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April 17 is the 107th day of the year (108th in leap years ) in the Gregorian calendar . 258 days remain until the end of the year.
1080 – Harald III of Denmark dies and is succeeded by Canute IV , who would later be the first Dane to be canonized .1349 – The rule of the Bavand dynasty in Mazandaran is brought to an end by the murder of Hasan II .1362 – Kaunas Castle falls to the Teutonic Order after a month-long siege .1492 – Spain and Christopher Columbus sign the Capitulations of Santa Fe for his voyage to Asia to acquire spices .1521 – Trial of Martin Luther over his teachings begins during the assembly of the Diet of Worms . Initially intimidated, he asks for time to reflect before answering and is given a stay of one day.1524 – Giovanni da Verrazzano reaches New York harbor.1797 – Sir Ralph Abercromby attacks San Juan, Puerto Rico , in what would be one of the largest invasions of the Spanish territories in the Americas.1797 – Citizens of Verona begin an unsuccessful eight-day rebellion against the French occupying forces. 1861 – The state of Virginia 's secession convention votes to secede from the United States, later becoming the eighth state to join the Confederate States of America .1863 – American Civil War : Grierson's Raid begins: Troops under Union Army Colonel Benjamin Grierson attack central Mississippi .1864 – American Civil War: The Battle of Plymouth begins: Confederate forces attack Plymouth, North Carolina .1869 – President Benito Juarez declares Morelos a state of Mexico .[1] 1876 – Catalpa rescue : The rescue of six Fenian prisoners from Fremantle Prison in Western Australia.1895 – The Treaty of Shimonoseki between China and Japan is signed. This marks the end of the First Sino-Japanese War , and the defeated Qing Empire is forced to renounce its claims on Korea and to concede the southern portion of the Fengtien province , Taiwan and the Pescadores Islands to Japan.1905 – The Supreme Court of the United States decides Lochner v. New York right to free contract " is implicit in the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution .1907 – The Ellis Island immigration center processes 11,747 people, more than on any other day.1912 – Russian troops open fire on striking goldfield workers in northeast Siberia , killing at least 150.1941 – World War II : The Kingdom of Yugoslavia surrenders to Germany .1942 – French prisoner of war General Henri Giraud escapes from his castle prison in Königstein Fortress .1944 – Forces of the Communist-controlled Greek People's Liberation Army attack the smaller National and Social Liberation resistance group, which surrenders. Its leader Dimitrios Psarros is murdered.1945 – World War II : Montese , Italy, is liberated from Nazi forces.1946 – The last French troops are withdrawn from Syria .1949 – At midnight 26 Irish counties officially leave the British Commonwealth . A 21-gun salute on O'Connell Bridge, Dublin , ushers in the Republic of Ireland .1951 – The Peak District becomes the United Kingdom's first National Park .1961 – Bay of Pigs Invasion : A group of Cuban exiles financed and trained by the CIA lands at the Bay of Pigs in Cuba with the aim of ousting Fidel Castro .1969 – Sirhan Sirhan is convicted of assassinating Robert F. Kennedy .1969 – Communist Party of Czechoslovakia chairman Alexander Dubček is deposed. 1970 – Apollo program : The ill-fated Apollo 13 spacecraft returns to Earth safely.1971 – The People's Republic of Bangladesh is formed.1975 – The Cambodian Civil War ends. The Khmer Rouge captures the capital Phnom Penh and Cambodian government forces surrender.1978 – Mir Akbar Khyber is assassinated, provoking a communist coup d'état in Afghanistan .1982 – Patriation of the Canadian constitution in Ottawa by Proclamation of Elizabeth II , Queen of Canada .2006 – A Palestinian suicide bomber detonates an explosive device in a Tel Aviv restaurant , killing 11 people and injuring 70.2013 – An explosion at a fertilizer plant in the city of West, Texas , kills 15 people and injures 160 others.2014 – NASA 's Kepler space telescope confirms the discovery of the first Earth-size planet in the habitable zone of another star.2019 – A tourist bus overturned on the Portuguese island of Madeira, killing 29 passengers mostly German tourists.