October 17 Events in History - October 17 Birthdays - October 17 Deaths 2012 Astronomers have identified the nearest planet outside of our Solar System, Alpha Centauri B, which circles its star much closer than Mercury orbits our Sun 2012 Amidst controversy over the anti-doping scandal, Lance Armstrong resigns as chairman of LIVESTRONG, his anti-cancer charity 2011 U.S. company Apple Inc. breaks company sales records with the release of its iPhone 4S smartphone with over 4 million units sold in 4 days 2011 In Mexico, Virgin Group chairman Richard Branson opens the worlds first commercial spaceport, Spaceport America, with flights expected to being by 2013 2010 Australias first saint, Mary MacKillop, is canonized by Pope Benedict XVI at Saint Peters Square 2010 In a Potsdam speech, Angela Merkel, Chancellor of Germany, claims multiculturalism has failed in Germany 2006 United States population reaches 300 million people 1996 Taking Sides, opens at Atkinson Theater New York City 1995 Keith Moore sentenced to 6 years for robbing Sting of $9,000,000 1994 Beth Daniel wins LPGA World Championships of Womens Golf 1994 Billy Joel performs opening concert at Clevelands Gund Arena 1994 Kapil Devs final one-day international (v West Indies) 1993 Dottie Mochrie wins LPGA World Championship of Womens Golf 1992 1st World Series with non-U.S. team, Toronto loses 3-1 to Braves 1991 Angel Cordero is 3rd jockey to win 7,000 horse races 1991 Atlanta Braves beat Pittsburgh Pirates for NL pennant in 7 games 1991 News anchor Bree Walker Lampley files an FCC complaint that LA radio KFI-AM personally attacked her by discuss her having a disformed baby 1991 Pitts Penguin Paul Coffey sets NHL defenseman scoring record with 1,053 career points (309 goals and 744 assists) 1990 Jackie Mason - Brand New opens at Neil Simon New York City for 216 performances 1990 Les Miserables, opens at Imperial Theatre, New York and His Majestys Theatre, Perth 1989 Earthquake in San Francisco (6.9) cancels 3rd game of World Series, kills 67 1988 31 reported dead as Ugandan jetliner crashes in fog near Rome 1988 Dallas Green replaces Lou Pinella as manager of New York Yankees 1988 Lyndon LaRouche pleads innocent to fraud, conspiracy indictment 1988 Phillip Morris announces $11 Billion tender offer for Kraft 1988 Rockin Robin beats Sensational Sherri Martel for WWF womans title 1988 Traveling Wilburys 1st release Handle With Care 1987 Late Nite Comic closes at Ritz Theater New York City after 4 performances 1987 1st indoor World Series game (Minnesota Metrodome) 1987 1st lady Nancy Reagan undergoes a modified radical mastectomy 1986 U.S. Senate approved immigration bill prohibiting hiring of illegal aliens and offered amnesty to illegals who entered prior to 1982 1986 Yitzak Rabin forms Israeli government 1985 French author Claude Simon won the Nobel Prize in literature 1985 Lou Piniella named New York Yankee manager 1984 Nobel prize for chemistry awarded to Bruce Merrifield 1983 Nobel prize for economy awarded to Gerard Debreu 1983 STS-9 vehicle moves to Vandenberg AFB due to SRB nozzle problem 1982 1st live orchestra on commerical network since 1954 (National Symphony) 1982 Emmy News and Documentaries Award presentation 1982 Robin Yount is 1st to have 2 4-hit games in a World Series 1982 Sam Shepards True West premieres in New York City 1982 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya U.S.S.R. 1980 1st-class debut of Mike Whitney, NSW vs. Qld (2-52 and 1-39) 1979 Beatlemania closes at Winter Garden Theater New York City after 920 performances 1979 D Bautista of Mexico completes 20,000 m walk