What Happened On This Day In History 17th April?

On this day 17th April:


On this day in 1970, the astronauts of Apollo 13 returned to Earth, they were set to go to the moon but disaster struck when fuel cells were damaged. It was a nervous four days with the world watching, but they touched down in their pod in the Pacific Ocean, all safe. Some consider bringing these boys home a bigger achievement than bigger moon landings.

On this day in 1945, the American seize over a thousand tons of uranium from the Russians.

On this day in 1937, the cartoon character Daffy Duck hit the big screen for the first time.

On this day in 1964, the Ford Motor Company unveiled its famous Mustang model car.

On this day in 2004, Israel murdered Hamas leader Abdel Aziz Rantisi with a missile strike.

On this day in 1993, the police officers who beat up Rodney King were let off.

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