Today in History

April 17

1888 - The English Football League is founded at the Royal Hotel, Manchester.

1941 - Yugoslavia surrenders to Germany during World War 2.

1946 - Last French troops leave Syria, which becomes independent.

1961 - Cuba is invaded at the Bay of Pigs by a US-supported invasion force. 1971 - Egypt, Syria and Libya sign agreement to confederate.

1983 - India enters space age by launching SLV-3 rocket.

1993 - President Turgut Ozal of Turkey dies of heart problems.

2013 - 14 people die after a fertiliser factory explodes in Texas, US.

2016 - An earthquake with a magnitude of 7.8 kills nearly 700 people in Ecuador and leaves thousands injured.