Fáilte ar ais chuig eagrán nua de Ar An Lá Seo ar an 17ú lá de mí Aibreán, liomsa Lauren Ní Loingsigh.

I 1971 tháinig an nuacht amach go raibh níos mó daoine ag úsáid drugaí sa tír agus chuaigh sé suas seacht n-uaire I 18 mí.

I 1986 bhí triúr fear os comhair na cuairte ar an lá seo de bharr gur fuadaigh siad Jennifer Guinness.

I 1987 fuair fear a bhí 20 bhliain d'aois ó Inis bás nuair a chuaigh carr bunoscionn sa Chreatlach.

I 2009 chaill daoine a bhí ag obair ar na bóthar de bharr gur ghearr siad níos mó ná 5 milliúin euro ón deontas a fuair siad chun na bóthar a dheisiú.

Sin Lady Gaga le Poker Face – an t-amhrán is mó ar an lá seo I 2009.

Ag lean ar aghaidh le nuacht cheoil ar an lá seo I 1975 cheannaigh Elvis Presley Convair 880 Jet ó Delta Airlines do 250 míle dollar. Chaith sé timpeall 600 míle dollar ar chun athchóiriú a dhéanamh ar agus bhí áis chruinniú ann agus urlár damhsa ann chomh maith.

I 1993 chuaigh David Bowie chuig uimhir a haon sna cairteacha sa Bhreatain lena albam Black Tie White Noise. Bhí sé a chéad albam a tháinig amach sna 90dí tar éis a bhí sé sa bhanna ceoil Tin Machine.

Agus ar deireadh breithlá daoine cáiliúla ar an lá seo rugadh Victoria Beckham sa Bhreatain I 1974 agus rugadh aisteoir Jennifer Garner I Texas ar an lá seo I 1972 agus seo chuid de na rudaí a rinne sí.

Beidh mé ar ais libh amárach le heagrán nua de Ar An Lá Seo.

Welcome back to another edition of Ar An Lá Seo on the 17th of April, with me Lauren Ní Loingsigh

1971: The estimated number of drug abusers in the country mulipled seven times in the past 18 months.

1986: three men are to appear in court today in connection with the kidnapping of Mrs. Jennifer Guinness.

1987: a 20 year old ennis man was fatally injured when a car went out of control and overturned at moyhill, cratloe monday last.

2009: Road workers were on the road to redudency after €5.735 million was slashed this week from the authoritys local road grant allocation.

That was Lady Gaga with Poker Face – the biggest song on this day in 2009.

Onto music news on this day In 1975 Elvis Presley bought a Convair 880 Jet formally owned by Delta Airlines for $250,000, which he re-christened Lisa Marie. Presley spent a further $600,000 refurbishing the Jet to include personal quarters, a meeting area and a dance floor.

1993 David Bowie went to No.1 on the UK album chart with his eighteenth studio album Black Tie White Noise. It was his first solo release in the 1990s after spending time with his hard rock band Tin Machine.

And finally celebrity birthdays on this day – Victoria Beckham was born in England in 1974 and actress Jennifer Garner was born in Texas on this day in 1972 and this is some of the stuff she has done.

I'll be back with you tomorrow with another edition of Ar An Lá Seo.