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Notable anniversaries in history for today: April 17
- 500th: 1524 - Giovanni Verrazano, a florentine navigator, discovers New York Bay in America.
- 200th: 1824 - Russia abandons all North American claims south of 54 degrees 40' North.
- 100th: 1924 - Birth of Patrick Sergeant; founder (Euromoney Publications).
- 100th: 1924 - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studios is formed from a merger of Metro Pictures, Goldwyn Pictures and the Louis B. Mayer Company.
- 90th: 1934 - Birth of Don Kirshner; rock and roll producer (invented bubblegum music).
- 90th: 1934 - The new Fenway Park opens, Washington Senators beat Boston Red Sox 6-5.
- 80th: 1944 - J T Hearne, cricket player (took 49 wickets in 12 Tests for England), dies.
- 70th: 1954 - Birth of Kim Tyler in Hollywood, California, USA; actress (Kyle - Please Don't Eat the Daisies).
- 70th: 1954 - Birth of Riccardo Patrese; driver (Grand Prix).
- 60th: 1964 - First game at Shea Stadium, New York Mets lose to Pittsburgh Pirates, 4-3.
- 60th: 1964 - Birth of Ken Daneyko in Windsor, Ontario, Canada; NHL defenseman (New Jersey Devils).
- 60th: 1964 - Birth of Raye Hollit; American Gladiator (Zap).
- 60th: 1964 - The Ford Motor Company unveils the Ford Mustang at the New York World's Fair (US$2368 base price).
- 50th: 1974 - Birth of James Hamilton; linebacker (Jacksonville Jaguars).
- 50th: 1974 - Birth of Marcel Nijenhuis; soccer player (NEC).
- 50th: 1974 - Frank McGee, Today Show host, dies of cancer at age 52.
- 50th: 1974 - Herbert Elwell, US composer (Happy Hypocrite), dies at age 75.
- 50th: 1974 - Muslim fundamentalists assault military academy in Heliopolis, Egypt.
- 50th: 1974 - Susan Rancourt disappears from Central Washington State College, Ellensburg, Washington (Ted Bundy victim).
- 50th: 1974 - Vinnie Taylor, rocker (Canned Heat), dies of a drug overdose.
- 40th: 1984 - WPC Yvonne Fletcher is shot and killed by a secluded gunman during a siege outside the Libyan Embassy in London.
- 40th: 1984 - Atlanta Braves' pitcher Pascual Perez suspended due to cocaine usage.
- 30th: 1994 - 55th PGA Seniors Golf Championship: Lee Trevino wins.
- 30th: 1994 - Aruba government of Oduber falls.
- 30th: 1994 - Peter Hacker, US journalist/actor (NBC, Broadcast News), dies at age 69.
- 30th: 1994 - Val Skinner wins LPGA Atlanta Women's Golf Championship.
- 30th: 1994 - Death of Roger Wolcott Sperry, American neurobiologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (born 1913).
- 25th: 1999 - A nail bomb explodes in the middle of a busy market in Brixton, South London.
- 20th: 2004 - Israeli helicopters fire missiles at a convoy of vehicles in the Gaza Strip, killing the Gaza leader of Hamas, Abdel Aziz al-Rantissi.
- 15th: 2009 - In eastern Afghanistan, a 5.5 magnitude earthquake occurs, followed in two hours by a 5.1 aftershock.
- 15th: 2009 - Thirty-four heads of state and government meet in Port of Spain, Trinidad for the 5th Summit of the Americas.
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