here’s the April calendar. You can also browse the full year monthly calendar.
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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.
April 17 Historical Event(s)
1080
King of Denmark Harald III dies and is succeeded by Canute IV, who would later be the first Dane to be canonized.
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.
1797
Citizens of Verona, Italy, begin an eight-day rebellion against the French occupying forces, which will end unsuccessfully.
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 of the United States Constitution.
1907
The Ellis Island immigration center processes 11,747 people, more than on any other day.
1942
French prisoner of war General Henri Giraud escapes from his castle prison in Festung Königstein.
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.
1949
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.
1964
Jerrie Mock becomes the first woman to circumnavigate the world by air.
1969
Sirhan Sirhan is convicted of assassinating Robert F. Kennedy.
Who were born on April 17?
1896
Señor Wences, Spanish ventriloquist (d. 1999)
1937
Ferdinand Piëch, Austrian-German automotive engineer and executive
1950
Bruce McNall, American former NHL team owner
1952
Željko Ražnatović, Serbian warlord (d. 2000)
1963
Joel Murray, American actor
1967
Leslie Bega, American actress
1973
Brett Maher, Australian basketballer
1976
Aňa Geislerová, Czech actress
1977
Frederik Magle, Danish composer, organist and pianist
1980
Curtis Woodhouse, English footballer/boxer
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