On this day in history

Date	Type	Event
17-04-1961	Events in History	Brigade 2506 landed at Playa Girón and Playa Larga on Cuba’s swampy southern coast, sparking the disastrous Bay of Pigs incident.
17-04-1982	Events in History	The Canada Act or Constitution Act took effect, making Canada fully independent and establishing individual rights and parliamentary supremacy.
17-04-2008	Person	Francophone Martinican poet, author, and politician Aimé Césaire died