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October 17: Encyclopedia - October 17

October 17 is the 290th (in leap years the 291st) day of the year according to the Gregorian calendar. There are 75 days remaining. October 17 - Events. 538 BC - King Cyrus The Great of Persia marches into the city of Babylon, releasing the Jews from almost 70 years of exile and making the first Human Rights Declaration 1244 - Battle of La Forbie: Crusaders are defeated by Khwarezmians & Egyptians 1346 - Battle of Neville's Cross: King David II of S ...

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October 17 - Events

October 17 - Births

October 17 - Deaths

October 17 - Holidays and observances

October 17: Encyclopedia II - Events

1865 - January. January 31 - American Civil War: Confederate General Robert E. Lee becomes general-in-chief. 1865 - February. The only month in any year that might not have had a Full moon. February 17 - American Civil War: Columbia, South Carolina burns as Confederate forces flee from advancing Union forces. February 22 - Tennessee adopts a new constitution ...

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1989 - Templeton Prize

1989 - Right Livelihood Award

Read more here: » 1989: Encyclopedia - 1989

October 17: Encyclopedia - 1970

1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday. 1970 is the Unix epoch time. 1970 - Events. January 1 - Construction begins on Arcosanti, by Paolo Soleri, in Mayer, Arizona, located 65 miles north of Phoenix, Arizona. January 1 - Unix epoch at 00:00:00 UTC. January 5 - The first episode of All My Children was broadcast on the ABC television network. January 12 - Biafra capitulates, ending the Nigerian civil war. January 15 - After a 32-mo ...

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1970 - Fields Medalists

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October 17: Encyclopedia - 1955

1955 (MCMLV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. 1955 - Events. January 7 - Marian Anderson is the first African American singer to perform at the Metropolitan Opera in New York City. January 22 - Pentagon announces plan to develop ICBMs (intercontinental ballistic missiles) armed with nuclear weapons 1955 - February. February 8 - Nikolai Bulganin becomes Soviet Premier. February 12 - US Pre ...

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October 17: Encyclopedia - 1949

1949 (MCMXLIX) is a common year starting on Saturday. 1949 - Events. January 2 - Luis Muñoz Marín became the first democratically elected Governor of Puerto Rico. January 4 - RMS Caronia of the Cunard Line departs Southampton for New York on her maiden voyage January 4 - February 22 - Series of winter storms in Nebraska, Wyoming, South Dakota, Utah, Colorado and Nevada - winds of up to 72 mph - tens of thousands of cattle and sheep perish January 5 - ...

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1949 - An Unknown Date

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October 17: Encyclopedia - 1972

1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year that started on a Saturday. 1972 - Events. International year of the book January 2 - The Pierre Hotel Heist - Six men rob the safety deposit boxes of the Pierre Hotel in New York City. Loot is at least $4 million. January 4 - Rose Heilbron becomes the first woman judge at the Old Bailey in London. January 5 - President of the United States Richard Nixon orders the development of a space sh ...

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Read more here: » 1972: Encyclopedia - 1972

October 17: Encyclopedia - 1977

1977 (MCMLXXVII) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1977 calendar). 1977 - Events. January 10 - Major eruption of Mount Nyiragongo in eastern Zaire. January 17 - Gary Gilmore executed by a firing squad in Utah January 18 - Scientists identify a previously unknown bacterium as the cause of the mysterious "legionnaire's disease" January 18 - Australia experiences its worst railway disaster at Granville, near Sydney, in which 83 people ...

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1977 - September-December

1977 - Nobel Prizes

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October 17: Encyclopedia - 1956

1956 (MCMLVI) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. 1956 - Events. January 1 - End of Anglo-Egyptian Codominium in Sudan. January 16 - President Gamal Abdal Nasser of Egypt vows to reconquer Palestine. January 26 - 1956 Winter Olympic Games open in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy. January 26 - The United Kingdom bans heroin. January 25-January 26 - Finnish troops reoccupy Porkkala after Soviet troops vacate its military base. Civilian ...

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Read more here: » 1956: Encyclopedia - 1956

October 17: Encyclopedia - 1979

This page refers to the year 1979. For the Smashing Pumpkins song, see 1979 (song). 1979 (MCMLXXIX) is a common year starting on Monday. 1979 - Events. 1979 energy crisis - occurred in the wake of the Iranian Revolution January 1 - United Nations Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim heralds the start of the "International Year of the Child." Many musicians donate to the "Music for UNICEF" fund. January 1 - Sino-American relations: United States and ...

