APRIL 17
1964:Geraldine “Jerrie” Mock becomes the first woman to fly solo around the
world, landing in Columbus, Ohio, after a journey of more than 29 days,
which had included 21 stops. Mock, a 38-year-old mother of three, made
the 22,860-mile trip in a small Cessna Model 180 dubbed the “Spirit of
Columbus.”
1521: Protestant reformer Martin Luther appears before the Holy Roman Empire’s Diet of Worms in Worms, Germany, but refuses to recant his objections to the practices of the Catholic Church. Luther will be labelled a heretic, but will be protected from persecution for the remainder of his life by sympathetic German princes.
1961: Nearly 1,400 CIA-trained Cuban exiles land in Cuba’s Bay of Pigs, in an attempt to oust communist leader Fidel Castro. The Bay of Pigs invasion, formally known as Operation Zapata, lacks the crucial support of the Cuban people and most of the attacking exiles are quickly captured by Castro’s military. The failed invasion is a foreign policy disaster for the Kennedy administration.
1521: Protestant reformer Martin Luther appears before the Holy Roman Empire’s Diet of Worms in Worms, Germany, but refuses to recant his objections to the practices of the Catholic Church. Luther will be labelled a heretic, but will be protected from persecution for the remainder of his life by sympathetic German princes.
1961: Nearly 1,400 CIA-trained Cuban exiles land in Cuba’s Bay of Pigs, in an attempt to oust communist leader Fidel Castro. The Bay of Pigs invasion, formally known as Operation Zapata, lacks the crucial support of the Cuban people and most of the attacking exiles are quickly captured by Castro’s military. The failed invasion is a foreign policy disaster for the Kennedy administration.
1524:New York harbor is explored by Italian explorer Giovanni da Verrazzano .
1492:Spain and Christopher Columbus sign a contract for him to sail to Asia to get spices.
1397:Geoffrey Chaucer's Canterbury Tales.
1397:Geoffrey Chaucer's Canterbury Tales.
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