October 17 Explained
Events
Pre-1600
1601–1900
1901–present
- 1907 - Marconi begins the first commercial transatlantic wireless service.
- 1912 - Bulgaria, Greece and Serbia declare war on the Ottoman Empire, joining Montenegro in the First Balkan War.
- 1919 - Leeds United F.C. founded at Salem Chapel, Holbeck after the winding up of Leeds City F.C. for making illegal payments to players during World War I[5]
- 1931 - Al Capone is convicted of income tax evasion.
- 1933 - Albert Einstein flees Nazi Germany and moves to the United States.
- 1940 - The body of Communist propagandist Willi Münzenberg is found in South France, starting a never-resolved mystery.
- 1941 - World War II: The USS Kearny becomes the first U.S. Navy vessel to be torpedoed by a U-boat.
- 1943 - The Burma Railway (Burma–Thailand Railway) is completed.
- 1943 - Nazi Holocaust in Poland: Sobibór extermination camp is closed.
- 1945 - A large demonstration in Buenos Aires, Argentina, demands Juan Perón's release.
- 1952 - Indonesian Army elements surrounded the Merdeka Palace demanding President Sukarno disband the Provisional People's Representative Council.[6]
- 1956 - The first commercial nuclear power station is officially opened by Queen Elizabeth II in Sellafield, England.
- 1961 - Directed by their chief Maurice Papon, Paris police massacre scores of Algerian protesters.
- 1961 - The first attempt of the apartheid analogy by Ahmad Shukeiri.[7] [8] [9] [10]
- 1965 - The 1964–65 New York World's Fair closes after two years and more than 51 million attendees.
- 1966 - The 23rd Street Fire in New York City kills 12 firefighters.
- 1969 - The Caravaggio painting Nativity with St. Francis and St. Lawrence is stolen from the Oratory of Saint Lawrence in Palermo.[11]
- 1970 - FLQ terrorists murder Quebec Vice-Premier and Minister of Labour Pierre Laporte.
- 1973 - OPEC imposes an oil embargo against countries they deem to have helped Israel in the Yom Kippur War.
- 1977 - The hijacked Lufthansa Flight 181 lands in Mogadishu. The remaining hostages are later rescued.
- 1979 - Mother Teresa is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
- 1979 - The Department of Education Organization Act creates the U.S. Department of Education.
- 1980 - As part of the Holy See–United Kingdom relations a British monarch makes the first state visit to the Vatican.
- 1988 - Uganda Airlines Flight 775 crashes at Rome–Fiumicino International Airport, in Rome, Italy, killing 33 people.[12]
- 1989 - The 6.9 Loma Prieta earthquake shakes the San Francisco Bay Area and the Central Coast, killing 63.
- 1989 - The East German Politburo votes to remove Erich Honecker from his role as General Secretary.
- 1991 - Rudrapur bombings by Sikh separatists, who explode two bombs, during a Ramlila Hindu celebration in Rudrapur, Uttarakhand, killing 41 people.[13] [14] [15]
- 1992 - Having gone to the wrong house, Japanese student Yoshihiro Hattori is killed by the homeowner in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
- 1994 - Russian journalist Dmitry Kholodov is assassinated while investigating corruption in the armed forces.
- 2000 - The Hatfield rail crash leads to the collapse of Railtrack.
- 2001 - Israeli tourism minister Rehavam Ze'evi is assassinated by Hamdi Quran, a member of the PFLP, thus becoming the highest-ranking Israeli to be killed by a Palestinian.
- 2004 - A fire that lasted over 15 hours destroyed almost one third of the East Tower of the Parque Central Urban Complex in Caracas, Venezuela.[16]
- 2017 - Syrian civil war: The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) capture the last foothold of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in Raqqa, marking the end of the Battle of Raqqa.[17] [18]
- 2018 - The recreational use of cannabis is legalized in Canada.
- 2018 - A mass shooting and bombing at Kerch Polytechnic College in Crimea kills 21 people including the attacker and injures 70 others.[19]
- 2019 - Drug dealers in Culiacan, Sinaloa, Mexico force the government to back down on an arrest.
