Hisdates•ComPage 7: Historical Events In October - 17
Wednesday, 18 December 2024
1981 On October - 17 david Guion, composer, dies at 88 
1982 On October - 17 the outlawing of the 'Solidarity' labour movement causes widespread strikes and demonstrations in Poland
1982 On this day in history peterus van Doorne, Dutch industrialist, dies at 47
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 On October - 17 phillip Morris announces $11 Billion tender offer for Kraft
1988 Scottish scientist James Black awarded the Nobel prize for his work on treating angina and blood pressure on this day in history.
1989 On October - 17 earthquake in SF (6.9) kills 67
1990 On this day in history ralph Abernathy, civil rights activist, dies at 64
1991 On this day in history j[ames] G Devlin, actor (No Surrender), dies at 84
1992 On October - 17 ton Hasebos, cameraman/TV director (Gnome Hasebos), dies
1993 Frank J Del Giudice, US industrial designer (Boeing 747), dies at 77 on October - 17.
1994 On this day in history augustus John "Gus" Risman, rugby League Player, dies at 83
1995 Frenchwoman Jeanne Calment is declared the oldest living person, with a proven age of 120 years and 238 days on this day in history.
1995 Peter Hinchcliff, historian, dies at 66 on this day in history.
1996 Berthold Goldschmidt, composer/conductor, dies at 93 on this day in history.
1997 On October - 17 paul Edwin Zimmer, sci-fi writer, dies of heart attack at 54
1998 A pipeline explodes in Nigeria when villagers try to siphon off oil. At least 700 die on this day in history.
1999 On this day in history 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.)
2000 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 on October - 17.
2005 Jens Stoltenberg becomes the Prime Minister of Norway for the second time on this day in history.
2006 The United States population reaches 300 million based on a United States Census Bureau projection on October - 17.
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 October - 17.
2012 On October - 17 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 On October - 17 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
2017 On this day in history philippine President Rodrigo Duterte declares city of Marawi "liberated" from militants
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 this day in history.
2018 On October - 17 big Bird and Oscar the Grouch puppeteer Caroll Spinney leaves "Sesame Street" after 50 years
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