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What happened in history on this day: April 17?
Since 1995, I have been collecting information on a variety of topics,
creating several timelines of history.
Here you will find specific events from those databases
for this day, on the topics of personal computers, video games, the Walt Disney Company,
Chevrolet Corvettes, A&W Root Beer, Sweden, and Canadian coins.
On April 17 in ...
- 1977 - Apple Computer introduces the Apple II at the West Coast Computer Faire. The computer features a 6502 CPU, 4 kB RAM, 16 kB ROM, keyboard, 8-slot motherboard, game paddles, graphics/text interface to color display, and built-in BASIC, for US$1298. It is the first personal computer with color graphics.
- 1997 - Apple Computer reports a first quarter loss of $740 million, largest quarter loss ever for a Silicon Valley company.
- 2002 - Advanced Micro Devices announces the Mobile Athlon XP 1400+ (1.2 GHz), 1500+ (1.3 and 1.33 GHz), 1600+ (1.4 GHz), and 1700+ (1.47 GHz) processors. They feature 200 or 266 MHz bus (1700+ is 266 MHz only). The processors are manufactured with a 0.13-micron technology, based on the processor core code-named Thoroughbred.
- 2005 - The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show in the US. A scene from the future shows someone with a laptop computer.
- 1937 - The Mickey Mouse film Mickey's Amateurs is released to theaters. Donald Duck, Clara Cluck, Clarabelle Cow, and Goofy also appear.
- 1957 - The ABC TV network airs the Disneyland TV show, entitled More About the Silly Symphonies.
- 1961 - The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences awards an Oscar (Documentary, Features) for the film The Horse with the Flying Tail.
- 1961 - The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences awards an Oscar (Honorary Award) to Hayley Mills for most outstanding juvenile performance of 1960, in the film Pollyanna.
- 1964 - The Great Moments with Mr. Lincoln exhibit is shipped from California to New York.
- 1991 - Henson Associates files a lawsuit against the Walt Disney Company, charging theft of its characters in merchandise, attractions, and advertising.
- 1993 - The Tahitian Terrace restaurant at Disneyland closes.
- 1994 - The Disney Channel airs the Disney Channel Premiere Film On Promised Land.
- 1996 - Grenada Grenadines issues eight postage stamps depicting Disney characters celebrating various holidays.
- 2009 - The Bibbidi Bobbidi Boutique store opens in Disneyland.
- 2014 - Disney releases the Disneynature film Bears to theaters in Argentina.
- 2005 - At the Road Atlanta raceway in Braselton, Georgia, the Grand Prix of Atlanta race is held, round three of the SCCA SPEED World Challenge GT series.
- Finishing 5th is the Banner Engineering #6 Corvette C6, driven by Leighton Reese.
- Finishing 10th is the Blackdog Racing #34 Corvette C6, driven by Tony Gaples.
- Finishing 18th is the Doug Rippie Motorsports #9 Corvette Z06, driven by Adam Malmquist.
- In 23rd place, but not finishing the race, is the LG Pro Long Tube Headers #28 Corvette C6, driven by Lou Gigliotti.
- In 25th place, but not finishing the race, is the Tom Oates Chevrolet #99 Corvette Z06, driven by Chip Herr.
- In 27th place, but not finishing the race, is the EG Braswell Construction #32 Corvette Z06, driven by Ed Braswell.
- 2005 - At the Road Atlanta raceway in Braselton, Georgia, the Sportsbook.com Grand Prix of Atlanta is held, round two of the American Le Mans Series.
- Finishing 1st in GT1 class and 5th overall is the Corvette Racing #3 Corvette C6-R driven by Ron Fellows and Johnny O'Connell.
- Finishing 2nd in GT1 class and 6th overall is the Corvette Racing #4 Corvette C6-R driven by Oliver Gavin and Olivier Beretta.
- Finishing 5th in GT1 class an 9th overall is the Corvette C5-R driven by Ryan Dalziel and Alex Figge.
- 1941 - Yugoslavia signs an armistice with Germany.
- 1942 - (1500 hours) Twelve British Lancaster bombers set off on a 1250 mile round trip to attack a diesel engine manufacturing complex at Augsburg in Bavaria. Twelve 1,000 pound bombs hit the target. Only five planes return, all badly damaged.
- 1943 - 110 American B-17 bombers attack the Focke-Wulf works outside Bremen. 16 planes are shot down.
- 1944 - British government imposes a ban on diplomatic pouches leaving the UK, except US and USSR, to help prevent information being leaked about the invasion of Europe.