- 2019 - The 17 October Revolution starts in Lebanon.[20]
- 2023 - An explosion at Al-Ahli Arab Hospital in Gaza kills hundreds of Palestinians during the Israel–Hamas war.[21]
Births
Pre-1600
1601–1900
- 1623 - Francis Turretin, Swiss-Italian minister, theologian, and academic (d. 1687)
- 1629 - Balthasar Charles, Prince of Asturias (d. 1646)
- 1688 - Domenico Zipoli, Italian missionary and composer (d. 1726)
- 1711 - Jupiter Hammon, American poet (d. 1806)
- 1719 - Jacques Cazotte, French author and academic (d. 1792)
- 1720 - Maria Teresa Agnesi Pinottini, Italian harpsichord player and composer (d. 1795)[23]
- 1725 - John Wilkes, English journalist and politician (d. 1797)
- 1729 - Pierre-Alexandre Monsigny, French composer and academic (d. 1817)
- 1735 - Franz Xaver Feuchtmayer the Younger, German Baroque artist (d. 1803)
- 1759 - Andrey Voronikhin, Russian architect and painter (d. 1814)
- 1760 - Claude Henri de Rouvroy, comte de Saint-Simon, French economist and philosopher (d. 1825)
- 1768 - Sophie von Dönhoff, morganatic spouse by bigamy to King Frederick William II of Prussia (d. 1838)
- 1779 - Louis Charles, French prince of the blood (d. 1808)
- 1779 - José Andrés Pacheco de Melo, Argentine statesman and priest (d. approx. 1820)
- 1780 - Richard Mentor Johnson, American politician, ninth Vice President of the United States (d. 1850)
- 1781 - Johann Friedrich Meckel, German anatomist (d. 1833)
- 1784 - Fructuoso Rivera, first president of Uruguay (d. 1854)
- 1785 - Christen Smith, Norwegian scientist (d. 1816)
- 1792 - John Bowring, English polyglot and governor of Hong Kong (d. 1826)
- 1797 - Juan Lavalle, Argentine politician (d. 1841)
- 1803 - Ferenc Deák, Hungarian politician (d. 1876)
- 1810 - Adolphe-Félix Cals, French painter (d. 1880)
- 1811 - Albertus van Raalte, Dutch-American pastor and educator (d. 1876)
- 1813 - Georg Büchner, German-Swiss poet and playwright (d. 1837)
- 1814 - Yakiv Holovatsky, Ukrainian historian, scholar, and poet (d. 1888)
- 1817 - Syed Ahmad Khan, Indian philosopher and scholar (d. 1898)
- 1821 - Alexander Gardner, Scottish photographer (d. 1882)
- 1828 - Aureliano Maestre de San Juan, Spanish scientist (d. 1890)
- 1833 - José E. Días, Paraguayan general (d. 1867)
- 1835 - Louis-Léon Cugnot, French sculptor (d. 1894)
- 1835 - Paul Haenlein, German mechanical engineer (d. 1905)
- 1840 - André Gill, French caricaturist (d. 1885)
- 1844 - Gustave Schlumberger, French historian (d. 1929)
- 1845 - John J. Gardner, American politician (d. 1921)
- 1853 - Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna of Russia (d. 1920)
- 1859 - Childe Hassam, American painter and illustrator (d. 1935)
- 1860 - Henry Campbell Black, founder of Black's Law Dictionary (d. 1927)
- 1864 - Elinor Glyn, English author, screenwriter, and producer (d. 1943)
- 1865 - James Rudolph Garfield, American lawyer and politician, 23rd United States Secretary of the Interior (d. 1950)
- 1867 - Josep Puig i Cadafalch, Catalan architect who designed the Casa Martí (d. 1956)
- 1871 - Segundo de Chomón, Spanish cinematographer, director, and screenwriter (d. 1929)
- 1876 - Hippolyte Aucouturier, French road cyclist (d. 1944)
- 1878 - Jacobo Fitz-James Stuart, Spanish politician and 17th Duke of Alba (d. 1953)
- 1880 - Jesús Reyes Ferreira, Mexican artist and art collector (d. 1977)
- 1881 - Maria Dulęba, Polish actress (d. 1959)
- 1882 - Haritina Korotkevich, Russian war heroine (d. 1904)[24]
- 1883 - Alexander Neill, Scottish educator (d. 1973)
- 1883 - Thaddeus Shideler, American hurdler (d. 1966)
- 1886 - Spring Byington, American actress (d. 1971)
- 1889 - Mikha'il Na'ima, Lebanese author (d. 1988)
- 1890 - Roy Kilner, English cricketer (d. 1928)
- 1892 - Theodor Eicke, German SS general (d. 1943)
- 1892 - Herbert Howells, English organist, composer, and educator (d. 1983)
- 1893 - Raffaele Bendandi, Italian clockmaker and seismologist (d. 1979)
- 1894 - Prince René, Italian Prince of Denmark (d. 1962)
- 1894 - Pablo de Rokha, Chilean poet (d. 1968)
- 1895 - Miguel Ydígoras Fuentes, President of Guatemala (1958–1963) (d. 1982)
- 1895 - Doris Humphrey, American dancer and choreographer (d. 1958)
- 1896 - Roman Petrovich, Russian prince (d. 1978)
- 1898 - Shinichi Suzuki, Japanese violinist and educator (d. 1998)[25]
- 1898 - Eileen Sedgwick, American actress (d. 1991)
- 1898 - Simon Vestdijk, Dutch author and poet (d. 1971)
