Page 8: Historical Events In October - 17

2018  Canada legalizes the sale of recreational cannabis, the second country after Uruguay on this day in history.   

2018  Australian state of Queensland decriminalizes abortion on October - 17.   

2018  On October - 17 the revived "The Connors" debuts on ABC TV starring Sara Gilbert, Laurie Metcalf and John Goodman , without fired former star Roseanne Barr   

2018  Student shoots and detonates a bomb killing 20 with 40 injured at Kerch polytechnic college, Crimea on this day in history.   

2019  UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson announces new Brexit deal with the EU, removes the Northern Ireland backstop clause on this day in history.   

2019  On October - 17 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   

2019  On October - 17 lana Del Rey 's ballad "Video Games" named song of the decade at Q Awards in London   

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  On October - 17 labour Party headed by Jacinda Ardern re-elected in a landslide in New Zealand's general election   

2020  On October - 17 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  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] on this day in history.   

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

1563  Jodocus Hondius, Flemish mathematician/cartographer was born on October - 17.   

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

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

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 this day in history.   

1696  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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