April 17<\/p>\n
1790
\nBenjamin Franklin, U.S. patriot, diplomat, and a signer of the Declaration of Independence, died in Philadelphia.<\/p>\n
1895
\nThe Sino-Japanese War ended with the signing of the Treaty of Shimonoseki.<\/p>\n
1937
\nDaffy Duck made his debut in Porky’s Duck Hunt.<\/p>\n
1961
\nSupported by the U.S. government, 1,500 exiles made the unsuccessful Bay of Pigs invasion in Cuba.<\/p>\n
1964
\nGeraldine Mock became the first woman to fly solo around the world.<\/p>\n
1969
\nSirhan Sirhan was convicted of the murder of Robert F. Kennedy.<\/p>\n
1970
\nThe Apollo 13 astronauts safely splashed down after their near-disastrous flight.<\/p>\n
1975
\nPhnom Penh fell to the Khmer Rouge, ending the five-year Cambodian war.<\/p>\n
Birthdays<\/p>\n
J. P. Morgan
\nfinancier (1837)<\/p>\n
Isak Dinesen
\nauthor (1885)<\/p>\n
Nikita Khrushchev
\nSoviet Communist leader, premier of the USSR (1958\u201364), and first secretary of the Communist party of the Soviet Union (1953\u201364) (1894).<\/p>\n
Thornton Wilder
\nplaywright (1897)<\/p>\n
Harry Reasoner
\nmedia journalist (1923)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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