Today in History
Listings for Saturday, April 17, 2021.
Birthdays:
- 1798 E. Bobillier --1840
- 1837 John Pierpoint (JP) Morgan, financed the US.
- 1894 Nikita S Khrushchev, Soviet leader (1953-64)
- 1897 Thornton Wilder, American novelist, playwright (Our Town).
- 1911 Mikhail Botvinnik of USSR, world chess champion (1948-63)
- 1916 Sirimavo Bandaranaike, world's first woman PM (Sri Lanka)
- 1918 William Holden
- 1923 Harry Reasoner
- 1951 Olivia Hussey
Events:
- 1492 Christopher Columbus contracts with Spain to find the Indies.
- 1524 New York Harbor discovered by Giovanni Verrazano.
- 1895 Treaty of Shimonoseki, ends first Sino-Japanese War (1894-1895).
- 1941 Office of Price Administration established (handled rationing)
- 1946 France grants Syria independence (Natl Day)
- 1961 Bay of Pigs, how not to run an invasion.
That's all for today.
