Page 8: Historical Events In October - 17

2018  On this day in history canada legalizes the sale of recreational cannabis, the second country after Uruguay   

2018  On this day in history australian state of Queensland decriminalizes abortion   

2018  On this day in history the revived "The Connors" debuts on ABC TV starring Sara Gilbert, Laurie Metcalf and John Goodman , without fired former star Roseanne Barr   

2018  On October - 17 student shoots and detonates a bomb killing 20 with 40 injured at Kerch polytechnic college, Crimea   

2019  UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson announces new Brexit deal with the EU, removes the Northern Ireland backstop clause on October - 17.   

2019  Turkey agrees to a ceasefire in Northern Syria for 5 days to allow withdrawal of Kudish troops, after talks between US VP Mike Pence and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on October - 17.   

2019  Lana Del Rey 's ballad "Video Games" named song of the decade at Q Awards in London on this day in history.   

2019  On this day in history shootouts erupt in Culiacán, Mexico, after the arrest of El Chapo's son, Ovidio Guzmán López, on an arrest warrant for drug dealing in the United States. Eight people are killed and 56 convicts escape from prison; 7 are recaptured by October 18. Guzmán López is released in an effort to restore peace and to prevent more bloodshed.   

2020  Labour Party headed by Jacinda Ardern re-elected in a landslide in New Zealand's general election on this day in history.   

2020  On this day in history 2020 New Zealand general election: Jacinda Ardern's Labour Party wins a landslide second term in office, defeating the National Party led by Judith Collins and gaining the country's first parliamentary majority since the introduction of the MMP voting system.   

2021  November 14 - The 2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup is held in the United Arab Emirates and Oman, and is won by Australia on October - 17.   

2023  On October - 17 china's President Xi Jinping celebrates 10 years of its Belt and Rod project at summit in Beijing attended by Russian leader Vladimir Putin [1]   

2024  Israel claims to have killed Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar , one of the masterminds of the 7 Oct Hamas attack on Israel, during battle in Rafah, Gaza [1] on October - 17.   

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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  Cristofano Allori, Italian painter (Judith) was born on October - 17.   

1582  On this day in history birth of johann Gerhard, German Lutheran leader (d. 1637)   

1623  On this day in history birth of francis Turretin, Swiss theologian (d. 1687)   

1626  On October - 17 birth of simon van Leeuwen, lawyer/historian (Roman-Holland regt)   

1688  On October - 17 birth of domenico Zipoli, composer   

1696  August III, king of Poland/monarch Frederik August II of Saksen was born on October - 17.   

0532  Boniface II, 1st "German" Pope, dies on October - 17.   

1174  On October - 17 death of queen Petronila of Aragon (b. 1135)   

1312  Jan II, duke of Brabant/Limburg (charter of Kortenberg), dies on this day in history.   

1552  On this day in history andreas Osiander, Protestant Reformation theologist, dies at 53   

1586  Philip Sidney, English poet/diplomat, dies in battle at 32 on October - 17.   

1616  On October - 17 death of john Pitts, Catholic scholar and writer. (b. 1560)   

1638  On October - 17 death of gilles Claesz de Hondecoeter, Flemish (?) painter, buried at about 63   

1660  Death of Adrian Scrope, English regicide (b. 1601) on October - 17.