October 17: Zodiac, Trivia, Birthdays and Holidays

October 17th marks the 290th day of the Gregorian calendar year (or the 291st in case of leap years). There are 75 days remaining until the end of the year. People born on this day are under the sign of Libra. Famous birthdays on this day include Eminem (1972), Rita Hayworth (1918) and Montgomery Clift (1920).
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Holidays

United States - Black Poetry Day
UN International Day for the Eradication of Poverty
French Republican Calendar - Aubergine (Eggplant) Day, twenty-sixth day in the Month of VendTmiaire
Haiti - Jean-Jacques Dessalines (1806), State holiday
R.C. Saints - Saint Ignatius of Antioch; translation of Saint Audrey (áthelthryth); Saint Richard Gwyn
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Events

2018 Two rockets were launched by Palestinians from Gaza Strip at Israel. One landed in Beersheba in the south, inflicting severe damage to a home but not injuring anyone, while the other landed in the sea.
2017 Syrian Civil War: Battle of Raqqa - The Syrian Democratic Forces announce that the battle for ISIL’s de facto capital is over.
2016 Iraqi Civil War: The Battle of Mosul is announced by Haider al-Abadi, Iraqi Prime Minister, and backed by the U.S.-led Coalition. This battle will retake ISIL-held Mosul which was declared the capital of the caliphate in Iraq. (Reuters),
2015 Henriette Reker is a candidate for Cologne's mayoral race. A man claims he is angry about Germany's refugee policies and stabs her in the neck. Reker and an aide are both in serious condition. Three other people sustained minor injuries.
2014 2014 Atlantic hurricane season: Hurricane Gonzalo strikes Bermuda, becoming the most powerful storm to strike the island in a decade. (NBC News),
2013 Naxalite Maoist insurgency: Three police officers are killed by a Naxalite landmine in India's Maharashtra district.
2012 During an ambush in Hashaba (Sudan), one UNAMID peacekeeper was killed and three others were wounded.
2011 Libyan civil War 2011: The National Transitional Council forces take control of Muammar Gadaffi's former stronghold, Bani Walid. This was after a six-week siege.
2010 As a result of violence in Karachi, at least 33 people have been killed and 50 more are injured as part of a by-election. (India Times),
2009 Czech President Vaclav Klaus likens the Treaty of Lisbon as an unstoppable speeding train that he is being forced into signing.
2008 Nicolas Sarkozy, President of France, withdraws tacit support to the Quebec sovereignty movement that some of his predecessors showed during a visit in Quebec City.
2007 French public transport workers are on strike for 24 hours protesting changes in pensions.
2006 Based on a projection by the United States Census Bureau, the United States population has reached 300 million.
2005 2 Umrah pilgrims died when the ship they were on their way back in collided with a cargo ship in Suez Canal. Although initial reports claimed 20 deaths, more than 90 people were hurt.
2004 Belarus's referendum approves the lifting the constitutional term limit for the presidency.
2003 The Bolivian President Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada is removed from office. This ends the conflict over bolivian natural gas and he flees to America.
2002 Bombings in Zamboanga: Two bombs were detonated in the main shopping area of Zamboanga, a predominantly Christian city in the southern Philippines. Six people were killed and about 150 others were injured. This was the second terrorist attack in Southeast Asia that occurred in less than one week. Jemaah Islamiyah was immediately under suspicion. This Islamic extremist group is also being investigated in connection to the Bali car bombing on October 11, where more than 180 people were killed.
2000 Don Rickles is awarded a star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame.
1998 (to October 18) Severe flooding takes place in south Central Texas.
1996 Taking Sides, opens at Atkinson Theater, New York City
1995 Keith Moore sentenced to 6 years for robbing Sting of $9,000,000
1992 1st World Series with non-US team, Toronto loses 3-1 to Braves
1991 Angel Cordero is 3rd jockey to win 7,000 horse races
1990 Jackie Mason - Brand New opens at Neil Simon NYC for 216 performances
1989 Earthquake in SF (6.9) cancels 3rd game of World Series, kills 67
1988 Lyndon LaRouche pleads innocent to fraud, conspiracy indictment
1987 Late Nite Comic closes at Ritz Theater NYC after 4 performances
1986 Yitzak Rabin forms Israeli government
1985 French Author Claude Simon won the Nobel Prize in literature
1984 Nobel prize for chemistry awarded to Bruce Merrifield
1983 Nobel prize for economy awarded to Gerard Debreu
1982 1st live orchestra on commerical network since 1954 (National Symphony)
1980 1st-class debut of Mike Whitney, NSW vs. Queensland
1979 Beatlemania closes at Winter Garden Theater NYC after 920 performances
1978 New York Islanders start a streak of 23 undefeated games at home
1977 Canada begins regular live TV coverage of Parliament.
1975 Bee Gees Maurice Gibb weds Yvonne Spencely
1974 NBA New Orleans Jazz begin a 28 game road losing streak
1973 Arabs decrease oil production
1972 1st time Islanders shut-out-5-0 vs. Penguins
1971 Judy Rankin wins LPGA Quality-First Golf Classic
1970 Anwar Sadat sworn in as President of Egypt
1969 Soyuz 7 returns to Earth.
1968 Black American athletes make a silent protest against racism at the Olympics
1967 Hair premieres on Broadway
1966 A fire at a building in New York, New York kills 12 firefighters, the New York City Fire Department's deadliest day until the September 11, 2001 attacks.
1965 On A Clear Day You Can See Forever opens in NYC for 280 performances
1964 Yanks fire Manager Yogi Berra
1963 Jennie opens at Majestic Theater NYC for 82 performances
1962 Yanks beat Giants for 20th world championship
1961 22nd Congress of CPSU opens in Moscow
1960 Tenderloin opens at 46th St. Theater NYC for 216 performances
1959 Billy Barnes Revue closes at John Golden Theater NYC after 87 performances
1957 Copper & Brass opens at Martin Beck Theater NYC for 36 performances
1956 Pakistan defeat Australia by nine wickets at 1st attempt
1955 Lee Merriwether joins Today Show panel
1954 Philadelphia Eagles' Adrian Burk passes for seven touchdowns vs Washington Redskins (49-21).
1952 Indonesian troops led by General Nasution surround the presidential palace, seeking the dismissal of the People's Representative Council Sukarno avoids confrontation.
1951 Egyptian army fires on British troops
1949 Chinese communist troops take Guangzhou
1943 Liberators sink U-540 and U-631
1941 1st US destroyer (Kearney) torpedoed in WWII, off Iceland
1940 German occupiers issue identity cards
1935 Pacific Association of Amateur Athletic Union votes not to participate in Berlin Olympics.
1934 The Aldrich Family premieres on radio
1933 Albert Einstein flees Nazi Germany and moves to the United States.
1931 Al Capone convicted of tax evasion, sentenced to 11 years in prison
1927 Ban Johnson, in failing health, retires as AL President
1923 Catholic University of Nijmegen Netherlands opens
1922 Scottish worker begins hunger march from Glasgow on London
1920 Chicago Bears (as Decatur Staleys) play first NFL game, win 7-0.
1919 Radio Corporation of America (RCA) created.
1918 De Kooy airport in the Netherlands opens
1917 1st British bombing of Germany
1916 Dutch women demonstrate for female suffrage
1912 Bulgaria, Greece and Serbia declare war on the Ottoman Empire, joining Montenegro in the First Balkan War.
1907 Guglielmo Marconi's company begins the first commercial transatlantic wireless service between Glace Bay, Nova Scotia, Canada and Clifden, Ireland.
1904 Bank of Italy (Bank of America) opens its doors.
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