Page 7: Historical Events In October - 17
Friday, 25 April 2025
1981 On October - 17 david Guion, composer, dies at 88
1982 On this day in history the outlawing of the 'Solidarity' labour movement causes widespread strikes and demonstrations in Poland
1982 Peterus van Doorne, Dutch industrialist, dies at 47 on October - 17.
1983 On this day in history raymond Aron, French sociologist/political scientist, dies at 78
1984 On October - 17 alberta Hunter, US blues singer/composer, dies at 89
1986 On this day in history 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 this day in history.
1988 On this day in history scottish scientist James Black awarded the Nobel prize for his work on treating angina and blood pressure
1989 On this day in history earthquake in SF (6.9) kills 67
1990 Ralph Abernathy, civil rights activist, dies at 64 on this day in history.
1991 J[ames] G Devlin, actor (No Surrender), dies at 84 on October - 17.
1992 On October - 17 ton Hasebos, cameraman/TV director (Gnome Hasebos), dies
1993 On October - 17 frank J Del Giudice, US industrial designer (Boeing 747), dies at 77
1994 Augustus John "Gus" Risman, rugby League Player, dies at 83 on this day in history.
1995 On this day in history frenchwoman Jeanne Calment is declared the oldest living person, with a proven age of 120 years and 238 days
1995 On this day in history peter Hinchcliff, historian, dies at 66
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 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 On October - 17 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 On this day in history jens Stoltenberg becomes the Prime Minister of Norway for the second time.
2006 The United States population reaches 300 million based on a United States Census Bureau projection on this day in history.
2007 On this day in history 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.
2012 The exoplanet Alpha Centauri Bb is discovered orbiting Alpha Centauri on this day in history.
2013 59 people are killed in a wave of attacks on Shia Muslims in Iraq on this day in history.
2017 On this day in history 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 Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte declares city of Marawi "liberated" from militants on October - 17.
2017 American short-story writer George Saunders wins the Man Booker Prize for his first novel "Lincoln in the Bardo" on October - 17.
2017 Syrian Civil War: Raqqa is declared fully liberated from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant on October - 17.
2018 On October - 17 india's junior foreign minister MJ Akbar is highest official to resign in #MeToo case after sexual harassment accusations by numerous women
2018 On this day in history big Bird and Oscar the Grouch puppeteer Caroll Spinney leaves "Sesame Street" after 50 years
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