April 17th (2003) was a Thursday. 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.
April 17th Famous Deaths for 2003
» Robert Atkins (nutritionist) called Robert Atkins, American physician and cardiologist, created the Atkins diet (b. 1930)
» H. B. Bailey, American race car driver (b. 1936)
» John Paul Getty, Jr., American-English philanthropist (b. 1932)
» Earl King, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1934)
» Masha and Dasha Krivoshlyapova, Russian conjoined twins (b. 1950)
» Yiannis Latsis, Greek businessman (b. 1910)
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.