April 17

It's April 17th

On this day in 1964 - The Rolling Stones releases their self-titled debut.


In 1970 - Paul McCartney releases "McCartney"


In 2014 - Kepler space telescope confirms the discovery of the first Earth-size planet
in the habitable zone of another star.

Artist's depiction of Kepler-186f (foreground) as a rocky Earth-like planet in the habitable zone,
with the Kepler-186 system visible in the background (bottom left).
The actual appearance and composition of the exoplanet is not currently known.

Birthdays:

Redman


Liz Phair



Afrika Bambaataa


Pete Shelley


Roddy Piper
as Sam Hell in "Hell Comes To Frogtown"

as Nada in "They Live"


Regina Ghazaryan
""


Arthur Lake
as Roy West in "Double Danger"


Nicolas Nabokov


Señor Wences


Artur Schnabel



Jean-Baptiste Accolay


Eliza Acton
"Modern Cookery for Private Families"


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