17th Apr’20 – What Happened Today In History? | On This Day

Find out what happened on the 17th of April in History. There are a lot many happenings which had taken place on this date in the pages of Indian History, here we have listed some of the very important events occur 17th of April

 
Roderick George Toombs (April 17, 1954 – July 31, 2015), better known by his ring name “Rowdy” Roddy Piper, was a Canadian professional wrestler and actor. In professional wrestling, Piper was best known to international audiences for his work with the World Wrestling Federation .
Jacqueline MacInnes Wood (born 17 April 1987) is a Canadian actress, disc jockey, singer and television host. She is best known for starring as Olivia Castle in the horror film Final Destination 5 (2011) and as the rich Steffy Forrester in CBS soap opera.
Carlo Dante Rota (born 17 April 1961) is a British-Canadian actor, best known to Canadian audiences for his role on Little Mosque on the Prairie and to international audiences as systems analyst Morris O’Brian on the FOX series 24.
Alaina Kalanj (born April 17, 1980) is a Canadian film and television actress of Croatian descent. She is also known professionally as Alaina Huffman best known for the Canadian television series Painkiller Jane, where she played the character Maureen Bowers.
Rachel Anne Notley (born April 17, 1964) is a Canadian politician who served as the 17th Premier of Alberta from 2015 to 2019. She is a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta for Edmonton-Strathcona, and leader of the Alberta New Democratic Party.
 

Notable Moments

 
1676 Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj attacked the Fonda fort and won Karwar.
1977 Swatantra Party was merged in Janata Party.
1990 Gas explodes on passenger train in Kumrahar, India killing 80 people.
1996 Indian Railways bars AIDS patients from using trains.
1941 Office of Price Administration was formed which handled the rationing of essential commodities.
 

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