in record 1:20:06.8 1979 Mother Teresa of India, awarded Nobel Peace Prize 1979 Pittsburgh Pirates beat Baltimore Orioles, 4 games to 3 in 76th World Series 1979 President Carter signs legislation creating Department of Education 1978 New York Islanders start a streak of 23 undefeated games at home (15-0-8) 1978 New York Yankees beat Dodgers, 4 games to 2 in 75th World Series 1978 President Carter signs bill restoring Jefferson Davis citizenship 1978 U.S.S.R. performs underground nuclear test 1978 Yankees win 22nd World Championship capping their great comeback year 1977 Canada begins regular live TV coverage of Parliament 1977 West German commandos storm hijacked Lufthansa in Mogadishu, Somalia freeing all 86 hostages and killing 3 of 4 hijackers 1976 China performs nuclear test at Lop Nor PRC 1976 Coldest World Series game Yankees vs Cincinnati, 39 degrees F (until 1997) 1975 1st Space Shuttle main engine test at National Space Tech Labs, Miss 1975 Bee Gees Maurice Gibb weds Yvonne Spencely 1975 U.N. passes resolution saying Zionism is a form of racism 1974 Dont Bother Me, I Cant Cope closes at Playhouse New York City after 1065 per 1974 NBA New Orleans Jazz begin a 28 game road losing streak 1974 Washington Capitals 1st NHL home victory, beating Chicago 4-3 1974 Oakland As beat Los Angeles Dodgers, 4 games to 1 in 71st World Series makes As only team other than Yankees to win 3 straight series 1973 5-mo oil embargo by Arab states against U.S. and Netherlands begins 1973 Arabs decrease oil production 1972 1st time Islanders shut-out-5-0 vs Penguins 1972 Bob Randalls 6 Rooms Riv Vu, premieres in New York City 1972 Chuck Berrys My Ding-a-ling, is #1 1971 Cleveland Metroparks Rocky River Nature Center opens 1971 Judy Rankin wins LPGA Quality-First Golf Classic 1971 Pittsburgh Pirates beat Baltimore Orioles, 4 games to 3 in 68th World Series 1970 Anwar Sadat sworn in as president of Egypt 1969 New York Nets move from Comack to Island Garden, Hempstead NY 1969 Plastic Ono Bands Cold Turkey is released in UK 1969 Soyuz 7 returns to Earth 1967 Hair premieres on Broadway 1967 Barbra Streisand stars on Belle of 14th Street special on CBS 1967 Memorial service for Brian Epstein at New London Synagogue 1967 Pete Knight in X-15 reaches 85 km 1967 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Semipalitinsk, Eastern Kazakhstan U.S.S.R. 1965 Largest newspaper-Sunday New York Times at 946 pages (50 cents ) 1965 On A Clear Day You Can See Forever opens in New York City for 280 performances 1965 WBMG TV channel 42 in Birmingham, AL (CBS) begins broadcasting 1964 Yankees fire Manager Yogi Berra 1963 Jennie opens at Majestic Theater New York City for 82 performances 1962 Yankees beat Giants for 20th world championship 1961 22nd congress of CPSU opens in Moscow 1961 Battle of Paris - police kill 210 Algerians 1961 NASA civilian pilot Joseph A Walker takes X-15 to 33,100 m 1961 NY Museum of Modern Art hangs Henri Matisses Le Bateau upside-down It wasnt corrected until December 3rd 1960 Tenderloin opens at 46th St. Theater New York City for 216 performances 1960 U.S. and Britain sign accord for nuclear sub bases 1959 Billy Barnes Revue closes at John Golden Theater New York City after 87 performances 1959 Queen Elizabeth is fined $140 for withdrawing her race horse 1959 Stinchcomb Memorial in Cleveland Metroparks dedicated 1957 Copper and Brass opens at Martin Beck Theater New York City for 36 performances 1957 Britains Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip visits White House 1957 Dike Marken-Dutch mainland closed 1957 French author Albert Camus awarded Nobel