Daily Archives: April 17, 2021

Yugoslavia surrenders to Axis powers in Belgrade 80 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Apr 17 1941)

1940s, World War II


Video: '086 - Yugoslavia Crushed - Battle for Greece Continues - WW2 - April 18, 1941' (Apr. 17, 1941, at 3:54)

(Thursday, April 17, 1941, 9:00 p.m. Central European Time; during the Invasion of Yugoslavia, part of the Balkans Campaign of World War II) — Eleven days after a German-led attack by Axis powers, Yugoslavia formally surrendered today as Foreign Minister Aleksandar Cincar-Markovic and General Radivoje Jankovic  signed an armistice with German and Italian representatives in Belgrade and unconditionally surrendered all Yugoslav troops.
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‘Joy To The World’ by Three Dog Night peaks at #1 in USA 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Apr 17 1971)

1970s, Popular Music 1970s

(Saturday, April 17, 1971) — “Joy to the World” by Three Dog Night was the #1 song on today’s Billboard‘s Hot 100 singles chart for the first of six consecutive weeks (April 17/24, May 1/8/15/22, 1971).
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‘Another Day’ by Paul McCartney peaks at #5 in USA 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Apr 17 1971)

1970s, Popular Music 1970s, The Beatles 1970s

(Saturday, April 17, 1971) — Another Day, the first solo single by ex-Beatle Paul McCartney, peaked at #5 on today’s Billboard‘s Hot 100 Singles chart for the first of two weeks.
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‘Caveman’ comedy film starring ex-Beatle Ringo Starr opens in New York City 40 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Apr 17 1981)

1980s, Movies 1980s, The Beatles 1980s


Video: 'Caveman' trailer

(Friday, April 17, 1981, scheduled to open at noon EST) — Caveman, an American slapstick comedy film about a prehistoric, social outcast (played by former Beatle Ringo Starr) who, along with other misfits, forms his own tribe and finds various comic adventures, opened today at Bay Cinema in the Kips Bay section of Manhattan, New York City.
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Virginia becomes eighth Southern slave state to secede from the Union 160 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Apr 17 1861)

1860s, American Civil War, U.S. Presidents


Video: 'Virginia in the Civil War'

(Wednesday, April 17, 1861; during the American Civil War) — Delegates to the Virginia Secession Convention of 1861 voted 88-55 to secede from the Union today in Richmond, becoming the eighth southern state to secede to preserve the enslavement of black people and the first since the Battle of Fort Sumter and President Abraham Lincoln’s call up of militia to retake federal property.
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Cuban exile forces land at Bay Of Pigs in ill-fated attempt to overthrow Fidel Castro 60 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Apr 17 1961)

1960s, Cold War


Video: 'Bay Of Pigs Invasion (1961)'

(Monday, April 17, 1961, at about 1:00 a.m. EST; during the Bay of Pigs Invasion, part of the Cold War) — About 1,500 CIA-trained Cuban exiles, covertly financed and directed by the U.S. government, launched the ill-fated Bay of Pigs Invasion of Cuba early today in an attempt to overthrow the increasingly-communist government headed by Fidel Castro.
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