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April 17th is the 107th day of the year (108th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar.  There are 258 days remaining until
the end of the calendar year.  April 17th is the Day of Silence.

Births
1837
- J. P. Morgan, financier, banker
1890 - Art Acord, actor, rodeo star
1954 - Rowdy Roddy Piper, professional wrestler
1961 - Boomer Esiason, professional football player
1967 - Liz Phair, singer, songwriter, musician
1967 - Kimberly Elise, actress (Diary of a Mad Black Woman)
1972 - Jennifer Garner, actress (Alias, Juno)
1974 - Victoria Beckham, singer, dancer, model (Posh Spice)
1977 - Chad Hedrick, Olympic gold medalist, speed skater

Deaths
1843
- Samuel Morey, inventor (invented the internal combustion engine)
1896 - Ira Gershwin, lyricist (Porgy and Bess)

Events
1524
- Italian explorer Giovanni da Verrazzano becomes the first European to reach New York Harbor.
1861 - Virginia secedes from the Union.
1961 - The failed Bay of Pigs invasion begins in an attempt to topple Fidel Castro's communist government.
1964 - The Ford Motor Company debuts the Ford Mustang at the New York World's Fair.
1970 - After a malfunction that threatened its entire crew on its journey to the moon, Apollo 13 safely returns to earth.
Calendar
January
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29 30 31
February
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29
March
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29 30 31
April
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29 30
May
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29 30 31
June
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29 30
July
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29 30 31
August
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29 30 31
September
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29 30
October
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29 30 31
November
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29 30
December
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29 30 31
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