Historical Events In October - 17

1981  On this day in history 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 October - 17 peterus van Doorne, Dutch industrialist, dies at 47   

1983  On October - 17 raymond Aron, French sociologist/political scientist, dies at 78   

1984  Alberta Hunter, US blues singer/composer, dies at 89 on October - 17.   

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

1987  On this day in history first World Series game in a covered stadium in Minnesota Metrodome   

1988  On October - 17 31 reported dead as Ugandan jetliner crashes in fog near Rome   

1988  On this day in history phillip Morris announces $11 Billion tender offer for Kraft   

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  On this day in history ralph Abernathy, civil rights activist, dies at 64   

1991  J[ames] G Devlin, actor (No Surrender), dies at 84 on October - 17.   

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 this day in history.   

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  On October - 17 peter Hinchcliff, historian, dies at 66   

1996  Berthold Goldschmidt, composer/conductor, dies at 93 on this day in history.   

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

1998  On this day in history a pipeline explodes in Nigeria when villagers try to siphon off oil. At least 700 die   

1999  On October - 17 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 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 this day in history.   

2006  The United States population reaches 300 million based on a United States Census Bureau projection on this day in history.   

2007  On October - 17 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  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 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  On this day in history philippine President Rodrigo Duterte declares city of Marawi "liberated" from militants   

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

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  Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch puppeteer Caroll Spinney leaves "Sesame Street" after 50 years on October - 17.   

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1253  Ivo of Kermartin, ]]) was born on this day in history.   

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  On October - 17 birth of francis Turretin, Swiss theologian (d. 1687)   

1626  Simon van Leeuwen, lawyer/historian (Roman-Holland regt) was born on this day in history.   

1688  Domenico Zipoli, composer was born on October - 17.   

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  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  On October - 17 andreas Osiander, Protestant Reformation theologist, dies at 53   

1586  Philip Sidney, English poet/diplomat, dies in battle at 32 on this day in history.   

1616  On this day in history 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  On October - 17 death of adrian Scrope, English regicide (b. 1601)