[2] 44 – Pope Evaristus (d. 107)1277 – Michael IX Palaiologos , Byzantine emperor (d. 1320)1455 – Andrea Gritti , Doge of Venice (d. 1538)[3] 1497 – Pedro de Valdivia , Spanish conquistador, conquered northern Chile (d. 1553)1573 – Maximilian I, Elector of Bavaria (d. 1651)1586 – John Ford , English poet and playwright (d. 1639)1598 – Giovanni Battista Riccioli , Italian priest and astronomer (d. 1671)1620 – Marguerite Bourgeoys , French-Canadian nun and saint, founded the Congregation of Notre Dame of Montreal (d. 1700)1635 – Edward Stillingfleet , British theologian and scholar (d. 1699)1676 – Frederick I of Sweden (d. 1751)1683 – Johann David Heinichen , German composer and theorist (d. 1729)1710 – Henry Erskine, 10th Earl of Buchan , Scottish politician (d. 1767)1734 – Taksin , King of Thailand (d. 1782)1741 – Samuel Chase , American lawyer and jurist (d. 1811)1750 – François de Neufchâteau , French academic and politician, French Minister of the Interior (d. 1828)1756 – Dheeran Chinnamalai , Indian commander (d. 1805)1766 – Collin McKinney , American surveyor, merchant, and politician (d. 1861)1794 – Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius , German botanist and explorer (d. 1868)1798 – Étienne Bobillier , French mathematician and academic (d. 1840)1814 – Josif Pančić , Serbian botanist and academic (d. 1888)1816 – Thomas Hazlehurst , English architect and philanthropist (d. 1876)1820 – Alexander Cartwright , American firefighter and inventor of baseball (d. 1892)1833 – Jean-Baptiste Accolay , Belgian violinist, composer, and conductor (d. 1900)1837 – J. P. Morgan , American banker and financier, founded J.P. Morgan & Co. (d. 1913)1842 – Maurice Rouvier , French businessman and politician, 53rd Prime Minister of France (d. 1911)1849 – William R. Day , American jurist and politician, 36th United States Secretary of State (d. 1923)1852 – Cap Anson , American baseball player and manager (d. 1922)1863 – Augustus Edward Hough Love , English mathematician and theorist (d. 1940)1865 – Ursula Ledóchowska , Polish-Austrian nun and saint, founded the Congregation of the Ursulines of the Agonizing Heart of Jesus (d. 1939)1866 – Ernest Starling , English physiologist and academic (d. 1927)1875 – Aleksander Tõnisson , Estonian general and politician, 5th Estonian Minister of War (d. 1941)1877 – Matsudaira Tsuneo , Japanese diplomat (d. 1949)1878 – Emil Fuchs , German-American lawyer and businessman (d. 1961)1878 – Demetrios Petrokokkinos , Greek tennis player (d. 1942) 1879 – Henri Tauzin , French hurdler (d. 1918)1882 – Artur Schnabel , Jewish-Polish pianist and composer (d. 1951)1888 – Herms Niel , German soldier, trombonist, and composer (d. 1954)1891 – George Adamski , Polish-American ufologist and author (d. 1965)1895 – Robert Dean Frisbie , American soldier and author (d. 1948)1896 – Señor Wences , Spanish-American ventriloquist (d. 1999)1897 – Nisargadatta Maharaj , Indian philosopher and educator (d. 1981)1897 – Thornton Wilder , American novelist and playwright (d. 1975) 1897 – Edouard Wyss-Dunant , Swiss physician and mountaineer (d. 1983) 1899 – Aleksander Klumberg , Estonian decathlete and coach (d. 1958)1903 – Nicolas Nabokov , Russian-American composer and educator (d. 1978)1903 – Gregor Piatigorsky , Ukrainian-American cellist and educator (d. 1976) 1903 – Morgan Taylor , American hurdler and coach (d. 1975) 1905 – Louis Jean Heydt , American journalist and actor (d. 1960)1905 – Arthur Lake , American actor (d. 1987) 1906 – Sidney Garfield , American physician, co-founded Kaiser Permanente (d. 1984)1909 – Alain Poher , French politician, President of France (d. 1996)1910 – Evangelos Averoff , Greek historian and politician, Greek Minister of Defence (d. 1990)1910 – Ivan Goff , Australian screenwriter and