April 17
Cheese Ball Day
1937 Porky’s Duck Hunt first Daffy Duck roll in a cartoon
1946 Syria declares independence from France
1947 A bunt becomes Jackie Robinson his first hit.
1961 Apartment win best picture at the 33rd Academy Awards
1961 Bay Of Pigs
1964 The first New York Met game is played at Shea Stadium in a losing effort to the Pittsburgh Pirates 4 -3
1967 The Order of Canada is created by Lester B. Pearson
1970 Paul McCartney released McCartney his first solo album
1990 People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm is released by A Tribe Called Quest
Happy Birthday
1837 J.P. Morgan Founder of J.P. Morgan & Co.
1918 William Holden actor
1942 Buster Williams Jazz musician
1950 Bruce McNall former owner of LA Kings & Toronto Argos
1951 Borje Salming former NHL hockey player
1954 Roddy Piper former WWE superstar Actor
1957 Afrika Bambataa hip hop pioneer
1967 Liz Phair musician
1970 Redman rapper
1974 Victoria Beckham fashion designer & was in the group Spice Girls
1984 Rosanna Davison Model Miss World
1996 De'arra Taylor Youtube star
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