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简体中文 Historical Events on April 17
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1492
Spain and Christopher Columbus sign the Capitulations of Santa Fe for his voyage to Asia to acquire spices.
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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.
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1863
American Civil War: Grierson's Raid begins: Troops under Union Army Colonel Benjamin Grierson attack central Mississippi.
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1907
The Ellis Island immigration center processes 11,747 people, more than on any other day.
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Famous Birthdays on April 17
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1954Roddy Piper
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1972Muttiah Muralitharan
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1986Romain Grosjean
Famous Deaths on April 17
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485Proclus
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1790Benjamin Franklin