producer (d. 1999) 1910 – Helenio Herrera , French footballer and manager (d. 1997) 1911 – Hervé Bazin , French author and poet (d. 1996)1911 – Lester Rodney , American soldier and journalist (d. 2009) 1912 – Marta Eggerth , Jewish-Hungarian-American actress and singer (d. 2013)1914 – George Davis , American art director (d. 1984)1914 – Mac Raboy , American illustrator (d. 1967) 1915 – Martin Clemens , Scottish soldier (d. 2009) 1915 – Joe Foss , American general and politician, 20th Governor of South Dakota (d. 2003) 1915 – Regina Ghazaryan , Armenian painter (d. 1999) 1916 – Win Maung , 3rd President of Union of Myanmar (d. 1989)1916 – A. Thiagarajah , Sri Lankan educator and politician (d. 1981) 1916 – Sirimavo Bandaranaike , Prime Minister of Sri Lanka , world's first female prime minister (d.2000)1918 – William Holden , American actor (d. 1981)1919 – Gilles Lamontagne , Canadian lieutenant and politician, 24th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec (d. 2016)1919 – Chavela Vargas , Costa Rican-Mexican singer-songwriter and actress (d. 2012) 1920 – Edmonde Charles-Roux , French journalist and author (d. 2016)1923 – Lindsay Anderson , English actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 1994)1923 – Solly Hemus , American baseball player, coach, and manager (d. 2017) 1923 – Neville McNamara , Australian air marshal (d. 2014) 1923 – Gianni Raimondi , Italian lyric tenor (d. 2008) 1923 – Harry Reasoner , American soldier and journalist (d. 1991) 1924 – Kenneth Norman Jones , Australian public servant1924 – Donald Richie , American-Japanese author and critic (d. 2013) 1925 – René Moawad , Lebanese lawyer and politician, 13th President of Lebanon (d. 1989)1926 – Joan Lorring , British actress (d. 2014)1926 – Gerry McNeil , Canadian ice hockey player and manager (d. 2004) 1927 – Margot Honecker , East German politician and First Lady (d. 2016)1928 – Victor Lownes , American businessman (d. 2017)1928 – Cynthia Ozick , American short story writer, novelist, and essayist 1928 – Heinz Putzl , Austrian fencer 1928 – Fabien Roy , Canadian accountant and politician 1929 – James Last , German-American bassist, composer, and bandleader (d. 2015)1930 – Chris Barber , English trombonist and bandleader1931 – John Barrett , English tennis player and sportscaster1931 – Malcolm Browne , American journalist and photographer (d. 2012) 1934 – Don Kirshner , American songwriter and producer (d. 2011)1934 – Peter Morris , Australian-English surgeon and academic 1935 – Bud Paxson , American broadcaster, founded Home Shopping Network and Pax TV (d. 2015)1937 – Ronald Hamowy , Canadian historian and academic (d. 2012)1937 – Ferdinand Piëch , Austrian-German engineer and businessman 1938 – Ben Barnes , American businessman and politician, 36th Lieutenant Governor of Texas 1938 – Doug Lewis , Canadian lawyer and politician, 41st Canadian Minister of Justice 1938 – Ronald H. Miller , American theologian, author, and academic (d. 2011) 1938 – Kerry Wendell Thornley , American theorist and author (d. 1988) 1939 – Robert Miller , American art dealer (d. 2011)1940 – Eric Dancer , English businessman and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Devon 1940 – Billy Fury , English singer-songwriter (d. 1983) 1940 – John McCririck , English journalist 1940 – Chuck Menville , American animator and screenwriter (d. 1992) 1940 – Anja Silja , German soprano and actress 1940 – Agostino Vallini , Italian cardinal and vicar general of Rome 1941 – Lagle Parek , Estonian architect and politician, Estonian Minister of the Interior 1942 – Buster Williams , American jazz bassist1943 – Richard Allen Epstein , American lawyer, author, and academic1946 – Clare Francis , English sailor and author1947 – Nigel Emslie, Lord Emslie , Scottish lawyer and judge1947 – Richard Field , English lawyer and judge 1947 – Sherrie Levine , American photographer 1947 – Tsutomu Wakamatsu , Japanese baseball player, coach, and manager 1948 – Jan Hammer , Czech pianist, composer, and producer1948 – Alice Harden , American educator