Daily Calendar for Monday, April 17, 2023
Born
- Samuel Chase (lawyer) –
- John Pierpont Morgan (business tycoon) –
- Thornton Wilder (author) –
- William Holden (actor) –
- Olivia Hussey (actress) –
- Boomer Esiason (football player) –
- Joel Murray (actor) –
- Jennifer Garner (actress) –
Died
- Benjamin Franklin (U.S. statesman
) –
- Linda McCartney (photographer, singer, activist, & wife of Beatle Paul McCartney) –
- Dr. Robert C. Atkins (cardiologist who introduced the Atkins Diet”“) –
- Doris Roberts (actress) –
- Barbara Bush (U.S. First Lady) –
Events
- Christopher Columbus’s trip financed by Spain –
- Lewis M. Norton patented a vat for forming pineapple-shape cheese –
- First Minot’s Ledge Light in Massachusetts swept away during storm –
- Song Hail, Hail, the Gang’s All Here, was copyrighted –
- Geraldine Mock completed solo flight around the world –
- Apollo 13 returned safely to Earth after having major difficulties –
- 6-lb. 10-oz. goldfish caught in Lake Hodges, California –
- Spacelab’s final mission, Neurolab, launched –
- Discovery of first Earth-size planet in Habitable Zone” publicized” –
Weather
- Eastern Massachusetts was blanketed with 12-18 inches of snow –
- Twenty-eight degrees F at St. Louis, Missouri –
- The Red River in Minnesota and North Dakota reached 20 feet above flood stage –
- Eastern U.S. heat wave:
80 degrees F, Portland, Maine;
97 degrees F, Newark, New Jersey
–
- Del Rio, Texas, experienced a temperature of 101 degrees F –
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