April 17 in history: • 1362 – Lithuanian Crusade: After a month-long siege, the Teutonic Order captured and destroyed Kaunas Castle, which was defended by troops of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. → go there • 1783 – The Mechanical Turk (pictured), a fraudulent chess-playing "machine" by Wolfgang von Kempelen that was secretly controlled by a hidden human, began a tour of Europe. → go there • 1969 – Sirhan Sirhan was convicted of the assassination of U.S. senator Robert F. Kennedy. → go there • 1986 – The Netherlands and the Isles of Scilly declared peace, having hypothetically been at war for 335 years without a single shot being fired and no casualties incurred. → go there • 2006 – A Palestinian suicide bomber detonated explosives in a restaurant in Tel Aviv, Israel, killing 11 people and injuring 70 others. → go there Born 1620: Marguerite Bourgeoys Wiki link Born 1931: Bill Ramsey Wiki link Born 1951: Börje Salming Wiki link Died 1961: Elda Emma Anderson Wiki link Pictured: Cross-section of the Mechanical Turk.