and politician (d. 2012) 1948 – Pekka Vasala , Finnish runner 1951 – Olivia Hussey , Argentinian-English actress1951 – Börje Salming , Swedish ice hockey player and businessman 1952 – Joe Alaskey , American voice actor (d. 2016)1952 – Pierre Guité , Canadian ice hockey player 1952 – John McColl , English general and politician, Lieutenant Governor of Jersey 1952 – Željko Ražnatović , Serbian commander (d. 2000) 1952 – John Robertson , Scottish businessman and politician 1954 – Riccardo Patrese , Italian race car driver1954 – Roddy Piper , Canadian professional wrestler and actor (d. 2015) 1954 – Michael Sembello , American singer-songwriter and guitarist 1955 – Todd Lickliter , American basketball player and coach1955 – Pete Shelley , English singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2018) 1955 – Mike Stroud , English physician and explorer 1956 – Colin Tyre, Lord Tyre , Scottish lawyer and judge1957 – Teri Austin , Canadian actress1957 – Afrika Bambaataa , American disc jockey 1957 – Nick Hornby , English novelist, essayist, lyricist, and screenwriter 1957 – Julia Macur , English lawyer and judge 1957 – Frank McDonough , British historian 1958 – Laslo Babits , Canadian javelin thrower (d. 2013)1959 – Sean Bean , English actor1959 – Jimmy Mann , Canadian ice hockey player 1959 – Li Meisu , Chinese shot putter 1960 – Vladimir Polyakov , Russian pole vaulter1961 – Frank J. Christensen , American labor union leader1961 – Norman Cowans , Jamaican-English cricketer 1961 – Boomer Esiason , American football player and sportscaster 1961 – Bella Freud , English fashion designer 1962 – Paul Nicholls , English jockey and trainer1964 – Ken Daneyko , Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster1964 – Maynard James Keenan , American singer-songwriter and producer 1964 – Rachel Notley , Canadian politician 1964 – Lela Rochon , American actress 1966 – Vikram , Indian actor and singer1967 – Kimberly Elise , American actress1967 – Marquis Grissom , American baseball player and coach 1967 – Ian Jones , New Zealand rugby player 1967 – Barnaby Joyce , Australian politician, 17th Deputy Prime Minister of Australia 1967 – Liz Phair , American singer-songwriter and guitarist 1968 – Julie Fagerholt , Danish fashion designer1968 – Phil Henderson , American basketball player and coach (d. 2013) 1968 – Eric Lamaze , Canadian jockey 1968 – Roger Twose , New Zealand cricketer 1968 – Richie Woodhall , English boxer and trainer 1970 – Redman , American rapper, producer, and actor1971 – Claire Sweeney , English actress1972 – Gary Bennett , American baseball player1972 – Tony Boselli , American football player and sportscaster 1972 – Jennifer Garner , American actress 1972 – Muttiah Muralitharan , Sri Lankan cricketer 1972 – Yuichi Nishimura , Japanese footballer and referee 1972 – Terran Sandwith , Canadian ice hockey player 1973 – Katrin Koov , Estonian architect1973 – Brett Maher , Australian basketball player and sportscaster 1973 – Theo Ratliff , American basketball player 1974 – Mikael Åkerfeldt , Swedish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer1974 – Victoria Beckham , English singer and fashion designer 1975 – Heidi Alexander , English politician1975 – Travis Roy , American ice hockey player 1976 – Maurice Wignall , Jamaican hurdler and long jumper1977 – Chad Hedrick , American speed skater1977 – Phil Jamieson , Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist 1977 – Frederik Magle , Danish composer, organist, and pianist 1978 – Monika Bergmann-Schmuderer , German skier1978 – Lindsay Hartley , American actress 1978 – Jason White , Scottish rugby player 1979 – Eric Brewer , Canadian ice hockey player1979 – Marija Šestak , Serbian-Slovenian triple jumper 1980 – Fabián Vargas , Colombian footballer1980 – Curtis Woodhouse , English footballer, boxer, and manager 1981 – Jenny Meadows , English runner1981 – Hanna Pakarinen , Finnish singer-songwriter 1981 – Ryan Raburn , American baseball player 1981 – Chris Thompson , English runner 1981 – Zhang Yaokun , Chinese footballer 1982 – Brad Boyes , Canadian ice hockey player1982 – Chuck Kobasew , Canadian ice hockey player 1983 – Stanislav Chistov , Russian ice hockey player1983 – Roberto Jiménez , Peruvian footballer 1983 – Andrea Marcato , Italian rugby player 1984 – Pablo Sebastián Álvarez , Argentinian footballer1984 – Jed Lowrie , American baseball player 1984 – Raffaele Palladino , Italian footballer 1985 – Rooney Mara , American actress1985 – Luke Mitchell , Australian actor and model 1985 – Jo-Wilfried Tsonga , French tennis player 1986 – Romain Grosjean , French race car driver1988 – Takahiro Moriuchi , Japanese singer-songwriter1989 – Paraskevi Papachristou , Greek triple jumper1989 – Avi Kaplan , singer and songwriter 1990 – Jonathan Brown , Welsh footballer1992 – Lachlan Maranta , Australian rugby league footballer1994 – Alanna Goldie , Canadian fencer[4] 1996 – Lorna Fitzgerald , British actress485 – Proclus , Greek mathematician and philosopher (b. 412)617 – Donnán of Eigg , Irish priest and saint648 – Xiao , empress of the Sui Dynasty 744 – Al-Walid II , Umayyad caliph (b. 706)818 – Bernard of Italy , Frankish king (b. 797)858 – Benedict III , pope of the Catholic Church 1071 – Manuel Komnenos , Byzantine military commander (b. c. 1045)1080 – Harald III of Denmark (b. 1041)1111 – Robert of Molesme , Christian saint and abbot (b. 1027)1298 – Árni Þorláksson , Icelandic bishop (b. 1237)1321 – Infanta Branca of Portugal , daughter of King Afonso III of Portugal (b. 1259)1331 – Robert de Vere, 6th Earl of Oxford , English nobleman (b. 1257)1344 – Constantine II, King of Armenia 1355 – Marin Falier , Doge of Venice (b. 1285)1427 – John IV, Duke of Brabant (b. 1403)1539 – George, Duke of Saxony (b. 1471)1574 – Joachim Camerarius , German scholar and translator (b. 1500)1669 – Antonio Bertali , Italian violinist and composer (b. 1605)1680 – Kateri Tekakwitha , Mohawk -born Native American saint (b. 1656)1695 – Juana Inés de la Cruz , Mexican poet and scholar (b. 1651)[5] 1696 – Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sévigné , French author (b. 1626)1711 – Joseph I, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1678)1713 – David Hollatz , Polish pastor and theologian (b. 1648)1764 – Johann Mattheson , German lexicographer and composer (b. 1681)1790 – Benjamin Franklin , American inventor, publisher, and politician, 6th President of Pennsylvania (b. 1706)1799 – Richard Jupp , English surveyor and architect (b. 1728)1840 – Hannah Webster Foster , American journalist and author (b. 1758)1843 – Samuel Morey , American engineer (b. 1762)1882 – George Jennings , English engineer and plumber, invented the Flush toilet (b. 1810)1888 – E. G. Squier , American archaeologist and journalist (b. 1821)1892 – Alexander Mackenzie , Scottish-Canadian journalist and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1822)1921 – Manwel Dimech , Maltese journalist, author, and philosopher (b. 1860)1923 – Laurence Ginnell , Irish lawyer and politician (b. 1852)1930 – Alexander Golovin , Russian painter and stage designer (b. 1863)1933 – Kote Marjanishvili , Georgian director and playwright (b. 1872)1936 – Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck , Dutch lawyer and politician, 28th Prime Minister of the Netherlands (b. 1873)1942 – Jean Baptiste Perrin , French-American physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1870)1944 – J. T. Hearne , English cricketer and coach (b. 1867)1944 – Dimitrios Psarros , Greek lieutenant, founded the National and Social Liberation (b. 1893) 1946 – Juan Bautista Sacasa , Nicaraguan medical doctor, politician and 20th President of Nicaragua (b. 1874)1948 – Suzuki Kantarō , Japanese admiral and politician, 42nd Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1868)1954 – Lucrețiu Pătrășcanu , Romanian lawyer and politician, Romanian Minister of Justice (b. 1900)1960 – Eddie Cochran , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1938)1961 – Elda Anderson , American physicist and health researcher (b. 1899) 1967 – Red Allen , American singer and trumpet