Today's Horoscope for Cancer
April 17, 2026
There really is only one effective and at the same time spiritual way to work, and that is to stop watching the clock and throw yourself into the tasks at hand. This is much more easily achieved when the object of your work is to your liking and pleasurable, which does seem to take you out of space and time. The challenge today is to implement this type of state of mind into doing jobs that are not your favorites as well as those that are.
Power Numbers: 40, 43, 33, 12, 34, 45
Born Today: Jennifer Garner, Henry Vaughan, John Pierpont Morgan, Nikita Khrushchev, Thornton Wilder, Isak Dinesen, Daffy Duck
Quick Quote: "Animals are my friends... and I don't eat my friends."
-- George Bernard Shaw
Random Fact: India has the most post offices in the world.
Today in History:
1824: Russia abandons all North American claims south of 54 degrees 40' N
1983: Grete Waltz runs female world record marathon (2:25:29)
1920: American Professional Football Association forms (NFL)
1986: Pulitzer prize awarded to Larry McMurtry for "Lonesome Dove"
1925: Paul Painleve follows Edouard Herriot on as French premier
1995: 99th Boston Marathon won by Cosmas Ndeti of Kenya in 2:09:22
1492: Christopher Columbus signs contract with Spain to find Indies
1983: India entered space age launching SLV-3 rocket
1973: 77th Boston Marathon won by Jon Anderson of Oreg in 2:16:03
1968: A's 1st game in Oakland-Alameda Stadium, lose 4-1 to Baltimore Orioles
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