- 1900 - C. C. van Asch van Wijck, Dutch artist and sculptor (d. 1932)
- 1900 - Jean Arthur, American actress (d. 1991)
- 1900 - Yvor Winters, American critic and poet (d. 1968)
1901–present
- 1901 - Emma Gamboa Alvarado, Costa Rican educator (d. 1973)[26]
- 1902 - Irene Ryan, American actress (d. 1973)
- 1903 - Andrei Grechko, Soviet general (d. 1976)
- 1903 - Nathanael West, American author and screenwriter (d. 1940)[27]
- 1905 - Leopoldo Benites, Ecuadorian diplomat 28th president of the United Nations General Assembly (d. 1996)
- 1906 - Paul Derringer, American baseball player (d. 1987)
- 1906 - Andrey Tikhonov, Soviet mathematician (d. 1993)
- 1907 - John Marley, American actor (d. 1984)
- 1908 - Kenji Miyamoto, Japanese politician (d. 2007)
- 1908 - Hjördis Petterson, Swedish actress (d. 1988)
- 1908 - Wally Prigg, Australian rugby league player (d. 1980)
- 1908 - Red Rolfe, American baseball player, coach, and manager (d. 1969)
- 1909 - Cozy Cole, American drummer (d. 1981)
- 1909 - Leopoldo Panero, Spanish poet (d. 1962)
- 1909 - Joaquín Satrústegui, Spanish lawyer and politician (d. 1992)
- 1910 - Marina Núñez del Prado, Bolivian sculptor (d. 1995)[28]
- 1910 - Ester Wier, American author (d. 2000)
- 1912 - Pope John Paul I (d. 1978)[29]
- 1912 - Theodore Marier, American composer and educator, founded the Boston Archdiocesan Choir School (d. 2001)
- 1912 - Jack Owens, American singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 1982)
- 1913 - Robert Lowery, American actor (d. 1971)
- 1913 - Marian Marsh, Trinidadian-American actress and environmentalist (d. 2006)
- 1913 - Faik Türün, Turkish general (d. 2003)
- 1914 - Jerry Siegel, American author and illustrator (d. 1996)
- 1915 - Arthur Miller, American playwright and screenwriter (d. 2005)
- 1916 - José López Rega, Argentinean politician (d. 1989)
- 1917 - Alfred Benlloch Llorach, Spanish inventor (d. 2013)
- 1917 - Martin Donnelly, New Zealand cricketer (d. 1999)
- 1917 - Marsha Hunt, American actress and singer (d. 2022)
- 1917 - Aimo Koivunen, Finnish soldier and corporal (d. 1989)[30]
- 1917 - Norman Leyden, American composer and conductor (d. 2014)
- 1917 - Sumner Locke Elliott, Australian-American author and playwright (d. 1991)
- 1917 - Adele Stimmel Chase, American painter and sculptor (d. 2000)
- 1918 - Rita Hayworth, American actress, singer and dancer (d. 1987)
- 1918 - Luis Alberto Solari, Uruguayan artist (d. 1993)
- 1918 - Ralph Wilson, American businessman, founded the Buffalo Bills (d. 2014)
- 1919 - Isaak Khalatnikov, Ukrainian-Russian theoretical physicist and academic (d. 2021)
- 1919 - Violet Milstead, Canadian World War II aviator and bush pilot (d. 2014)
- 1919 - Zhao Ziyang, Chinese politician (d. 2005)
- 1920 - Montgomery Clift, American actor (d. 1966)
- 1920 - Miguel Delibes, Spanish journalist and author (d. 2010)
- 1920 - Zully Moreno, Argentine actress (d. 1999)
- 1921 - Priscilla Buckley, American journalist and author (d. 2012)
- 1921 - Maria Gorokhovskaya, Russian-Israeli gymnast (d. 2001)[31]
- 1921 - George Mackay Brown, Scottish author, poet, and playwright (d. 1996)
- 1921 - Tom Poston, American actor and comedian (d. 2007)
- 1922 - Luiz Bonfá, Brazilian guitarist and composer (d. 2001)
- 1922 - Pierre Juneau, Canadian broadcaster and politician, co-founded the Montreal World Film Festival (d. 2012)
- 1923 - Barney Kessel, American guitarist and composer (d. 2004)
- 1923 - Charles McClendon, American football player and coach (d. 2001)
- 1924 - Don Coryell, American football player and coach (d. 2010)
- 1924 - Anton Geiser, Croatian SS officer (d. 2012)
- 1924 - Giacomo Mari, Italian footballer (d. 1991)
- 1924 - Rolando Panerai, Italian baritone (d. 2019)
- 1925 - Harry Carpenter, English sportscaster (d. 2010)
- 1926 - Julie Adams, American actress (d. 2019)[32]
- 1926 - Beverly Garland, American actress (d. 2008)
- 1926 - Roberto Lippi, Italian race car driver (d. 2011)
- 1928 - Santiago Stevenson, Panamanian singer and minister (d. 2007)
- 1928 - Alejandro Végh Villegas, Uruguayan politician (d. 2017)
- 1929 - Mário Wilson, Mozambican footballer and manager (d. 2016)
- 1930 - Ismail Akbay, Turkish physicist and engineer (d. 2003)
- 1930 - Robert Atkins, American physician and cardiologist, created the Atkins diet (d. 2003)
- 1931 - José Alencar, Brazilian businessman and politician (d. 2011)
- 1932 - Paul Anderson, American weightlifter (d. 1994)
- 1931 - Ernst Hinterberger, Austrian author and playwright (d. 2012)
