Today in History - April 17 | Obsessed fan tried to abduct pop star mid-show
An obsessive fan invaded the stage at a K-pop show and tried to drag away a singer on April 17, 2011.
Taeyeon was performing with her group Girls' Generation in South Korea when a man walked on stage.
He grabbed her by the wrist and then tried to pull her away.
The MC of the show, who had been standing in the wings, stepped in to stop the apparent abduction.
No charges were filed against the obsessive fan, and he was instead sent home to think about what he had done.
Under the Year Zero policy, the Khmer Rouge sought to eliminate all traces of what it saw as corrupt bourgeois life, destroying most religious, financial and social institutions, and forcing millions out of cities to live in the countryside.
Cambodians desperately tried to flee the Khmer Rouge torture but 1.7 million were ultimately killed.
Dissent was usually met with death in the notorious "killing fields" or elsewhere, while starvation, overwork and medical neglect took many more lives.
The Khmer Rouge were forced out by the invading Vietnamese army in 1979.
Pol Pot and other officials were later found guilty of genocide.
Two years after being taken prisoner by the Germans, French general Henri Giraud (second from right) made a daring escape on April 17, 1942.
Giraud was held at a German castle being used as a high-security prisoner-of-war facility when he planned his escape.
He made a 46m rope out of twine, wire and bedsheets and lowered himself down the walls of the building.
From there he jumped on a moving train then crossed the border into neutral Switzerland.
Once he was able to join up with Allied forces, he became leader of France's Army of Africa.
In this photo he is seen with US President Franklin Roosevelt.
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