- 1945 - Canadian 1st Division forces capture Apeldoorn, Netherlands.
- 1945 - Grand Admiral Karl Dönitz is appointed Commander-in-Chief of Operations Staff (North).
- 1945 - American bombers attack Dresden, Germany.
- 1945 - (evening) General Dwight Eisenhower decides to cease fighting west of Utrecht for the sake of the Dutch people.
- 1982 - The first 1982 commemorative nickel dollar struck for circulation is presented by the Minister of Supply and Services to Queen Elizabeth II, during her Royal visit to Canada. The Minister announces that the coin would be available to the public by July 1.
- 1874 - US Mint engraver William Barber suggests applying legend "E Pluribus Unum" to the edge of the 20-cent coin.
- 1983 - First National Coin Week begins.
- 2008 - At the Central States Numismatic Society convention, in Rosemont, Illinois, Heritage Auction Galleries hosts the US Coin Signature Auction. Some highlights:
- 25-cent 1804, MS-65 NGC: US$310,500,
- 25-cent 1839 no drapery, PR-65 NGC: US$517,500,
- $1 1794 AU-58 NGC: US$488,750,
- $1 1802 "Novodel", PR-65 Cameo PCGS: US$920,000,
- $1 1804 Class I, Mickley specimen, PR-62 NGC: US$3,737,500.
- $1 1870-S, EF-40 NGC: US$805,000,
- $20 1871-CC, MS-64 NGC: US$414,000,
- 1869 - First professional baseball game: Cincinnati Reds 24, Cincinnati amateurs 15.
- 1892 - First Sunday National League baseball game, Cincinnati Reds beat Saint Louis Cardinals 5-1.
- 1920 - American Professional Football Association forms (later NFL).
- 1923 - Longest National League opening game, Philadelphia Phillies and Brooklyn Dodgers tie 5-5 in 14.
- 1933 - Chicago Bears win their first NFL game beating New York Giants 23-21.
- 1934 - The new Fenway Park opens, Washington Senators beat Boston Red Sox 6-5.
- 1939 - Joe Louis knocks out Jack Roper in one for heavyweight boxing title.
- 1947 - Jackie Robinson bunts for his first major league hit.
- 1953 - Mickey Mantle hits a 565-foot (172-metre) homerun in Washington DC's Griffith Stadium.
- 1955 - Betty Jameson wins LPGA Babe Didrikson-Zaharias Golf Open.
- 1956 - Willie Mosconi sinks 150 consecutive balls in a billiard tournament.
- 1960 - Cleveland Indians trade Rocky Colavito to Detroit Tigers for Harvey Kuenn.
- 1964 - First game at Shea Stadium, New York Mets lose to Pittsburgh Pirates, 4-3.
- 1966 - 100th international soccer meet between Netherlands-Belgium (3-1).
- 1966 - Carol Mann wins LPGA Raleigh Ladies Golf Invitational.
- 1968 - Oakland Athletics' first game in Oakland-Alameda Stadium, lose 4-1 to Baltimore Orioles.
- 1969 - Montreal Expos' Bill Stoneman no-hits Philadelphia Phillies, 7-0.
- 1972 - First Boston Women's Marathon won by Nina Kuscsik of New York in 3:10:26.
- 1972 - 76th Boston Marathon won by Olavi Suomalainen of Finland in 2:15:39.
- 1972 - Kiteman attempting to throw out first ball in Philadelphia Phillies' Veterans Stadium crashes into the centerfield seats.
- 1973 - Second Boston Women's Marathon won by Jacqueline Hansen of California in 3:05:59.
- 1973 - 77th Boston Marathon won by Jon Anderson of Oregon in 2:16:03.
- 1976 - National League greatest comeback, trailing 12-1 the Philadelphia Phillies win 18-16 in 10, Mike Schmidt hits four consecutive homeruns.
- 1977 - Sandra Palmer wins LPGA Women's International Golf Tournament.
- 1978 - 7th Boston Women's Marathon won by Gayle Barron of Georgia in 2:44:52.
- 1978 - 82nd Boston Marathon won by Bill Rodgers of Massachusetts in 2:10:13.
- 1981 - New York Rangers' Anders Hedberg is second to score on a Stanley Cup penalty shot.
- 1981 - New York Islanders' Potvin's three playoff power-play goals tie NHL record versus Edmonton Oilers.