- 1931 - Anatoly Pristavkin, Russian writer (d. 2008)
- 1933 - William Anders, Hong Kong-American general and astronaut (d. 2024)
- 1933 - The Singing Nun, Belgian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and nun (d. 1985)
- 1934 - Alan Garner, English author and playwright
- 1934 - Johnny Haynes, English-Scottish footballer (d. 2005)
- 1934 - Rico Rodriguez, Jamaican trombonist (d. 2015)
- 1935 - Sydney Chapman, English architect and politician, Vice-Chamberlain of the Household (d. 2014)
- 1935 - Michael Eavis, English farmer, founded the Glastonbury Festival
- 1935 - Carlos Pairetti, Argentine racing driver (d. 2022)
- 1936 - Sathima Bea Benjamin, South African singer-songwriter (d. 2013)
- 1936 - Hiroo Kanamori, Japanese-American seismologist and academic
- 1936 - Santiago Navarro, Spanish basketball player (d. 1993)
- 1936 - Bert Nievera, Filipino-American singer (d. 2018)
- 1937 - José María Álvarez del Manzano, Spanish politician
- 1937 - Aida Navarro, Venezuelan mezzo-soprano
- 1937 - Renato Prada Oropeza, Bolivian-Mexican scientist (d. 2011)
- 1937 - Paxton Whitehead, English actor (d. 2023)
- 1938 - António Calvário, Portuguese singer and artist
- 1938 - Evel Knievel, American motorcycle rider and stuntman (d. 2007)
- 1938 - Les Murray, Australian anthologist, poet, and critic (d. 2019)
- 1939 - Oliver Rackham, English botanist and academic (d. 2015)
- 1940 - Stephen Kovacevich, American pianist and conductor
- 1940 - Jim Smith, English footballer and manager (d. 2019)
- 1940 - Peter Stringfellow, English businessman (d. 2018)
- 1941 - Earl Thomas Conley, American country singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2019)
- 1941 - Paul Ellison, American musician
- 1941 - Jim Seals, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and violinist (d. 2022)
- 1942 - Steve Jones, American basketball player and sportscaster (d. 2017)
- 1942 - Gary Puckett, American pop singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1943 - Ignacio Rupérez, Spanish diplomat and journalist (d. 2015)
- 1944 - Ángel Cristo, Spanish circus performer (d. 2010)
- 1946 - Ronni Chasen, American publicist (d. 2010)
- 1946 - Michael Hossack, American drummer (d. 2012)
- 1946 - Manuel "Flaco" Ibáñez, Mexican actor and comedian
- 1946 - Akira Kushida, Japanese vocalist
- 1946 - Cameron Mackintosh, English producer and manager
- 1946 - Adam Michnik, Polish journalist and historian
- 1946 - Julio Miranda, Argentine politician (d. 2021)
- 1946 - Drusilla Modjeska, English-Australian author and critic
- 1946 - Daniela Payssé, Uruguayan politician (d. 2018)
- 1946 - José Perramón, Spanish handball player
- 1946 - Jaime Ravinet, Chilean politician
- 1946 - Bob Seagren, American pole vaulter
- 1946 - Rüdiger Wittig, German geobotanist and ecologist
- 1947 - Omar Azziman, adviser to the King of Morocco
- 1947 - Gene Green, American lawyer and politician
- 1947 - Michael McKean, American singer-songwriter, actor, and director[33]
- 1947 - Robert Post, American educator and academic
- 1948 - Osvaldo Castro, Chilean footballer
- 1948 - Robert Jordan, American soldier and author (d. 2007)
- 1948 - Margot Kidder, Canadian-American actress (d. 2018)
- 1948 - George Wendt, American actor and comedian
- 1949 - Owen Arthur, Barbadian economist and politician, 5th Prime Minister of Barbados (d. 2020)
- 1949 - Bill Hudson, American musician and actor
- 1950 - Philippe Barbarin, French cardinal
- 1950 - Sandra Reemer, Indo-Dutch singer (d. 2017)
- 1950 - Howard Rollins, American actor (d. 1996)
- 1951 - Dirk Beheydt, Belgian footballer
- 1951 - Annie Borckink, Dutch speed skater
- 1951 - Roger Pontare, Swedish singer
- 1951 - Shari Ulrich, American-Canadian singer-songwriter and violinist
- 1953 - Joseph Bowie, American trombonist and bandleader
- 1953 - Domenico Penzo, Italian footballer
- 1954 - Carlos Buhler, American mountaineer
- 1955 - Georgios Alogoskoufis, Greek economist, academic, and politician, Greek Minister of Finance
- 1955 - Mike Bratz, American basketball player
- 1956 - Fran Cosmo, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1956 - Mae Jemison, American physician, academic, and astronaut
- 1956 - Pat McCrory, American businessman and politician, 74th Governor of North Carolina
- 1956 - Ken Morrow, American ice hockey player and executive[34]
- 1956 - Stephen Palumbi, American academic and author
- 1957 - Eleftheria Arvanitaki, Greek folk singer
