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 this day in history.   

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

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

1986  US Senate approved immigration bill prohibiting hiring of illegal aliens & offered amnesty to illegals who entered prior to 1982 on this day in history.   

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

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

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

1988  Scottish scientist James Black awarded the Nobel prize for his work on treating angina and blood pressure on October - 17.   

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  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 October - 17.   

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 October - 17.   

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  On this day in history 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 October - 17.   

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 this day in history.   

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

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

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

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 this day in history.   

2017  Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte declares city of Marawi "liberated" from militants on this day in history.   

2017  American short-story writer George Saunders wins the Man Booker Prize for his first novel "Lincoln in the Bardo" on October - 17.   

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

2018  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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1253  Ivo of Kermartin, ]]) was born on October - 17.   

1563  Jodocus Hondius, Flemish mathematician/cartographer was born on this day in history.   

1577  Cristofano Allori, Italian painter (Judith) was born on October - 17.   

1582  On October - 17 birth of johann Gerhard, German Lutheran leader (d. 1637)   

1623  Francis Turretin, Swiss theologian (d. 1687) was born on this day in history.   

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

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  On October - 17 boniface II, 1st "German" Pope, dies   

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

1312  On this day in history jan II, duke of Brabant/Limburg (charter of Kortenberg), dies   

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

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 this day in history.   

1638  Death of Gilles Claesz de Hondecoeter, Flemish (?) painter, buried at about 63 on this day in history.   

1660  Death of Adrian Scrope, English regicide (b. 1601) on this day in history.