April 17

Tuesday 17, 2001:

Barry Bonds becomes the 17th member of the 500 home run club at Pacific Bell Park in San Francisco, California.

Saturday 17, 1982:

Patriation of the Canadian constitution in Ottawa by Proclamation of Queen Elizabeth II, Queen of Canada.

Tuesday 17, 1945:

In Strassfurt, Germany, U.S. Lieutenant Colonel Boris T. Pash seizes half a ton of uranium, in an attempt to foil Soviet Union plans to build an atomic bomb.

Saturday 17, 1937:

Daffy Duck debuts in Warner Bros' short Porky's Duck Hunt.

Wednesday 17, 1861:

American Civil War: Virginia secedes from the Union.