- 1957 - Nelson Barrera, Mexican baseball player (d. 2002)
- 1957 - Lawrence Bender, American actor and producer
- 1957 - Antonio Galdo, Italian journalist
- 1957 - Steve McMichael, American football player, wrestler, and sportscaster
- 1957 - Pino Palladino, Welsh bassist
- 1957 - Vincent Van Patten, American tennis player and actor
- 1958 - Howard Alden, American guitarist
- 1958 - Alan Jackson, American singer-songwriter
- 1958 - Sandra Mozarowsky, Spanish actress (d. 1977)
- 1958 - Craig Murray, British diplomat
- 1959 - Mustafa Aberchán, Spanish politician
- 1959 - Ron Drummond, American author and scholar
- 1959 - Francisco Flores Pérez, Salvadorian politician, President of El Salvador (d. 2016)
- 1959 - Russell Gilbert, Australian comedian, actor, and screenwriter
- 1959 - Eugenio Hernández Flores, Mexican politician
- 1959 - Norm Macdonald, Canadian actor, comedian, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2021)
- 1959 - Mark Peel, Australian historian and academic
- 1959 - Richard Roeper, American journalist and critic
- 1960 - Guy Henry, English actor
- 1960 - Rob Marshall, American director, producer, and choreographer
- 1960 - Bernie Nolan, Irish singer (d. 2013)
- 1960 - Philippe Sands, American lawyer and academic
- 1961 - David Means, American short story writer
- 1962 - Glenn Braggs, American baseball player
- 1962 - Jay Humphries, American basketball player
- 1962 - Mike Judge, American animator, director, screenwriter, producer and actor
- 1963 - Sergio Goycochea, Argentinian footballer and journalist
- 1963 - Toby Young, English journalist and academic
- 1964 - Margarita Liborio Arrazola, Mexican politician
- 1964 - Gregg Wallace, English television presenter
- 1965 - Aravinda de Silva, Sri Lankan cricketer
- 1965 - Rhys Muldoon, Australian actor
- 1966 - Shaun Edwards, English rugby player and coach
- 1966 - Danny Ferry, American basketball player and manager
- 1966 - Mark Gatiss, English actor, screenwriter and novelist
- 1966 - Tommy Kendall, American race car driver and sportscaster
- 1967 - René Dif, Danish musician
- 1967 - Pedro González Vera, Chilean footballer
- 1967 - Simon Segars, English businessman
- 1967 - Nathalie Tauziat, French tennis player
- 1968 - Alejandra Ávalos, Mexican artist
- 1968 - Graeme Le Saux, English footballer and sportscaster
- 1968 - Ziggy Marley, Jamaican singer-songwriter, guitarist, and voice actor
- 1968 - David Robertson, Scottish footballer and manager
- 1969 - Ernie Els, South African golfer and sportscaster
- 1969 - Jesús Ángel García, Spanish racewalker[35]
- 1969 - Wood Harris, American actor
- 1969 - Wyclef Jean, Haitian-American rapper, producer, and actor
- 1969 - Rick Mercer, Canadian comedian, actor, producer, and screenwriter
- 1970 - Anil Kumble, Indian cricketer
- 1970 - John Mabry, American baseball player, coach, and sportscaster
- 1970 - J. C. MacKenzie, Canadian actor
- 1971 - Chris Kirkpatrick, American singer-songwriter and dancer
- 1971 - Kim Ljung, Norwegian singer-songwriter and bass player
- 1971 - Martin Heinrich, American politician
- 1971 - Derrick Plourde, American drummer (d. 2005)
- 1971 - Blues Saraceno, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer
- 1972 - Eminem, American rapper, producer, and actor
- 1972 - Sharon Leal, American actress
- 1972 - Musashi, Japanese karateka and kickboxer
- 1972 - Tarkan, German-Turkish singer
- 1973 - Rubén Garcés, Panamanian basketball player
- 1973 - Andrea Tarozzi, Italian footballer and coach
- 1974 - Ariel Levy, American journalist and author
- 1974 - Matthew Macfadyen, English actor
- 1974 - Obdulio Ávila Mayo, Mexican politician
- 1974 - Bárbara Paz, Brazilian actress
- 1974 - Janne Puurtinen, Finnish keyboard player
- 1974 - John Rocker, American baseball player
- 1974 - Darío Sala, Argentine footballer
- 1974 - Gabriel Silberstein, Chilean tennis player
- 1974 - Dhondup Wangchen, Chinese director and producer
- 1975 - Jericó Abramo Masso, Mexican politician
- 1975 - Francis Bouillon, American-Canadian ice hockey player
- 1975 - Vina Morales, Filipino actress and singer
- 1976 - Sebastián Abreu, Uruguayan footballer
- 1976 - Seth Etherton, American baseball player
- 1976 - Carlos Loret de Mola, Mexican journalist
- 1976 - Kevin Maher, English-Irish footballer and coach
- 1977 - Dudu Aouate, Israeli footballer[36]
- 1977 - Alimi Ballard, American actor and producer
- 1977 - Bryan Bertino, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
