Page 7: Historical Events In October - 17

1981  David Guion, composer, dies at 88 on October - 17.   

1982  The outlawing of the 'Solidarity' labour movement causes widespread strikes and demonstrations in Poland on October - 17.   

1982  Peterus van Doorne, Dutch industrialist, dies at 47 on this day in history.   

1983  Raymond Aron, French sociologist/political scientist, dies at 78 on this day in history.   

1984  Alberta Hunter, US blues singer/composer, dies at 89 on this day in history.   

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  31 reported dead as Ugandan jetliner crashes in fog near Rome on October - 17.   

1988  On October - 17 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  Earthquake in SF (6.9) kills 67 on October - 17.   

1990  On October - 17 ralph Abernathy, civil rights activist, dies at 64   

1991  J[ames] G Devlin, actor (No Surrender), dies at 84 on this day in history.   

1992  Ton Hasebos, cameraman/TV director (Gnome Hasebos), dies on October - 17.   

1993  Frank J Del Giudice, US industrial designer (Boeing 747), dies at 77 on this day in history.   

1994  Augustus John "Gus" Risman, rugby League Player, dies at 83 on this day in history.   

1995  On October - 17 frenchwoman Jeanne Calment is declared the oldest living person, with a proven age of 120 years and 238 days   

1995  On October - 17 peter Hinchcliff, historian, dies at 66   

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

1997  Paul Edwin Zimmer, sci-fi writer, dies of heart attack at 54 on this day in history.   

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 October - 17.   

2005  On October - 17 jens Stoltenberg becomes the Prime Minister of Norway for the second time.   

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

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 October - 17.   

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  On October - 17 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 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  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 October - 17 birth of jodocus Hondius, Flemish mathematician/cartographer   

1577  On this day in history birth of cristofano Allori, Italian painter (Judith)   

1582  Johann Gerhard, German Lutheran leader (d. 1637) was born on October - 17.   

1623  Francis Turretin, Swiss theologian (d. 1687) was born on October - 17.   

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

1688  On this day in history birth of domenico Zipoli, composer   

1696  On October - 17 birth of august III, king of Poland/monarch Frederik August II of Saksen   

0532  Boniface II, 1st "German" Pope, dies on this day in history.   

1174  Death of Queen Petronila of Aragon (b. 1135) on this day in history.   

1312  Jan II, duke of Brabant/Limburg (charter of Kortenberg), dies on October - 17.   

1552  Andreas Osiander, Protestant Reformation theologist, dies at 53 on October - 17.   

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 October - 17.   

1638  On this day in history death of gilles Claesz de Hondecoeter, Flemish (?) painter, buried at about 63   

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