April 17
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[edit] Events
- 1524 - Giovanni da Verrazzano reaches New York City harbor.
- 1865 - Mary Surratt is arrested as a conspirator in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.
- 1969 - Sirhan Sirhan is convicted of assassinating Robert F. Kennedy.
[edit] Births
- 1894 - Nikita Khrushchev, Soviet leader (d. 1971)
- 1927 - Joseph Alois Ratzinger, Pope Benedict XVI
- 1943 - Gwynne Dyer, Canadian journalist and military historian
- 1952 - Željko Ražnatović Serbian Paramilitary leader
[edit] Deaths
- 1080 - King Harald III of Denmark (b. 1041)
- 1790 - Benjamin Franklin, American inventor, diplomat, and printer (b. 1706)
- 1892 - Alexander Mackenzie, 2nd Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1822)