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1979 - April-September

1979 - October-December

1979 - Fictional

1979 - Nobel Prizes

1979 - Templeton Prize

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October 17: Encyclopedia - 1947

1947 (MCMXLVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). 1947 - Events. January 1 - British mines nationalized January 1 - Nigeria gains limited autonomy January 1 - The Canadian Citizenship Act went into effect January 3 - Proceedings of the U.S. Congress are televised for the first time January 10 - United Nations takes control of the free city of Trieste January 15 - Elizabeth Short (the "Black Dahlia") is ...

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1947 - September-October

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October 17: Encyclopedia - 1945

1945 (MCMXLV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). 1945 - Events. January 5 - The Soviet Union recognizes the new pro-Soviet government of Poland. January 7 - British General Bernard Montgomery holds a press conference at Zonhoven describing his contribution to the Battle of the Bulge. January 12 - World War II: The Soviet Union begin a very large offensive in Eastern Europe against the Nazis. January 13 - A Soviet patrol arre ...

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1945 - Ongoing events

1945 - Science and technology

1945 - September-October

1945 - November-December

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October 17: Encyclopedia - Calendar of saints

The calendar of saints is a traditional Christian method of organising a liturgical year on the level of days by associating each day with one or more saints, and referring to the day as the saint's day of that saint. The system arose from the very early Christian custom of annual commemoration of martyrs on the date of their death. As the number of recognized saints increased during Late Antiquity and roughly the first half of the Middle Ages, eventually every day of the year had at least one saint who was commemorated on that ...

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Calendar of saints - January

Calendar of saints - February

Calendar of saints - March

Calendar of saints - April

Calendar of saints - May

Calendar of saints - June

Calendar of saints - July

Calendar of saints - August

Calendar of saints - September

Calendar of saints - October

Calendar of saints - November

Calendar of saints - December

October 17: Encyclopedia - 1980

1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday. It is equivalent to 2733 a.U.c., and to 1359 AH. 1980 - Events. January 1–April 1 - National steel strike in the United Kingdom. January 1 - Changes to the Swedish Act of Succession creates Victoria of Sweden, Crown Princess over her younger brother. January 4 - American president Jimmy Carter proclaims a grain embargo against the USSR with the support of the European Commission. January 5 - Hewlett-Packard ...

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1980 - Templeton Prize

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October 17: Encyclopedia - 1865

1865 is a common year starting on Sunday. Canada - Mexico - South Africa - U.S. Rail Transport - Science - Sports Births - Deaths 1865 - Events. January 31 - American Civil War: Confederate General Robert E. Lee becomes general-in-chief. 1865 - February. The only month in any year that might not have had a Full moon. February 17 - American Civil War: Columbia, South Carolina burns as Confederate forces f ...

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October 17: Encyclopedia - 1854

Canada - Mexico - South Africa - U.S. Rail Transport - Science - Sports Births - Deaths 1854 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). 1854 - Events. January 4 - The McDonald Islands are discovered by Captain William McDonald aboard the Samarang. January 13 - The accordion is patented by Anthony Faas. January 21 - Loss of the Tayleur - 380 drowned, later dubbed "the first Titanic" February 11 - Major stree ...

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1854 - Events

1854 - Births

1854 - Deaths

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October 17: Encyclopedia - 1253

For broader historical context, see 1250s and 13th century. 1253 - Events. July 6 - Mindaugas is crowned as King of Lithuania. July - William II, Count of Holland defeats the Flemish army at Westkapelle. A series of naval wars begins between the Italian city-states of Genoa and Venice, which will continue sporadically until 1371. King Henry III of England meets with English nobles and church leaders to reaffirm the validity of the Magna Carta. Pope I ...

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October 17: Encyclopedia - 1849

Canada - Mexico - South Africa - U.S. Rail Transport - Science - Sports Births - Deaths 1849 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). 1849 - Events. January 1 France issues Ceres, France's first postage stamp. In Milan, anti-Austrian activists organize a smoking boycott in protest of the Austrian monopoly on tobacco. Protests erupts into brief riots. January 12 - Uprising against Austrian troops in Palermo, Sicily< ...

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1849 - Events

1849 - Unknown date

1849 - Ongoing Events

1849 - Births

1849 - Deaths

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October 17: Encyclopedia - 1890

Canada - Mexico - South Africa - U.S. Rail Transport - Science - Sports Births - Deaths 1890 (MDCCCXC) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar). 1890 - Events. January 2 - Alice Sanger becomes the first female staffer for the U.S. White House. January 9 - Phi Beta Sigma fraternity founded January 25 - The United Mine Workers of America is founded.< ...