Ephemeris, 17 April

It happened one 17 April

1961 : Bay of Pigs On April 17, 1961, a group of Cuban exiles in the U.S. and trained by CIA invaded at Bay of Pigs in Cuba to overthrow the government of Fidel Castro. Alerted by the KGB, the Cuban government arrested 100,000 people suspected of being allied to the cause of the invaders in order to cut all support for them and the invasion was a failure.
1969 : Conviction of the assassin of Robert Kennedy On April 17, 1969, Sirhan B. Sirhan was convicted of the murder of Senator Robert Kennedy, brother of assassinated President John F. Kennedy. The young Palestinian, apparently committed the murder under the influence of alcohol, because of the senator's support to Israel during the 6 Day War, which began just a year before.
1970 : Apollo 13 On April 17, 1970, the spacecraft Apollo 13, which had suffered an explosion two days earlier as it neared the moon, successfully returned to earth and landed in the Pacific Ocean.
1975 : the Khmer Rouge captured Phnom Penh On April 17, 1975, the Khmer Rouge captured Phnom Penh, ending the Khmer Republic and the Civil War. The new government, led by Pol Pot, created the Democratic Kampuchea and set up one of the most murderous political regimes of all time based on starvation, torture, forced labor and mass murder.
1986 : Three Hundred and Thirty Five Years' War On April 17, 1986, the war which began on March 30, 1651 between the Netherlands and the Isles of Scilly, south west of England ended with a peace declaration. No shots were fired during the entire duration of the war.
1986 : John McCarthy kidnapped in Beirut The 16 or April 17, 1986, the British journalist John McCarthy was kidnapped in Beirut. He remained a prisoner five years.

Latest news : 17 April

World Day of Peasant Struggle
April 17 is World Day of Peasant Struggle in Brazil created after April 17, 1996, the day of repression of a demonstration of the Movement of Landless by military police during which 19 people were killed.

Quote of the day : 17 April

Robert Kennedy
I thought they'd get one of us, but Jack, after all he's been through, never worried about it I thought it would be me.

Birthdays : 17 April

François de Neufchâteau, French poet and politician (1750)
J. P. Morgan, American financier (1837)
Karen Blixen, Danish writer (1885)
Alain Poher, French politician (1909)
Hervé Bazin, French writer (1911)
William Holden, American actor (1918)
Edmonde Charles-Roux, French writer (1920)
Billy Fury, English singer (1940)
L. Scott Caldwell, American actress (1950)
Michael Sembello, American musician (1954)
Sean Bean, English actor (1959)
Vikram, Indian actor (1966)
Jennifer Garner, American actress (1972)
Victoria Beckham, English singer (1974)
Chad Hedrick, American speed skater (1977)
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, French tennis player (1985)

They left us one 17 April

Benjamin Franklin, American polymath (1790)
Samuel Morey, American inventor (1843)
Alexander Mackenzie, Prime Minister of Canada (1892)
Jean Perrin, French physicist, Nobel Laureate (1942)
Eddie Cochran, American musician (1960)
Henrik Dam, Danish biochemist, Nobel Prize in Medicine (1976)
Marcel Dassault, French industrialist (1986)
Ralph Abernathy, American civil rights leader (1990)
Turgut Özal, Turkish politician (1993)
Chaim Herzog, Israeli politician (1997)
Linda McCartney, American photographer and musician (1998)
Aimé Césaire, French poet and politician (2008)

Tip of the Day : 17 April

Fight against cyberbullying

Cyberbullying is harassment by technological means. The victims are stalked online with insults or threats via email or instant messages on websites and social networks. Personal data or embarrassing pictures can be uploaded and the victim may well be jeopardized.
The first thing is to never respond to an email or message of this way : it encourages the bully to continue.
Change all the settings of your mail online in a way to allow only your identified friends. Keep your profiles private on all your social networks.
You can also contact the moderators of the sites on which you are insulted or harassed.
If you believe that your account or profile has been hacked, change your passwords immediately. Also change your emails, logins, alias and IDs to make it more difficult to find you.
Update all your computer for security and protect yourself from spyware.
Print all the threats and insults that you receive and save the abusive messages sent to your phone. And if you fear for your safety, go complain to the police with all your backups.

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