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<p><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/April_17" title="April 17">April 17</a></b>: <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evacuation_Day_(Syria)" title="Evacuation Day (Syria)">Evacuation Day</a></b> in Syria (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1946" title="1946">1946</a>), <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patriots%27_Day" title="Patriots' Day">Patriots' Day</a></b> in various U.S. states (1775)
</p><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1362" title="1362">1362</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lithuanian_Crusade" title="Lithuanian Crusade">Lithuanian Crusade</a>: After <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Kaunas" title="Siege of Kaunas">a month-long siege</a></b>, forces of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teutonic_Order" title="Teutonic Order">Teutonic Order</a> captured and destroyed <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaunas_Castle" title="Kaunas Castle">Kaunas Castle</a>, which was defended by troops of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Duchy_of_Lithuania" title="Grand Duchy of Lithuania">Grand Duchy of Lithuania</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1783" title="1783">1783</a> – The <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mechanical_Turk" title="Mechanical Turk">Mechanical Turk</a></b>, a fraudulent <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chess" title="Chess">chess</a>-playing "machine" by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolfgang_von_Kempelen" title="Wolfgang von Kempelen">Wolfgang von Kempelen</a> that was secretly controlled by a hidden human, began a tour of Europe.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1809" title="1809">1809</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Napoleonic_Wars" title="Napoleonic Wars">Napoleonic Wars</a>: After a three-day chase, a British squadron under <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Cochrane" title="Alexander Cochrane">Alexander Cochrane</a> <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troude%27s_expedition_to_the_Caribbean" title="Troude's expedition to the Caribbean">captured</a></b> the French ship-of-the-line <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_ship_D%27Hautpoul_(1807)" title="French ship D'Hautpoul (1807)"><i>D'Hautpoul</i></a> off Puerto Rico.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1973" title="1973">1973</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Lucas" title="George Lucas">George Lucas</a> began writing a 13-page <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Film_treatment" title="Film treatment">film treatment</a> entitled <i><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars_(film)" title="Star Wars (film)">The Star Wars</a></b></i>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1984" title="1984">1984</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metropolitan_Police" title="Metropolitan Police">Metropolitan Police</a> officer <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Yvonne_Fletcher" title="Murder of Yvonne Fletcher">Yvonne Fletcher</a></b> was shot and killed while on duty during a protest outside the Libyan embassy in London's <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_James%27s_Square" title="St James's Square">St James's Square</a>, resulting in an 11-day police siege of the building and a breakdown of diplomatic relations between the two nations.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eliza_Acton" title="Eliza Acton">Eliza Acton</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1799); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sirimavo_Bandaranaike" title="Sirimavo Bandaranaike">Sirimavo Bandaranaike</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1916); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_Abernathy" title="Ralph Abernathy">Ralph Abernathy</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1990)</p>
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