- 1977 - Walter Calderón, Ecuadorian footballer
- 1977 - Marko Antonio Cortés Mendoza, Mexican politician
- 1977 - Ryan McGinley, American photographer
- 1977 - André Villas-Boas, Portuguese footballer and manager
- 1978 - Jerry Flannery, Irish rugby player and coach
- 1978 - Pablo Iglesias Turrión, Spanish politician
- 1978 - Erin Karpluk, Canadian actress
- 1978 - Chuka Umunna, English lawyer and politician
- 1979 - Marcela Bovio, Mexican singer-songwriter and violinist
- 1979 - Alexandros Nikolaidis, Greek martial artist (d. 2022)
- 1979 - Kimi Räikkönen, Finnish race car driver
- 1979 - Kostas Tsartsaris, Greek basketball player
- 1980 - Yekaterina Gamova, Russian volleyball player
- 1980 - Mohammad Hafeez, Pakistani cricketer
- 1980 - Isaac Mina, Ecuadorian footballer
- 1980 - Angel Parker, American actress
- 1980 - Alessandro Piccolo, Italian race car driver
- 1980 - Justin Shenkarow, American actor
- 1981 - Horacio Cervantes, Mexican footballer
- 1981 - Kurumi Enomoto, Japanese singer-songwriter
- 1981 - Holly Holm, American mixed martial artist
- 1981 - Tsubasa Imai, Japanese singer, actor, and dancer
- 1981 - Ben Rothwell, American mixed-martial artist
- 1982 - Rubén Ramírez, Argentine footballer
- 1982 - Nick Riewoldt, Australian footballer
- 1982 - Marion Rolland, French skier
- 1983 - Michelle Ang, New Zealander actress
- 1983 - Milica Brozovic, Serbian-Russian figure skater
- 1983 - Felicity Jones, English actress
- 1983 - Toshihiro Matsushita, Japanese footballer
- 1983 - Riki Miura, Japanese actor
- 1983 - Junichi Miyashita, Japanese swimmer
- 1983 - Ivan Saenko, Russian footballer
- 1983 - Mitch Talbot, American baseball player
- 1983 - Vitali Teleš, Estonian footballer
- 1984 - Sami Lepistö, Finnish ice hockey player[37]
- 1984 - Chris Lowell, American actor
- 1984 - Giovanni Marchese, Italian footballer
- 1984 - Randall Munroe, American author and illustrator
- 1984 - Luke Rockhold, American mixed martial artist
- 1984 - Anja Eline Skybakmoen, Norwegian singer-songwriter and bandleader
- 1984 - Gottfrid Svartholm, Swedish computer specialist
- 1984 - Jared Tallent, Australian race walker
- 1985 - Carlos González, Venezuelan baseball player
- 1985 - Max Irons, English-Irish actor
- 1985 - Collins John, Dutch footballer
- 1985 - Tomokazu Nagira, Japanese footballer
- 1986 - Alexandre Bonnet, French footballer
- 1986 - Antoni Bou, Spanish motorcyclist
- 1986 - Aija Brumermane, Latvian basketball player
- 1986 - Constant Djakpa, Ivorian footballer
- 1986 - Yannick Ponsero, French figure skater
- 1986 - Nicolás Richotti, Argentine basketball player
- 1987 - Bea Alonzo, Filipino actress and singer
- 1987 - Jarosław Fojut, Polish footballer
- 1987 - Elliot Grandin, French footballer
- 1987 - Hideto Takahashi, Japanese footballer
- 1988 - Sergiy Gladyr, Ukrainian basketball player
- 1988 - Tori Matsuzaka, Japanese actor and model
- 1988 - Marina Salas, Spanish actress
- 1989 - Débora García, Spanish footballer
- 1989 - Oleksandr Isakov, Ukrainian swimmer
- 1989 - Sophie Luck, Australian actress
- 1989 - Charles Oliveira, Brazilian mixed martial artist[38]
- 1989 - David Timor, Spanish footballer
- 1990 - Paolo Campinoti, Italian footballer
- 1990 - Maica García Godoy, Spanish water polo player
- 1990 - Ronald González Tabilo, Chilean footballer
- 1990 - Saki Kumagai, Japanese footballer
- 1990 - Patrick Lambie, South African rugby player
- 1991 - Brenda Asnicar, Argentine actress
- 1992 - Jacob Artist, American actor, singer, and dancer
- 1992 - Sam Concepcion, Filipino musician and dancer
- 1992 - Anthony Gill, American basketball player[39]
- 1992 - Keerthy Suresh, Indian actress
- 1993 - Kenneth Omeruo, Nigerian footballer
- 1993 - Vincent Poirier, French basketball player[40]
- 1995 - Jamal Adams, American football player[41]
- 1995 - Ha-seong Kim, South Korean baseball player[42]
- 1996 - Jake DeBrusk, Canadian ice hockey player[43]
- 1997 - Robert Williams III, American basketball player[44]
- 2001 - Thomas Strudwick, British motorcycle road racer
- 2002 - Matthew Knies, American professional ice hockey player[45]
Deaths
Pre-1600
- AD 33 - Agrippina the Elder, Roman wife of Germanicus (b. 14 BC)
- 532 - Pope Boniface II
- 866 - Al-Musta'in, Abbasid caliph (b. 836)
- 1271 - Steinvör Sighvatsdóttir, Icelandic aristocrat and poet
- 1277 - Beatrice of Falkenburg, German queen consort (b. c. 1254)
- 1346 - John Randolph, 3rd Earl of Moray
