Are you asking the question “What day of the week was I born?” Continue reading to find out what day of the week you were born.
Day Of The Week: April 17
April 17, 2025 is the 107th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 258 days remaining until the end of 2025. The day of the week is Thursday.
If you are into daily horoscope then Aries is your zodiac sign. Diamond is your modern birthstone. Opal is your mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
Historical Events: April 17
- 69 –After the First Battle of Bedriacum, Vitellius becomes Roman Emperor.
- 1521 –Martin Luther speaks to the assembly at the Diet of Worms, refusing to recant his teachings.
- 1797 –Sir Ralph Abercromby attacks San Juan, Puerto Rico in what would be one of the largest invasions of the Spanish territories in America.
- 1907 –The Ellis Island immigration center processes 11,747 people, more than on any other day.
- 1941 –World War II: The Kingdom of Yugoslavia surrenders to Germany.
- 1945 –Brazilian forces liberate the town of Montese, Italy, from German Nazi forces.
- 1946 –Syria obtains its Independence from the French occupation.
- 1961 –Bay of Pigs Invasion: A group of CIA financed and trained Cuban exiles lands at the Bay of Pigs in Cuba with the aim of ousting Fidel Castro.
- 1982 –Patriation of the Canadian constitution in Ottawa by Proclamation of Queen Elizabeth II, Queen of Canada.
- 1984 –Police Constable Yvonne Fletcher is killed by gunfire from the Libyan People’s Bureau in London during a small demonstration outside the embassy. Ten others are wounded. The events lead to an 11-day siege of the building.
Who were born on April 17?
- 1756 –Dheeran Chinnamalai, Indian Freedom Fighter, Tamil Revolutionist (d. 1805)
- 1882 –Artur Schnabel, Polish pianist (d. 1951)
- 1890 –Art Acord, American actor and rodeo rider (d. 1931)
- 1902 –Jaime Torres Bodet, Mexican politician (d. 1974)
- 1915 –Sirimavo Bandaranaike, A Sri Lankan politician and the world’s first female head of government (d. 2000)
- 1952 –Željko Ražnatović, Serbian warlord (d. 2000)
- 1976 –Alex Nesic, American actor
- 1980 –Curtis Woodhouse, English footballer/boxer
- 1980 –Nicholas D'Agosto, American television and film actor
- 1982 –Lee Jun Ki, South Korean actor and model
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