April 17: Evacuation Day (1946); Tax Day in the United States (2018)
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Kaunas Castle (reconstructed)
- 1080 – On the death of his brother Harald III, Canute IV, who later became the first Dane to be canonized, became King of Denmark.
- 1362 – Lithuanian Crusade: After a month-long siege, the Teutonic Order captured and destroyed Kaunas Castle (reconstruction pictured) in Lithuania.
- 1907 – The first of three dreadnought battleships for Brazil was laid down, sparking a vastly expensive South American naval arms race.
- 1973 – George Lucas began writing a 13-page film treatment entitled The Star Wars.
- 1982 – A new patriated Constitution of Canada, including the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, a bill of rights intended to protect certain political and civil rights of people in Canada, was signed into law by Elizabeth II, Queen of Canada.
Marino Faliero (d. 1355) · Cap Anson (b. 1852) · Lucrețiu Pătrășcanu (d. 1954)
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