player (b. 1908)1975 – Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan , Indian philosopher and politician, 2nd President of India (b. 1888)1976 – Henrik Dam , Danish biochemist and physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1895)1977 – William Conway , Irish cardinal (b. 1913)1983 – Felix Pappalardi , American singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer (b. 1939)1984 – Claude Provost , Canadian-American ice hockey player (b. 1933)1987 – Cecil Harmsworth King , English publisher (b. 1901)1987 – Dick Shawn , American actor (b. 1923) 1988 – Louise Nevelson , Ukrainian-American sculptor and educator (b. 1900)1990 – Ralph Abernathy , American minister and activist (b. 1936)1993 – Turgut Özal , Turkish engineer and politician, 8th president of Turkey (b. 1927)1994 – Roger Wolcott Sperry , American psychologist and biologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1913)1995 – Frank E. Resnik , American sergeant and businessman (b. 1928)1996 – Piet Hein , Danish poet and mathematician (b. 1905)1997 – Chaim Herzog , Israeli general, lawyer, and politician, 6th President of Israel (b. 1918)1998 – Linda McCartney , American photographer, activist, and musician (b. 1941)2003 – Robert Atkins , American physician and cardiologist, created the Atkins diet (b. 1930)2003 – H. B. Bailey , American race car driver (b. 1936) 2003 – John Paul Getty, Jr. , American-English philanthropist (b. 1932) 2003 – Earl King , American blues singer, guitarist and songwriter (b. 1934) 2003 – Yiannis Latsis , Greek businessman (b. 1910) 2004 – Edmond Pidoux , Swiss author and poet (b. 1908)2006 – Jean Bernard , French physician and haematologist (b. 1907)2006 – Scott Brazil , American director and producer (b. 1955) 2006 – Henderson Forsythe , American actor (b. 1917) 2007 – Kitty Carlisle , American actress, singer, socialite and game show panelist (b. 1910)2008 – Aimé Césaire , Caribbean-French poet and politician (b. 1913)2008 – Danny Federici , American organist and accordion player (b. 1950) 2011 – Eric Gross , Austrian-Australian pianist and composer (b. 1926)2011 – Michael Sarrazin , Canadian actor (b. 1940) 2011 – Robert Vickrey , American artist and author (b. 1926) 2012 – Leila Berg , English journalist and author (b. 1917)2012 – J. Quinn Brisben , American educator and politician (b. 1934) 2012 – Dimitris Mitropanos , Greek singer (b. 1948) 2012 – Nityananda Mohapatra , Indian journalist, poet, and politician (b. 1912) 2012 – Jonathan V. Plaut , American rabbi and author (b. 1942) 2012 – Stanley Rogers Resor , American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 9th United States Secretary of the Army (b. 1917) 2013 – Carlos Graça , São Toméan politician, Prime Minister of São Tomé and Príncipe (b. 1931)2013 – Bi Kidude , Tanzanian Taarab singer (b. ≈1910)[6] 2013 – Yngve Moe , Norwegian bass player and songwriter (b. 1957) 2013 – V. S. Ramadevi , Indian politician, 13th Governor of Karnataka (b. 1934) 2014 – Gabriel García Márquez , Colombian journalist and author, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1927)2014 – Bernat Klein , Serbian-Scottish fashion designer and painter (b. 1922) 2014 – Wojciech Leśnikowski , Polish–American architect and academic (b. 1938) 2014 – Karpal Singh , Malaysian lawyer and politician (b. 1940) 2015 – Robert P. Griffin , American soldier, lawyer, and politician (b. 1923)2015 – Scotty Probasco , American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1928) 2015 – Jeremiah J. Rodell , American general (b. 1921) 2015 – A. Alfred Taubman , American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1924) 2016 – Doris Roberts , American actress (b. 1925)2018 – Barbara Bush , former First Lady of the United States (b. 1925)[7] 2018 – Carl Kasell , American radio personality (b. 1934)[8] 2019 – Alan García , former President of Peru (b. 1949)[9] Holidays and observances [ edit ] References [ edit ] External links [ edit ] Wikimedia Commons has media related to April 17
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