This Day In History
April 17
Colbert launches raid on Fort Carlos, Arkansas Benjamin Franklin dies Volcanic eruption kills 80,000 Battle of Plymouth, North Carolina, begins Life of Billy the Kid arrives at Library of Congress Isak Dinesen is born Second Battle of Gaza A single horsehair uncovers a murderer The Yugoslav army surrenders Yugoslavia surrenders General Henri Giraud makes his great escape Americans seize 1,100 tons of uranium Eddie Cochran dies, and Gene Vincent is injured, in a UK car accident JFK waits for word on the Bay of Pigs invasion The Bay of Pigs invasion begins Ford Mustang debuts at World's Fair Architect of Czechoslovakia's Prague Spring resigns Apollo 13 returns to Earth First antiwar protest of the year is conducted Cambodia falls to the Khmer Rouge Mike Schmidt hits four consecutive homers General Hospital airs 10,000th episode
Colbert launches raid on Fort Carlos, Arkansas Benjamin Franklin dies Volcanic eruption kills 80,000 Battle of Plymouth, North Carolina, begins Life of Billy the Kid arrives at Library of Congress Isak Dinesen is born Second Battle of Gaza A single horsehair uncovers a murderer The Yugoslav army surrenders Yugoslavia surrenders General Henri Giraud makes his great escape Americans seize 1,100 tons of uranium Eddie Cochran dies, and Gene Vincent is injured, in a UK car accident JFK waits for word on the Bay of Pigs invasion The Bay of Pigs invasion begins Ford Mustang debuts at World's Fair Architect of Czechoslovakia's Prague Spring resigns Apollo 13 returns to Earth First antiwar protest of the year is conducted Cambodia falls to the Khmer Rouge Mike Schmidt hits four consecutive homers General Hospital airs 10,000th episode