Prize in Literature 1957 II Tsjoendrigar becomes premier of Pakistan 1956 Englands 1st large scale nuclear power station opens 1956 Pakistan defeat Australia by nine wickets at 1st attempt 1955 Lee Merriwether joins Today Show panel 1954 Philadelphia Eagle Adrian Burk passes for 7 touchdowns vs. Washington (49-21) 1951 Egyptian army fires on British troops 1943 Liberators sink U-540 and U-631 1941 1st U.S. destroyer (Kearney) torpedoed in WW II, off Iceland 1940 German occupiers issue identity cards 1935 Pacific Assoc of AAU votes not to participate in Berlin Olympics 1934 The Aldrich Family premieres on radio 1933 Albert Einstein arrives in U.S., a refugee from Nazi Germany 1927 Ban Johnson, in failing health, retires as AL president 1923 Catholic University of Nijmegen Netherlands opens 1922 Scottish worker begins hunger march from Glasgow on London 1921 Belgiums public library law goes into force 1920 Chicago Bears (as Decatur Staleys) play 1st NFL game, win 7-0 1919 Radio Corporation of America (RCA) created 1918 De Kooy airport in Netherlands opens 1918 Yugoslavia proclaims itself a republic 1917 1st British bombing of Germany 1916 Dutch women demonstrate for female suffrage 1912 Bulgaria, Greece and Serbia declares war on Turkey 1904 Bank of Italy (Bank of America) opens its doors 1899 Sutro railroad sold to Robert F Morrow for $215,000 1896 Anton Tsjechovs Chayka, premieres in St. Petersburg 1894 Ohio national guard kills 3 lynchers while rescuing a black man 1885 Baseball sets all players salaries at $1,000-$2,000 for 1885 season 1877 Henry Morton Stanley reaches Boma during trip cross Africa 1876 Henry Morton Stanleys reaches Lualaba River 1871 Great Britain annexes Griqualand South Africa 1871 President Grant suspends writ of habeas corpus 1868 Constitution of Grand Duchy of Luxembourg comes into effect 1862 Battle of Leetown and Thoroughfare Gap, VA 1860 1st British Golf Open: Willie Park shoots a 164 at Prestwick Club 1860 1st pro golf tournament held (Scotland) (Willie Park wins) 1855 Bessemer steelmaking process patented 1850 Knickerbocker Engine Co Number 5 organized 1831 Felix Mendelssohns 1st Piano concert in G, premieres 1829 Delaware River and Chesapeake Bay Canal formally opens 1829 German 1st assassination on abandoned teenager Kaspar Hauser 1825 1st French Liszts operette Don Sanche premieres in Paris 1815 Napoleon arrives in St. Helena 1808 Political rights of Jews suspended in Duchy of Warsaw 1800 Dutch colony Curacao transfered to England 1797 Peace of Campo Formio: Austrian Dutch possessions and France 1787 Boston blacks, petition legislature for equal school facilities 1781 Cornwallis defeated at Yorktown 1777 British General John Burgoyne surrenders at Saratoga NY 1740 Ivan VI becomes Czar of Russia 1720 Pierre de Marivaux Arlequin Poli Par lAmour, premieres in Paris 1707 German composer Johann S Bach marries his niece Maria Bach 1691 New royal charter for Massachusetts, now including Maine, Plymouth 1651 Future King Charles II flees from England 1556 Ex-emperor Karel departs Netherland for Spain 1492 Columbus sights isle of San Salvador (Watling Island, Bahamas) 1483 Tomas de Torquemada appointed inquisitor-general of Spain 1469 Crown prince Fernando of Aragon marries princess Isabella of Castilie 1415 Jewish autonomy in Palestine ends, as Raban Gamliel leaves office 1404 Cosma de Migliorati elected Pope Innocentius VII 1387 Swells convent Windesheim initiated 733 Battle at Poitiers: Charles Martel beats Abd al-Rachmans Omajjaden 532 Boniface II ends his reign as Catholic Pope
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