- 1983 - New York Islanders tie NHL record with three shorthanded playoff goals versus New York Rangers; Rangers 7-Islanders 6-Patrick Division Finals- Islanders hold 2-1 lead; Wayne Gretzky scores 7 goals.
- 1983 - Lynn Adams wins LPGA Combanks Orlando Golf Classic.
- 1983 - Baseball pitcher Nolan Ryan strikes out his 3,500th batter.
- 1983 - Grete Waltz runs female world record marathon (2:25:29).
- 1984 - Atlanta Braves' pitcher Pascual Perez suspended due to cocaine usage.
- 1987 - Julius Erving becomes the third NBA player to score 30,000 points.
- 1988 - Ethiopian Belayneh Densimo runs world record marathon (2:06:50).
- 1988 - Nancy Lopez wins LPGA AI Star/Centinela Hospital Golf Classic.
- 1989 - 18th Boston Women's Marathon won by Ingrid Kristiansen of Norway in 2:24:33.
- 1989 - 93rd Boston Marathon won by Abebe Mekonen of Ethiopia in 2:09:06.
- 1994 - 55th PGA Seniors Golf Championship: Lee Trevino wins.
- 1994 - Val Skinner wins LPGA Atlanta Women's Golf Championship.
- 1995 - 24th Boston Women's Marathon won by Uta Pippig of Germany in 2:25:11.
- 1995 - 99th Boston Marathon won by Cosmas Ndeti of Kenya in 2:09:22.
- 1997 - New Jersey Devils' goalie Martin Brodeur is second NHL goalie to score in a playoff game.
- 2007 - The 2014 Asian Games is awarded to be held in Incheon, South Korea, winning over India's New Delhi.
- 2008 - In Tokyo, Japan, a high school regional baseball game is halted in the second inning, after one team had scored 66 runs. The coach of the losing team asked for the game to end to spare his pitcher's arm, with over 250 pitches already thrown.
- 2010 - Lucian Bute retains his International Boxing Federation super middleweight title with a third-round stoppage of challenger Edison Miranda in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
- 2010 - Cheryl Bernard beats fellow Calgarian Crystal Webster 6-4 in the final of the Grey Power Players' Championship curling event in Dawson Creek, British Columbia, Canada.
- 2022 - At Petco Park in San Diego, California, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: San Diego Padres beats Atlanta Braves by score 2-1.
- 2022 - At T-Mobile Park in Seattle, Washington, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Seattle Mariners beats Houton Astros by score 7-2.
- 2022 - At Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, California, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Los Angeles Dodgers beats Cincinnati Reds by score 9-1.
- 2022 - At Coors Field in Denver, Colorado, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Chicago Cubs beats Colorado Rockies by score 6-4.
- 2022 - At Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Los Angeles Angels beats Texas Rangers by score 8-3.
- 2022 - At Guaranteed Rate Field in Chicago, Illinois, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Tampa Bay Rays beats Chicago White Sox by score 9-3.
- 2022 - At American Family Field in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Milwaukee Brewers beats Saint Louis Cardinals by score 6-5.
- 2022 - At Progressive Field in Cleveland, Ohio, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: San Francisco Giants beats Cleveland Guardians by score 8-1.
- 2022 - At LoanDepot Park in Miami, Florida, USA , Major League Baseball regular season game: Miami Marlins beats Philadelphia Phillies by score 11-3.
- 2022 - At Citi Field in New York City, New York, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: New York Mets beats Arizona Diamondbacks by score 5-0.
- 2022 - At Rogers Centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Major League Baseball regular season game: Toronto Blue Jays beats Oakland Athletics by score 4-3.
- 2022 - At PNC Park in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Pittsburgh Pirates beats Washington Nationals by score 5-3.
- 2022 - At Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Boston Red Sox beats Minnesota Twins by score 8-1.
- 2022 - At Oriole Park at Camden Yards in Baltimore, Maryland, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Baltimore Orioles beats New York Yankees by score 5-0.
- 2022 - At Honda Center in Anaheim, California, USA, NHL regular season game: Anaheim Ducks beats Columbus Blue Jackets by score 6-4.
- 2022 - At Scotiabank Arena in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, NHL regular season game: Toronto Maple Leafs beats New York Islanders by score 4-2.
- 2022 - At Xcel Energy Center in Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA, NHL regular season game: Minnesota Wild beats San Jose Sharks by score 5-4.
- 2022 - At Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee, USA, NHL regular season game: Saint Louis Blues beats Nashville Predators by score 8-3.
- 2022 - At Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, NHL regular season game: Buffalo Sabres beats Philadelphia Flyers by score 5-3.
