Football player Charles Aranguiz

Events in 1989 and 17-4

Events in the world in the birth year of Charles Aranguiz

• US planes shoot down two Libyan fighters over international waters in Mediterranean (Jan. 4).
• Iran's Ayatollah Khomeini declares author Salman Rushdie's book The Satanic Verses offensive and sentences him to death (Feb. 14).
• Tens of thousands of Chinese students take over Beijing's Tiananmen Square in rally for democracy (April 19 et seq.). More than one million in Beijing demonstrate for democracy; chaos spreads across nation (mid-May et seq.). Thousands killed in Tiananmen Square as Chinese leaders take hard line toward demonstrators (June 4 et seq.).
• Mikhail S. Gorbachev named Soviet President (May 25).
• P. W. Botha quits as South Africa's President (Aug. 14).
• Deng Xiaoping resigns from China's leadership (Nov. 9).
• After 28 years, Berlin Wall is open to West (Nov. 11).
• Czech Parliament ends Communists' dominant role (Nov. 30).
• Romanian uprising overthrows Communist government (Dec. 15 et seq.); President Ceausescu and wife executed (Dec. 25).
• US troops invade Panama, seeking capture of General Manuel Noriega (Dec. 20).

Birthday Charles Aranguiz (17-4) in history

• Day 17-4 year 1790: Benjamin Franklin, American patriot, diplomat, and signer of the Declaration of Independence, has died in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
• Day 17-4 year 1895: The Sino-Japanese War ended with the signing of the Treaty of Shimonoseki.
• Day 17-4 year 1937: Daffy Duck made his debut in Porky's Duck Hunt.
• Day 17-4 year 1961: Supported by the U.S. government, 1,500 exiles made the unsuccessful Bay of Pigs invasion in Cuba.
• Day 17-4 year 1964: Geraldine Mock became the first woman to fly solo around the world.
• Day 17-4 year 1969: Sirhan Sirhan was convicted for the murder of Robert F. Kennedy.
• Day 17-4 year 1970: The Apollo 13 astronauts safely splashed down after their near-disastrous flight.
• Day 17-4 year 1975: Phnom Penh fell to the Khmer Rouge, ending the five year Cambodian war.