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New York, U.S. Friday Apr 17, 1936 Lucky LucianoLuciano's legal options had been exhausted
New York, U.S. Friday Apr 17, 1936 On April 17, after all of Luciano's legal options had been exhausted, Arkansas authorities handed him to three NYPD detectives for transport by train back to New York for trial. When the train reached St. Louis, Missouri, the detectives and Luciano changed trains. During this switchover, they were guarded by 20 local policemen to prevent a mob rescue attempt.
Washington D.C., U.S. Monday Apr 17, 1961 02:00:00 PM Bay of Pigs InvasionNikita Khrushchev's Telegram To President Kennedy
Washington D.C., U.S. Monday Apr 17, 1961 02:00:00 PM At 14:00, President Kennedy received a telegram from Nikita Khrushchev in Moscow, stating the Russians would not allow the US to enter Cuba, and implied swift nuclear retribution to the United States heartland if their warnings were not heeded.
Ellensburg, Washington, U.S. Wednesday Apr 17, 1974 Ted BundySusan Elaine
Ellensburg, Washington, U.S. Wednesday Apr 17, 1974 On April 17, Susan Elaine Rancourt disappeared while on her way to her dorm room after an evening advisors' meeting at Central Washington State College in Ellensburg, 110 miles (175 km) east-southeast of Seattle. Two female Central Washington students later came forward to report encounters—one on the night of Rancourt's disappearance, the other three nights earlier—with a man wearing an arm sling, asking for help carrying a load of books to his brown or tan Volkswagen Beetle.
Miami, Florida, U.S. Wednesday Apr 17, 2013 New York, U.S. Friday Apr 17, 1936 Lucky LucianoLuciano's legal options had been exhausted
New York, U.S. Friday Apr 17, 1936 On April 17, after all of Luciano's legal options had been exhausted, Arkansas authorities handed him to three NYPD detectives for transport by train back to New York for trial. When the train reached St. Louis, Missouri, the detectives and Luciano changed trains. During this switchover, they were guarded by 20 local policemen to prevent a mob rescue attempt.
Washington D.C., U.S. Monday Apr 17, 1961 02:00:00 PM Bay of Pigs InvasionNikita Khrushchev's Telegram To President Kennedy
Washington D.C., U.S. Monday Apr 17, 1961 02:00:00 PM At 14:00, President Kennedy received a telegram from Nikita Khrushchev in Moscow, stating the Russians would not allow the US to enter Cuba, and implied swift nuclear retribution to the United States heartland if their warnings were not heeded.
Ellensburg, Washington, U.S. Wednesday Apr 17, 1974 Ted BundySusan Elaine
Ellensburg, Washington, U.S. Wednesday Apr 17, 1974 On April 17, Susan Elaine Rancourt disappeared while on her way to her dorm room after an evening advisors' meeting at Central Washington State College in Ellensburg, 110 miles (175 km) east-southeast of Seattle. Two female Central Washington students later came forward to report encounters—one on the night of Rancourt's disappearance, the other three nights earlier—with a man wearing an arm sling, asking for help carrying a load of books to his brown or tan Volkswagen Beetle.
Miami, Florida, U.S. Wednesday Apr 17, 2013
