April 17th (1942) was a Friday. It's the 106th day of the year (107th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 259 days left to the end of the year.
Historical Events for 17th April, 1942
» French prisoner of war General Henri Giraud escapes from his castle prison in Festung Königstein.
Famous Birthdays on April 17 in 1942
» David Bradley (actor) named David Bradley, English actor
April 17th Famous Deaths for 1942
» Jean Baptiste Perrin, French-American physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize in Physics called Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1870)
April 17th Holidays in History
» Christian Calendar of saints named Feast Day:
» Benedict Joseph Labre
» Kateri Tekakwitha (Canada)
» Stephen Harding
» April 17 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
» Earliest day on which Store Bededag or General Prayer Day can fall, while May 13 is the latest; observed on the 4th Friday after Easter. (Denmark)
» Evacuation Day (Syria) called Evacuation Day, celebrates the recognition of the independence of Syria from France in 1946.