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17 April 1964: Geraldine #Mock of Ohio became the first woman to fly solo around the world. Her trip began on March 19, 1964 in #Columbus , Ohio and finished there. She flew a 1953 #Cessna 180. #history #flight #OnThisDay #ad amzn.to/2RK26G9

17 April 1397: English #poet and #author Geoffrey Chaucer, known as the Father of English literature, tells The Canterbury Tales for the first time at the court of King Richard II. #history #OTD #ad amzn.to/2K8CnTz

17 April 1975: The #Cambodian Civil War ends as the #Communist Party of Kampuchea, aka the Khmer Rouge, defeats the Kingdom of Cambodia. The civil war began in 1967. The #KhmerRouge massacred some 1.5-3 million Cambodians during their reign. #OTD #ad amzn.to/2XJCiNR

Downtown getting decked out for the NBA Playoffs and for the first time there will be 'Thunder Up in the Park' before every home game, with a beer garden and other activities. OKC THUNDER Scissortail Park

I hope the door bolts are installed....
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17 April 1943: A corpse is stowed aboard the #British submarine HMS Seraph that will be used in Operation Mincemeat, an operation to deceive Nazi Germany into believing the invasion of #Sicily would occur in the Balkans instead. #OTD #History #ad amzn.to/4ap5bRC

17 April 1895: The Treaty of Shimonoseki is signed, ending the First Sino-Japanese War between Japan and the #Qing dynasty (aka Manchu dynasty) in China. #history #OTD #ad amzn.to/2Va8dFM

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17 April 1492: King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain agree to finance Christopher Columbus' voyage as he seeks a westward passage to the Indies. He instead found America for the Europeans. #History #History Matters #OTD #ad amzn.to/3bepvao

17 April 1961: The unsuccessful Bay of Pigs invasion of #Cuba begins in an attempt to overthrow #Communist dictator Fidel Castro. U.S. #President John #Kennedy approved the plan on April 4, 1961. #History #History Matters #OTD #JFK #ad amzn.to/3a9JzsZ

17 April 818: Bernard, King of the Lombards, dies after having his life sentence commuted to blinding by his uncle #Emperor Louis the Pious. He plotted against Louis after Louis made Bernard a vassal of his cousin Lothair. Louis is Charlemagne's son. #ad amzn.to/3nQnM3a