eso ha pasado un 17 Abril

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.

Actualidad del día : 17 Abril

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.

Cita del día : 17 Abril

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.

Cumpleaños : 17 Abril

François de Neufchâteau, Político y poeta francés (1750)
J. P. Morgan, Financista estadounidense (1837)
Karen Blixen, Escritora danesa (1885)
Alain Poher, Político francés (1909)
Hervé Bazin, Escritor francés (1911)
William Holden, Actor americano (1918)
Edmonde Charles-Roux, Escritora francesa (1920)
Billy Fury, Cantante inglés (1940)
L. Scott Caldwell, Actriz americana (1950)
Michael Sembello, Músico americano (1954)
Sean Bean, Actor inglés (1959)
Vikram, Actor indio (1966)
Jennifer Garner, Actriz americana (1972)
Victoria Beckham, Cantante inglesa (1974)
Chad Hedrick, Patinador de velocidad americano (1977)
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, Jugador de tenis francés (1985)

Nos han dejado un 17 Abril

Benjamin Franklin, América erudito (1790)
Samuel Morey, Inventor estadounidense (1843)
Alexander Mackenzie, Primer ministro de Canadá (1892)
Jean Perrin, Físico francés, Premio Nobel (1942)
Eddie Cochran, Músico estadounidense (1960)
Henrik Dam, Bioquímico danés, premio Nobel de Medicina (1976)
Marcel Dassault, Industrial francés (1986)
Ralph Abernathy, Líder de los derechos civiles (1990)
Turgut Özal, Político turco (1993)
Chaim Herzog, Político israelí (1997)
Linda McCartney, Fotógrafa y música americana (1998)
Aimé Césaire, Político y poeta francés (2008)
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