October 17 in History
What happened on October 17 in history?
A chronological timetable of historical events that occurred on october 17 in history. Historical facts of the day in the areas of military, politics, science, music, sports, arts, entertainment and more. Discover what happened on october 17 in history.
?>2003
Taipei 101 is completed in Taipei, becoming the world’s tallest high-rise.
2001
Rehavam Ze’evi, Israeli tourism minister and founder of the right-wing Moledet party, is assassinated by a member of the Popular Front of the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP); he was the first Israeli minister ever assassinated.
1994
Dmitry Kholodov, a Russian journalist, is assassinated while investigating corruption in the armed forces; his murkier began a series of killings of journalists in Russia.
1989
The worst earthquake in 82 years strikes San Francisco bay area minutes before the start of a World Series game there. The earthquake registers 6.9 on the Richter scale–67 are killed and damage is estimated at $10 billion.
1972
Peace talks between Pathet Lao and Royal Lao government begin in Vietnam.
1956
The nuclear power station Calder Hall is opened in Britain. Calder Hall is the first nuclear station to feed an appreciable amount of power into a civilian network.
1941
The U.S. destroyer Kearny is damaged by a German U-boat torpedo off Iceland; 11 Americans are killed.
1933
Due to rising anti-Semitism and anti-intellectualism in Hitler’s Germany, Albert Einstein immigrates to the United States. He makes his new home in Princeton, N.J.
1913
Zeppelin LII explodes over London, killing 28.
1877
Brigadier General Alfred Terry meets with Sitting Bull in Canada to discuss the Indians’ return to the United States.
1863
General Ulysses S. Grant is named overall Union Commander of the West.
1849
Composer and pianist Frederic Chopin dies in Paris of tuberculosis at the age of 39.
1815
Napoleon Bonaparte arrives at the island of St. Helena in the South Atlantic, where he has been banished by the Allies.
1777
British Maj. Gen. John Burgoyne surrenders 5,000 men at Saratoga, N.Y.
1691
Maine and Plymouth are incorporated in Massachusetts.
1529
Henry VIII of England strips Thomas Wolsey of his office for failing to secure an annulment of his marriage.
1346
English forces defeat the Scots under David II during the Battle of Neville’s Cross, Scotland.
1244
The Sixth Crusade ends when an Egyptian-Khwarezmian force almost annihilates the Frankish army at Gaza.