What Happened Today In History : April 17

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*In this day of 1492, Spain and Christopher Columbus sign the Capitulations of Santa Fe for his voyage to Asia to acquire spices.

*In this day of 1524, Giovanni da Verrazzano reaches New York harbor.

*In this day of 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.

*In this day of 1797, Citizens of Verona begin an unsuccessful eight-day rebellion against the French occupying forces.

*In this day of 1861, The state of Virginia's secession convention votes to secede from the United States, becoming the 8th state to join the Confederate States of America.

*In this day of 1905, The Supreme Court of the United States decides Lochner v. New York, which holds that the "right to free contract" is implicit in the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.

*In this day of 1912, Russian troops open fire on striking goldfield workers in northeast Siberia, killing at least 150.

*In this day of 1941, World War II: The Kingdom of Yugoslavia surrenders to Germany.

*In this day of 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.

*In this day of 1946, French withdrawn his last troops from Syria.

*In this day of 1951, The Peak District becomes the United Kingdom's first National Park.

*In this day of 1971, The People's Republic of Bangladesh is formed.

*In this day of 1975, The Cambodian Civil War ends. The Khmer Rouge captures the capital Phnom Penh and Cambodian government forces surrender.

*In this day of 2014, NASA's Kepler space observatory confirms the discovery of the first Earth-size planet in the habitable zone of another star.

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