17 days from March 17, 1947

would be

April 3, 1947 (Thursday)

Time Zone: America/New_York (GMT-05:00)

• Day numbers: 93

• Week number: 14

• Leap year: 1947 is not a leap year

• Daylight Saving Time: No

Sunrise, Sunset Times for April 3, 1947 (Thursday)

• Sunrise time: 06:14 am

• Sunset time: 06:58 pm

• Day length: 12h 43m

Moon Phase for April 3, 1947 (Thursday)

• Moon Phase: Waxing Gibbous

• Illumination: 96%

• Moon Age: 13.07 day(s)

April 3, 1947 Holidays and National Days

1984

Coach John Thompson of Georgetown University becomes the first African-American coach to win an NCAA basketball tournament.

1972

Charlie Chaplin returns to the United States after a twenty-year absence.

1966

Three-thousand South Vietnamese Army troops lead a protest against the Ky regime in Saigon.

1948

President Harry Truman signs Marshall Plan. It will revive war-torn Europe.

1944

The U.S. Supreme Court rules that black citizens are eligible to vote in all elections, including primaries.

1942

The Japanese begin their all-out assault on the U.S. and Filipino troops at Bataan.

1936

Bruno Hauptmann, killer of the Lindbergh baby, is executed.

1920

F. Scott Fitzgerald and Zelda Sayre are married at St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York City.

1910

Alaska’s Mount McKinley, the highest mountain in North America is climbed.