Historical timeline for April 17

The funeral of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, takes place at St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle.

NASA's Kepler space telescope confirms the discovery of the first Earth-size planet in the habitable zone of another star.

An explosion at a fertilizer plant in the city of West, Texas, kills 15 people and injures 160 others.

The ceremonial funeral of former British prime minister Margaret Thatcher takes place at St Paul's Cathedral.

A Palestinian suicide bomber detonates an explosive device in a Tel Aviv restaurant, killing 11 people and injuring 70.

Anneli Jäätteenmäki takes office as the first female prime minister of Finland.

Space Shuttle Columbia is launched on STS-90, the final Spacelab mission.

The Katina P is deliberately run aground off Maputo, Mozambique, and 60,000 tons of crude oil spill into the ocean.

An alleged state of war lasting 335 years between the Netherlands and the Isles of Scilly is declared over.

Constitution Act, 1982 Patriation of the Canadian constitution in Ottawa by Proclamation of Elizabeth II, Queen of Canada.

Mir Akbar Khyber is assassinated, provoking the Saur Revolution in Afghanistan.

The Cambodian Civil War ends and the Cambodian Genocide begins. The Khmer Rouge captures the capital Phnom Penh and Cambodian government forces surrender.

The Provisional Government of Bangladesh is formed.

Apollo program: The damaged Apollo 13 spacecraft returns to Earth safely.

Communist Party of Czechoslovakia chairman Alexander Dubček is deposed.

Sirhan Sirhan is convicted of assassinating Robert F. Kennedy.

Jerrie Mock completes the first around-the-world airplane flight by a woman. Her solo flight in the Spirit of Columbus, which took 29+1⁄2 days, took off and landed at the Port Columbus International Airport in Ohio.

Bay of Pigs Invasion: A group of Cuban exiles financed and trained by the CIA lands at the Bay of Pigs in Cuba with the aim of ousting Fidel Castro.

The Peak District becomes the United Kingdom's first National Park.

The last French troops are withdrawn from Syria.