Also on April 17
✡️ Religious Observances
- Jewish: Rosh Chodesh Iyyar ראש חודש אייר roshchodesh
🕰️ On This Day in History
- 2014 — NASA's Kepler space observatory confirms the discovery of the first Earth-size planet in the habitable zone of another star. ↗
- 2013 — An explosion at a fertilizer plant in the city of West, Texas, kills 15 people and injures 160 others. ↗
- 2006 — A Palestinian suicide bomber detonates an explosive device in a Tel Aviv restaurant, killing 11 people and injuring 70. ↗
- 1982 — Patriation of the Canadian constitution in Ottawa by Proclamation of Elizabeth II, Queen of Canada. ↗
- 1978 — Mir Akbar Khyber is assassinated, provoking a communist coup d'état in Afghanistan. ↗
🎂 Notable Births
- 1992 — Lachlan Maranta, Australian rugby league footballer
- 1990 — Jonathan Brown, Welsh footballer
- 1989 — Paraskevi Papachristou, Greek triple jumper
- 1988 — Takahiro Moriuchi, Japanese singer-songwriter
- 1986 — Romain Grosjean, French race car driver
🏀 Sports on this Date
- NHL: Anaheim Ducks @ Nashville Predators — 00:00 Final
- NHL: San Jose Sharks @ Winnipeg Jets — 00:00 Final
- MLB: Colorado Rockies @ Houston Astros — 00:10 Final
- MLB: Seattle Mariners @ San Diego Padres — 00:40 Final
- NHL: Los Angeles Kings @ Calgary Flames — 01:00 Final
- NHL: Vancouver Canucks @ Edmonton Oilers — 01:00 Final