- 1346 - Maurice de Moravia, Earl of Strathearn
- 1456 - Nicolas Grenon, French composer (b. 1375)
- 1485 - John Scott of Scott's Hall, Warden of the Cinque Ports
- 1528 - Hernando Alonso, Spanish conquistador, first Jew executed in the New World[46]
- 1552 - Andreas Osiander, German Protestant theologian (b. 1498)
- 1575 - Gaspar Cervantes de Gaeta, Spanish cardinal (b. 1511)
- 1586 - Philip Sidney, English courtier, poet, and general (b. 1554)
- 1587 - Francesco I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (b. 1541)
1601–1900
- 1616 - John Pitts, English priest and scholar (b. 1560)
- 1660 - Adrian Scrope, English colonel and politician (b. 1601)
- 1673 - Thomas Clifford, 1st Baron Clifford of Chudleigh, English politician, Lord High Treasurer of England (b. 1630)
- 1690 - Margaret Mary Alacoque, French mystic (b. 1647)
- 1757 - René Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur, French entomologist and academic (b. 1683)
- 1776 - Pierre François le Courayer, French-English theologian and author (b. 1681)
- 1780 - William Cookworthy, English pharmacist and minister (b. 1705)
- 1781 - Edward Hawke, 1st Baron Hawke, English admiral (b. 1705)[47]
- 1786 - Johann Ludwig Aberli, Swiss painter and illustrator (b. 1723)
- 1806 - Jean-Jacques Dessalines, Haitian commander and politician, Governor-General of Haiti (b. 1758)
- 1836 - Orest Kiprensky, Russian painter (b. 1782)
- 1837 - Johann Nepomuk Hummel, Austrian pianist and composer (b. 1778)
- 1849 - Frédéric Chopin, Polish pianist and composer (b. 1810)
- 1868 - Laura Secord, Canadian war heroine (b. 1775)
- 1887 - Gustav Kirchhoff, German physicist and chemist (b. 1824)
- 1889 - Nikolay Chernyshevsky, Russian philosopher and critic (b. 1828)
- 1893 - Patrice de MacMahon, Duke of Magenta, French general and politician, 3rd President of France (b. 1808)
1901–present
- 1910 - Julia Ward Howe, American poet and songwriter (b. 1819)
- 1918 - Malak Hifni Nasif, Egyptian poet and author (b. 1886)
- 1920 - Michael Fitzgerald (Irish republican) died on Hunger Strike (b. 1881)[48]
- 1928 - Frank Dicksee, English painter and illustrator (b. 1853)
- 1931 - Alfons Maria Jakob, German neurologist and academic (b. 1884)
- 1937 - J. Bruce Ismay, English businessman (b. 1862)
- 1938 - Karl Kautsky, Czech-German journalist, philosopher, and theoretician (b. 1854)
- 1948 - Royal Cortissoz, American art critic (b. 1869)
- 1955 - Dimitrios Maximos, Greek banker and politician (b. 1873)
- 1956 - Anne Crawford, Israeli-English actress (b. 1920)
- 1957 - Wilhelmina Hay Abbott, Scottish suffragist and feminist (b. 1884)[49]
- 1958 - Paul Outerbridge, American photographer (b. 1896)
- 1958 - Charlie Townsend, English cricketer and lawyer (b. 1876)
- 1962 - Natalia Goncharova, Russian painter, costume designer, and set designer (b. 1882)[50]
- 1963 - Jacques Hadamard, French mathematician and academic (b. 1865)
- 1965 - Bart King, American cricketer (b. 1873)
- 1966 - Sidney Hatch, American runner and soldier (b. 1883)
- 1966 - Wieland Wagner, German director and manager (b. 1917)
- 1967 - Puyi, Chinese emperor (b. 1906)
- 1970 - Pierre Laporte, Canadian journalist, lawyer, and politician (b. 1921)
- 1970 - Vola Vale, American actress (b. 1897)
- 1970 - Quincy Wright, American political scientist and academic (b. 1890)
- 1972 - Turk Broda, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1914)
- 1972 - George, Crown Prince of Serbia (b. 1887)
- 1973 - Ingeborg Bachmann, Austrian author and poet (b. 1926)
- 1978 - George Clark, American race car driver (b. 1890)
- 1978 - Giovanni Gronchi, Italian educator, soldier, and politician, 3rd President of the Italian Republic (b. 1887)
- 1979 - S. J. Perelman, American humorist and screenwriter (b. 1904)
- 1979 - John Stuart, Scottish-English actor (b. 1898)
- 1979 - Eugenio Mendoza, Venezuelan business tycoon (b. 1909)
- 1981 - Kannadasan Indian author, poet, and songwriter (b. 1927)
- 1981 - Albert Cohen, Greek-Swiss civil servant and author (b. 1895)
- 1981 - Lina Tsaldari, Greek politician (b. 1887)
- 1983 - Raymond Aron, French sociologist, political scientist, and philosopher (b. 1905)
- 1987 - Abdul Malek Ukil, Bangladeshi lawyer and politician (b. 1925)
- 1991 - Tennessee Ernie Ford, American singer and actor (b. 1919)
- 1992 - Herman Johannes, Indonesian scientist, academic, and politician (b. 1912)
- 1992 - Orestis Laskos, Greek actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1908)
