October 17th, 2003

Born on October 17th, 2003

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What happened on October 17th, 2003?

October 17th, 2003

Taipei 101, a 101-floor skyscraper in Taipei, becomes the world's tallest high-rise.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taipei_101

What else happened on October 17th?

October 17th, 1914

Off the coast of the Dutch island of Texel, a British naval squadron sank the German 7th Half Flotilla of torpedo boats in the Battle off Texel.

October 17th, 2001

Rehavam Ze'evi, the Israeli minister of tourism, was assassinated in revenge for the killing of PFLP leader Abu Ali Mustafa.

October 17th, 2000

A fatal rail crash at Hatfield, Hertfordshire, led to the introduction of widespread speed limit reductions throughout the British rail network and eventually caused the collapse of the railway management group Railtrack.

October 17th, 1992

Having gone to the wrong house in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, for a Halloween party, Japanese exchange student Yoshihiro Hattori was shot and killed by the homeowner.

October 17th, 1973

Yom Kippur War: Egyptian forces retreated from the Battle of the Chinese Farm, allowing Israeli forces to build their first bridge across the Suez Canal.

October 17th, 1969

The Caravaggio painting Nativity with St. Francis and St. Lawrence was stolen from the Oratory of Saint Lawrence in Palermo, Italy.

October 17th, 1964

Prime Minister Robert Menzies inaugurated the artificial Lake Burley Griffin (pictured) in the centre of the Australian capital Canberra.

October 17th, 1952

Indonesian Army elements surrounded the Merdeka Palace in Jakarta, demanding that President Sukarno disband the Provisional People's Representative Council.

October 17th, 1931

American gangster Al Capone was convicted on five counts of income-tax evasion.

October 17th, 1860

The Open Championship, the oldest of the four major championships in men's golf, was first played at Prestwick Golf Club in Scotland.

October 17th, 1814

A wooden beer-fermenting vat in London burst, destroying a second vat and causing a large flood of at least 128,000 imperial gallons (580,000 l; 154,000 US gal) of porter that killed eight people.

October 17th, 1777

American Revolutionary War: British general John Burgoyne's Saratoga campaign ended with his surrender to the Americans, later convincing France to enter the war in alliance with the United States.

October 17th, 1660

A series of executions of the commissioners who signed the death warrant of King Charles I of England concluded; six were hanged, drawn and quartered for treason.

October 17th, 1604

German astronomer Johannes Kepler began observations of an exceptionally bright object, now known as Kepler's Supernova, that had appeared in the constellation Ophiuchus.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on October 17th

Same year
Born in 2003

22

Tate McRae

Canadian singer

*July 1st, 2003, Calgary

23

Johnny Orlando

Canadian singer-songwriter and actor

*January 24th, 2003, Mississauga

23

Sangiovanni

Italian singer-songwriter

*January 9th, 2003, Vicenza

23

Francesca Barale

Italian cyclist

*April 29th, 2003, Domodossola

23

Treesa Jolly

Indian badminton player

*May 27th, 2003, Cherupuzha, Kannur

23

Pia Maria

Austrian singer-songwriter

*May 21st, 2003, Tyrol

23

Keisya Levronka

Indonesian singer and actress

*February 2nd, 2003, Malang

22

Ana Castela

Brazilian singer

*November 16th, 2003, Amambai

23

Greta Thunberg

Swedish climate protection activist (born 2003)

*January 3rd, 2003, Stockholm

22

Jude Bellingham

English association football player (born 2003)

*June 29th, 2003, Stourbridge

23

Isra Hirsi

American environmental activist (born 2003)

*February 22nd, 2003, Minneapolis

22

Rayan Cherki

French footballer (born 2003)

*August 17th, 2003, Lyon

23

Emjay Anthony

American actor

*June 1st, 2003, Clearwater Beach

22

Jack Dylan Grazer

American actor

*September 3rd, 2003, Los Angeles

22

Wyatt Oleff

American actor

*July 13th, 2003, Chicago

23

Louis Partridge

British actor

*June 3rd, 2003, London Borough of Wandsworth

22

Isaac Del Toro

Mexican cyclist

*November 27th, 2003, Ensenada

23

Jeremy Ray Taylor

American actor

*June 2nd, 2003, Bluff City

23

Alicia Fabbri

Canadian ice dancer

*February 16th, 2003, Laval

23

Eva-Lotta Kiibus

Estonian figure skater

*January 17th, 2003, Tallinn

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Public holidays on October 17th

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Born on October 17th, 2003
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Leap year

No: With 365 days 2003 is a normal year and no leap year.

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