October 17th, 2079

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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 accident 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 Yoshihito 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, 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 Prestwick, 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 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.

October 17th, 1346

Hundred Years' War: King David II of Scotland (pictured) was captured at the Battle of Neville's Cross following his invasion of England under the terms of Scotland's Auld Alliance with France.

October 17th, 2019

The 17 October Revolution starts in Lebanon.

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

Birthdays and future age on October 17th, 2079

107

Eminem

American rapper, record producer and actor (born 1972)

*October 17th, 1972, St. Joseph

110

Wyclef Jean

Haitian rapper, actor, singer and songwriter

*October 17th, 1969, Croix-des-Bouquets

112

Venus Terzo

Canadian actress

*October 17th, 1967, Montreal

113

Mark Gatiss

British actor, screenwriter and novelist

*October 17th, 1966, Sedgefield

105

Matthew Macfadyen

English actor

*October 17th, 1974, Great Yarmouth

133

Cameron Mackintosh

British theatre and musical producer

*October 17th, 1946, London Borough of Enfield

119

Guy Henry

British actor

*October 17th, 1960, London

100

Kimi Räikkönen

Finnish racing driver

*October 17th, 1979, Espoo

93

Mohombi

Congolese-Swedish musician, singer, composer and dancer

*October 17th, 1986, Kinshasa

107

Tarkan

Turkish singer

*October 17th, 1972, Alzey

125

Susan Stroman

American theatre director

*October 17th, 1954, Wilmington

132

Michael McKean

American actor, comedian, screenwriter, and musician

*October 17th, 1947, New York City

119

Rob Marshall

American film and theatre director, producer, and choreographer

*October 17th, 1960, Madison

96

Felicity Jones

English actress

*October 17th, 1983, Birmingham

123

Mae Jemison

American doctor and NASA astronaut

*October 17th, 1956, Decatur

133

Adam Michnik

Polish essayist and publicist (born 1946)

*October 17th, 1946, Warsaw

131

George Wendt

American actor

*October 17th, 1948, Chicago

114

Alejandra Ávalos

Mexican singer, musician and actress

*October 17th, 1965, Mexico City

146

Bill Anders

American astronaut

*October 17th, 1933, British Hong Kong

87

Barry Keoghan

Irish actor

*October 17th, 1992, Summerhill

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