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October 17th, 2007 (October 17 2007) | Event | The Dalai Lama receives the United States Congressional Gold Medal. | |
October 17th, 2007 (October 17 2007) | Death | Joey Bishop, American entertainer, member of the Rat Pack (born in 1918) | |
October 17th, 2007 (October 17 2007) | Death | Teresa Brewer, American pop and jazz singer (born in 1931) | |
October 17th, 1987 (October 17 1987) | Birth | Bea Alonzo, Filipina actress | |
October 17th, 1987 (October 17 1987) | Birth | Jaroslaw Fojut, Polish footballer | |
October 17th, 1977 (October 17 1977) | Event | German Autumn: Four days after it was hijacked, Lufthansa Flight 181 lands in Mogadishu, Somalia, where a team of German GSG 9 commandos later rescues all remaining hostages on board. | |
October 17th, 1977 (October 17 1977) | Birth | Dudu Aouate, Israeli footballer | |
October 17th, 1977 (October 17 1977) | Birth | Bryan Bertino, American film director and screenwriter | |
October 17th, 1967 (October 17 1967) | Birth | Rene Dif, Danish musician (Aqua) | |
October 17th, 1967 (October 17 1967) | Death | Henry Pu Yi, last Emperor of China (born in 1906) | |
October 17th, 1957 (October 17 1957) | Birth | Lawrence Bender, American film producer | |
October 17th, 1957 (October 17 1957) | Birth | Steve McMichael, American football player | |
October 17th, 1947 (October 17 1947) | Birth | Gene Green, American politician | |
October 17th, 1947 (October 17 1947) | Birth | Michael McKean, American actor | |
October 17th, 1937 (October 17 1937) | Birth | Paxton Whitehead, English actor | |
October 17th, 1917 (October 17 1917) | Event | First British bombing of Germany in World War I. | |
October 17th, 1917 (October 17 1917) | Birth | Sumner Locke Elliott, Australian-born American novelist (died in 1991) | |
October 17th, 1907 (October 17 1907) | Event | Guglielmo Marconi s company begins the first commercial transatlantic wireless service between Glace Bay, Nova Scotia, Canada and Clifden, Ireland. | Guglielmo Marconi Quotes |
October 17th, 1887 (October 17 1887) | Death | Gustav Kirchhoff, German physicist (born in 1824) | |
October 17th, 1837 (October 17 1837) | Death | Johann Nepomuk Hummel, Austrian virtuoso pianist and composer (born in 1778) | |
October 17th, 1817 (October 17 1817) | Birth | Sir Syed Ahmad Khan, Indian Muslim intellectual (died in 1898) | |
October 17th, 1797 (October 17 1797) | Event | Treaty of Campo Formio is signed between France and Austria. | |
October 17th, 1777 (October 17 1777) | Event | American troops defeat the British in the Battle of Saratoga. | |
October 17th, 1757 (October 17 1757) | Death | Rene Antoine Ferchault de Reaumur, French scientist (born in 1683) | |
October 17th, 1577 (October 17 1577) | Birth | Cristofano Allori, Italian painter (died in 1621) | |