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Jacob Kirwan

April 17th 1995

I was born at 9:12 PM at the Carlisle Hospital. When I was born I weighed 9 pound 0 ounces and was 21 inches tall. It was 56 degrees outside and it was raining.

April 17th 1976

Mike Schmidt hit four consecutive homeruns. He played for the Philadelphia Phillies against the Chicago Cubs. He was only the fourth player ever in history to do this.

April 17th 1970

Apollo 13 returned to Earth on April 17th 1970. Apollo 13 was close to being one of the biggest tragedies in NASA when three astronauts were trapped in space on a broken ship. They were on their way to the moon, but there was an explosion on the ship. They had to get back to Earth before they ran out of oxygen​. It was almost impossible for them to return, but they did on April 17th. media type="youtube" key="DUP5IKyOiio" height="235" width="279"

April 17th 1970

The Beatles break up was official when John McCartney came out with his album McCartney. He played all of the instruments by himself. It was introduced at the New York Worlds Fair in Flushing, Queens.

April 17th 1964

Ford introduces the Ford Mustang. The Mustang is one of Fords best selling models ever.

April 17th 1961

The Bay of Pigs Invasion begins in Cuba. A CIA-financed, trained group of Cuban refugees attempted to topple Fidel Castro and the Cuban Government.

April 17th 1940

Igor Sikorsky invented the first succesful helicopter to lift off from water. It was called the heliocopter at that time.

April 17th 1926

Daffy Duck debuts on Warner Bros. Porky's Duck Hunt.

April 17th 1815

Volcano eruption kills 80,000 people. The Tambora Volcano in Indonesia erupted killing almost 100,000 people. Before 1815 there was no activity there for thousands of years.

April 17th 1790

Ben Franklin died. Ben Fanklin helped write the Declaration of Independence. Ben Franklin invented many things that we use today like bifocals.

1995

President: Bill Clinton Vice President: Al Gore

Science Facts: 1.DVDs were invented. 2.The first trans-pacific balloon was flown.

Superbowl: Dallas Cowboys beat the Pittsburgh Steelers with a score of 27 - 17.

World Series: Atlanta Braves beat the Cleveland Indians with a 4-2 series.

Population: U.S: 262,764,948