1964: 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.
On This Day • April 17
Ranked historical events for this date.
1982: Constitution Act, 1982 Patriation of the Canadian constitution in Ottawa by Proclamation of Elizabeth II, Queen of Canada.
2003: Anneli Jäätteenmäki takes office as the first female prime minister of Finland.
2014: NASA's Kepler space telescope confirms the discovery of the first Earth-size planet in the habitable zone of another star.
