Page 7: Historical Events In October - 17

1981  On October - 17 david Guion, composer, dies at 88   

1982  The outlawing of the 'Solidarity' labour movement causes widespread strikes and demonstrations in Poland on this day in history.   

1982  Peterus van Doorne, Dutch industrialist, dies at 47 on October - 17.   

1983  Raymond Aron, French sociologist/political scientist, dies at 78 on October - 17.   

1984  On October - 17 alberta Hunter, US blues singer/composer, dies at 89   

1986  On October - 17 uS Senate approved immigration bill prohibiting hiring of illegal aliens & offered amnesty to illegals who entered prior to 1982   

1987  First World Series game in a covered stadium in Minnesota Metrodome on October - 17.   

1988  31 reported dead as Ugandan jetliner crashes in fog near Rome on this day in history.   

1988  Phillip Morris announces $11 Billion tender offer for Kraft on October - 17.   

1988  On this day in history scottish scientist James Black awarded the Nobel prize for his work on treating angina and blood pressure   

1989  Earthquake in SF (6.9) kills 67 on October - 17.   

1990  Ralph Abernathy, civil rights activist, dies at 64 on October - 17.   

1991  On this day in history j[ames] G Devlin, actor (No Surrender), dies at 84   

1992  Ton Hasebos, cameraman/TV director (Gnome Hasebos), dies on this day in history.   

1993  On this day in history frank J Del Giudice, US industrial designer (Boeing 747), dies at 77   

1994  Augustus John "Gus" Risman, rugby League Player, dies at 83 on October - 17.   

1995  Frenchwoman Jeanne Calment is declared the oldest living person, with a proven age of 120 years and 238 days on October - 17.   

1995  Peter Hinchcliff, historian, dies at 66 on this day in history.   

1996  On October - 17 berthold Goldschmidt, composer/conductor, dies at 93   

1997  On this day in history paul Edwin Zimmer, sci-fi writer, dies of heart attack at 54   

1998  On October - 17 a pipeline explodes in Nigeria when villagers try to siphon off oil. At least 700 die   

1999  Former US nurse Orville Lynn Majors is convicted of murdering six patients at a western Indiana hospital; the jury deadlocked on a seventh count. (Majors is serving a 360-year prison sentence.) on this day in history.   

2000  On this day in history pope John Paul and Britain's Queen Elizabeth meet and speak of their hopes for Christian unity. It is her first visit to the Vatican in 20 years   

2005  Jens Stoltenberg becomes the Prime Minister of Norway for the second time on October - 17.   

2006  On October - 17 the United States population reaches 300 million based on a United States Census Bureau projection.   

2007  Whitehaven, England becomes the first place in the United Kingdom to have one of its analogue terrestrial television signals switched off as part of digital switchover on this day in history.   

2012  On this day in history the exoplanet Alpha Centauri Bb is discovered orbiting Alpha Centauri   

2013  59 people are killed in a wave of attacks on Shia Muslims in Iraq on this day in history.   

2017  Islamic State headquarters Raqqa declared under full control of US-led alliance by Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) spokesman Talal Sello after 4 months of fighting on October - 17.   

2017  Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte declares city of Marawi "liberated" from militants on October - 17.   

2017  On this day in history american short-story writer George Saunders wins the Man Booker Prize for his first novel "Lincoln in the Bardo"   

2017  Syrian Civil War: Raqqa is declared fully liberated from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant on this day in history.   

2018  India's junior foreign minister MJ Akbar is highest official to resign in #MeToo case after sexual harassment accusations by numerous women on October - 17.   

2018  On October - 17 big Bird and Oscar the Grouch puppeteer Caroll Spinney leaves "Sesame Street" after 50 years   

« Previous Page | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Next Page »

1	2	3	4	5	6	7
8	9	10	11	12	13	14
15	16	17	18	19	20	21
22	23	24	25	26	27	28
29	30	31

1253  On this day in history birth of ivo of Kermartin, ]])   

1563  On this day in history birth of jodocus Hondius, Flemish mathematician/cartographer   

1577  On October - 17 birth of cristofano Allori, Italian painter (Judith)   

1582  Johann Gerhard, German Lutheran leader (d. 1637) was born on this day in history.   

1623  Francis Turretin, Swiss theologian (d. 1687) was born on October - 17.   

1626  Simon van Leeuwen, lawyer/historian (Roman-Holland regt) was born on October - 17.   

1688  Domenico Zipoli, composer was born on this day in history.   

1696  August III, king of Poland/monarch Frederik August II of Saksen was born on this day in history.   

0532  Boniface II, 1st "German" Pope, dies on this day in history.   

1174  Death of Queen Petronila of Aragon (b. 1135) on October - 17.   

1312  On October - 17 jan II, duke of Brabant/Limburg (charter of Kortenberg), dies   

1552  Andreas Osiander, Protestant Reformation theologist, dies at 53 on October - 17.   

1586  On October - 17 philip Sidney, English poet/diplomat, dies in battle at 32   

1616  Death of John Pitts, Catholic scholar and writer. (b. 1560) on October - 17.   

1638  On this day in history death of gilles Claesz de Hondecoeter, Flemish (?) painter, buried at about 63   

1660  On this day in history death of adrian Scrope, English regicide (b. 1601)