Daily Calendar for Friday, April 17, 2026

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Benjamin Franklin (U.S. statesman ) – 1790
Linda McCartney (photographer, singer, activist, & wife of Beatle Paul McCartney) – 1998
Dr. Robert C. Atkins (cardiologist who introduced the Atkins Diet”“) – 2003
Doris Roberts (actress) – 2016
Barbara Bush (U.S. First Lady) – 2018

Christopher Columbus’s trip financed by Spain – 1492
Lewis M. Norton patented a vat for forming pineapple-shape cheese – 1810
First Minot’s Ledge Light in Massachusetts swept away during storm – 1851
Song Hail, Hail, the Gang’s All Here, was copyrighted – 1908
Geraldine Mock completed solo flight around the world – 1964
Geraldine “Jerrie” Mock became the first woman to complete a solo flight around the world – 1964
Apollo 13 returned safely to Earth after having major difficulties – 1970
Canada’s Constitution Act, 1982 took effect, enacting the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. – 1982
6-lb. 10-oz. goldfish caught in Lake Hodges, California – 1996
Spacelab’s final mission, Neurolab, launched – 1998
Discovery of first Earth-size planet in Habitable Zone” publicized” – 2014

Eastern Massachusetts was blanketed with 12-18 inches of snow – 1821
Twenty-eight degrees F at St. Louis, Missouri – 1953
The Red River in Minnesota and North Dakota reached 20 feet above flood stage – 1997
Eastern U.S. heat wave: 80 degrees F, Portland, Maine; 97 degrees F, Newark, New Jersey – 2002
Del Rio, Texas, experienced a temperature of 101 degrees F – 2006