April 17

1964 - Jerrie Mock becomes the first woman to circumnavigate the world by air.
1970 - The heavily-damaged Apollo 13 spacecraft returns to Earth safely.
2014 - NASA's Kepler space telescope confirms the discovery of the first Earth-size planet in the habitable zone of another star.

2409 - Mike Wong is assigned as commanding officer of the USS Dauntless, BC-1553.