- 2022 - At Little Caesars Arena in Detroit, Michigan, USA, NHL regular season game: Florida Panthers beats Detroit Red Wings by score 6-1.
- 1959 - A bright fireball is photographed by a synchronized network of cameras over Czechoslovakia, breaking up into about 19 pieces, with four recovered near Pribram. The photos allow determination of the asteroid belt as place of origin.
- 1967 - Surveyor 3 launched; soft lands on Moon, April 20.
- 1970 - Apollo 13 limps back safely to Earth.
- 1983 - India enters space age launching SLV-3 rocket.
- 1993 - STS-56 (Discovery) lands.
- 2021 - The Soyuz MS-17 mission concludes, returning three crewmembers of Expedition 64 to Earth from the International Space Station.
- 1803 - Napoleon Bonaparte tells brother Lucien it is worthwhile selling Louisiana to the Americans, as they (the French) are sure to lose it: "... for the English... are aching for a chance to capture it."
- 1808 - Bayonne Decree by Napoleon I of France orders seizure of US ships.
- 1817 - First US school for the deaf founded by Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet and Laurent Clerc (American School for the Deaf in Hartford, Connecticut).
- 1853 - US Marine Hospital at Presidio (San Francisco) is established.
- 1861 - Indianola, Texas, "Star of the West", taken by Confederacy.
- 1861 - Virginia become eighth state to secede from the USA.
- 1863 - Grierson's Raid: La Grange, Tennessee to Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
- 1864 - Bread revolt in Savannah, Georgia.
- 1864 - Battle of Plymouth, North Carolina.
- 1864 - USA General Ulysses Grant suspends prisoner-of-war exchanges.
- 1865 - Mary Surratt is arrested as a conspirator in President Abraham Lincoln's assassination.
- 1900 - Seven high chiefs of American Samoa sign Instrument of Cession.
- 1905 - US Supreme court judges rule maximum work day is unconstitutional.
- 1907 - The Ellis Island immigration center in New York, USA, processes 11,747 people, more than any other day.
- 1924 - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studios is formed from a merger of Metro Pictures, Goldwyn Pictures and the Louis B. Mayer Company.
- 1937 - Cartoon characters Daffy Duck, Elmer J Fudd and Petunia Pig debut.
- 1944 - USS Trout submarine is declared presumed lost with all 81 men, as it disappeared in February on war patrol near Japan.
- 1945 - 8th Air Force bombs Dresden, Germany.
- 1945 - US troops lands in Mindanao.
- 1960 - American Samoa sets up a constitutional government.
- 1961 - 1,400 Cuban exiles land in Bay of Pigs and attempt to overthrow Fidel Castro.
- 1961 - 33rd Academy Awards - Apartment, Burt Lancaster and Elizabeth Taylor win.
- 1964 - The Ford Motor Company unveils the Ford Mustang at the New York World's Fair (US$2368 base price).
- 1967 - Surveyor 3 launched; soft lands on Moon, April 20.
- 1969 - Sirhan Sirhan is convicted of assassinating US Senator Robert F Kennedy.
- 1970 - Apollo 13 limps back safely to Earth.
- 1974 - Susan Rancourt disappears from Central Washington State College, Ellensburg, Washington (Ted Bundy victim).
- 1978 - 63,500,000 shares traded on New York stock exchange (record).
- 1982 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site.
- 1983 - First National Coin Week begins.
- 1986 - IBM produces first megabit-chip.
- 1987 - Richard Wilbur appointed as US poet laureate.
- 1991 - Dow Jones Industrial Average closes above 3,000 for first time (3,004.46).
- 1991 - Railroad workers go on strike in the US.
- 2007 - Student Cho Seung-hui kills 32 people plus himself at the premises of Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in Blacksburg, Virginia, USA.
- 2008 - At the Central States Numismatic Society convention, in Rosemont, Illinois, Heritage Auction Galleries hosts the US Coin Signature Auction. Some highlights:
- USA 1870-S $1, EF-40 NGC: US$805,000,
- USA 1839 25-cent, no drapery, PR-65 NGC: US$517,500,
- USA 1794 $1, AU-58 NGC: US$488,750,
- USA 1802 $1, "Novodel", PR-65 Cameo PCGS: US$920,000,
- USA 1804 Draped Bust $1, Class I, Mickley, PR-62 NGC: US$3,737,500.
Other history:
- 1964 - Ford Mustang car formally introduced ($2368 base price).
- 1970 - Apollo 13 limps back safely to Earth.
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