April 17th
1951
Baseball Hall of Famer Mickey Mantle made his major league debut with the New York Yankees.
1961
Supported by the U.S. government, 1,500 exiles made the unsuccessful Bay of Pigs invasion in Cuba.
1969
Sirhan Sirhan was convicted for the murder of Robert F. Kennedy.
1987
NBC aired the final episode of "Remington Steele."
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