- 1993 - Criss Oliva, American guitarist and songwriter (b. 1963)
- 1996 - Chris Acland, English musician and drummer of Lush (b. 1966)
- 1997 - Larry Jennings, American magician and author (b. 1933)
- 1998 - Joan Hickson, English actress (b. 1906)
- 1998 - Hakim Said, Pakistani scholar and politician, 20th Governor of Sindh (b. 1920)
- 1999 - Nicholas Metropolis, Greek-American mathematician and physicist (b. 1915)
- 2000 - Leo Nomellini, Italian-American football player and wrestler (b. 1924)
- 2000 - Joachim Nielsen, Norwegian singer-songwriter and poet (b. 1964)
- 2001 - Jay Livingston, American singer-songwriter (b. 1915)
- 2001 - Micheline Ostermeyer, French shot putter, discus thrower, and pianist (b. 1922)
- 2001 - Rehavam Ze'evi, Israeli historian, general, and politician, Tourism Minister of Israel (b. 1926)
- 2002 - Derek Bell, Irish harpist and composer (b. 1935)
- 2004 - Uzi Hitman, Israeli singer-songwriter (b. 1952)
- 2006 - Daniel Emilfork, Chilean-French actor (b. 1924)
- 2006 - Christopher Glenn, American journalist (b. 1938)
- 2007 - Joey Bishop, American actor and talk show host (b. 1918)
- 2007 - Teresa Brewer, American singer (b. 1931)
- 2007 - Suzy Covey, American scholar and academic (b. 1939)
- 2008 - Urmas Ott, Estonian journalist and author (b. 1955)
- 2008 - Levi Stubbs, American singer (b. 1936)
- 2008 - Ben Weider, Canadian businessman, co-founded the International Federation of BodyBuilding & Fitness (b. 1923)
- 2009 - Norma Fox Mazer, American author and educator (b. 1931)
- 2009 - Vic Mizzy, American composer (b. 1916)
- 2011 - Carl Lindner, Jr., American businessman (b. 1919)
- 2012 - Milija Aleksic, English-South African footballer (b. 1951)
- 2012 - Émile Allais, French skier (b. 1912)
- 2012 - Henry Friedlander, German-American historian and author (b. 1930)
- 2012 - Stanford R. Ovshinsky, American scientist and businessman, co-founded Energy Conversion Devices (b. 1922)
- 2012 - Kōji Wakamatsu, Japanese director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1936)
- 2013 - Mother Antonia, American-Mexican nun and activist (b. 1926)
- 2013 - Terry Fogerty, English rugby player and coach (b. 1944)
- 2013 - Arthur Maxwell House, Canadian neurologist and politician, 10th Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador (b. 1926)
- 2013 - Lou Scheimer, American animator, producer, and voice actor, co-founded the Filmation Company (b. 1928)
- 2013 - Rene Simpson, Canadian-American tennis player (b. 1966)
- 2014 - Edwards Barham, American farmer and politician (b. 1937)
- 2014 - Masaru Emoto, Japanese author and activist (b. 1943)
- 2014 - Tom Shaw, American bishop (b. 1945)
- 2014 - Berndt von Staden, German diplomat, German Ambassador to the United States (b. 1919)
- 2015 - Danièle Delorme, French actress and producer (b. 1926)
- 2015 - Howard Kendall, English footballer and manager (b. 1946)
- 2015 - Anne-Marie Lizin, Belgian lawyer and politician (b. 1949)
- 2015 - Tom Smith, American businessman and politician (b. 1947)
- 2017 - Gord Downie, Canadian musician (b. 1964)[51]
- 2019 - Elijah Cummings, American politician and civil rights advocate (b. 1951)[52]
- 2024 - Mitzi Gaynor, American actress, singer, and dancer (b. 1931)[53]
- 2024 - Toshiyuki Nishida, Japanese actor (b. 1947)[54]
- 2024 - Andrew Schally, Polish-American endocrinologist (b. 1926)[55]
Holidays and observances
External links
Notes and References
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- Terrorists strike during Ram Lila celebrations in Uttar Pradesh. RAHUL PATHAK . November 15, 1991 . India Today.
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- Web site: Famous birthdays for Oct. 17: Eminem, Michael McKean . . 16 October 2023 . 17 October 2022.
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- Web site: Commandant Mick Fitzgerald honoured | An Phoblacht. www.anphoblacht.com.
- Book: Elizabeth. Ewan. Rosemary J.. Pipes. Jane. Rendall. Sian. Reynolds. Biographical Dictionary of Scottish Women. Edinburgh. Edinburgh University Press. 2018. 978-1-47443-627-4. 3.
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- Web site: Mazerolle . John . Tragically Hip's Gord Downie dead at 53 . CBC News . 11 December 2019.
- News: Portnoy . Jenna . Elijah Cummings, Baltimore congressman and civil rights leader, dies at 68 . Washington Post . 17 October 2021.
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