October 17 is the 290th day of the year (291st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 75 days remaining until the end of the year. This date is slightly more likely to fall on a Monday, Wednesday or Saturday (58 in 400 years each) than on Thursday or Friday (57), and slightly less likely to occur on a Tuesday or Sunday (56).
NATIONAL MULLIGAN DAY
NATIONAL MULLIGAN DAY
1604 – Kepler's Supernova: German astronomer Johannes Kepler observes a supernova in the constellation Ophiuchus (the Serpent Bearer). Visible to the naked eye, Kepler's Star was brighter at its peak than any other star in the night sky, with an apparent magnitude of −2.5. It was visible during the day for over three weeks.The supernova remnant resulting from Kepler's supernova is considered to be one of the prototypical objects of its kind, and is still an object of much study in astronomy.
1660 – The Nine Regicides, the men who signed the death warrant of Charles I, are hanged, drawn and quartered under the Indemnity and Oblivion Act under Charles II.
1777 – American Revolutionary War: British General John Burgoyne surrenders his army at Saratoga, New York. This was the greatest victory the colonists had yet gained, and it proved to be the turning point in the war.
1781 – American Revolutionary War: British General Charles, Earl Cornwallis surrenders at the Siege of Yorktown.
1860 – First The Open Championship (referred to in North America as the British Open). Willie Park Sr. won with a score of 174, beating Old Tom Morris, by two strokes.
1888 – Thomas Edison files a patent for the Optical Phonograph (the first movie).
1777 – American Revolutionary War: British General John Burgoyne surrenders his army at Saratoga, New York. This was the greatest victory the colonists had yet gained, and it proved to be the turning point in the war.
1781 – American Revolutionary War: British General Charles, Earl Cornwallis surrenders at the Siege of Yorktown.
1860 – First The Open Championship (referred to in North America as the British Open). Willie Park Sr. won with a score of 174, beating Old Tom Morris, by two strokes.
1888 – Thomas Edison files a patent for the Optical Phonograph (the first movie).
1907 – Guglielmo Marconi's company begins the first commercial transatlantic wireless service between Glace Bay, Nova Scotia, Canada and Clifden, Ireland.
1917 – First British bombing of Germany in World War I.
1919 – RCA is incorporated as the Radio Corporation of America.
1917 – First British bombing of Germany in World War I.
1919 – RCA is incorporated as the Radio Corporation of America.
1933 – Albert Einstein flees Nazi Germany and moves to the United States.
1941 – World War II: a German submarine attacks an American ship for the first time in the war.
1941 – World War II: a German submarine attacks an American ship for the first time in the war.
1943 – The Japanese Burma Railway (Burma–Thailand Railway) is completed. Forced labour was used in its construction. More than 180,000—possibly many more—Southeast Asian civilian labourers (Romusha) and 60,000 Allied prisoners of war (POWs) worked on the railway. Javanese, Malayan Tamils of Indian origin, Burmese, Chinese, Thai and other Southeast Asians, forcibly drafted by the Imperial Japanese Army to work on the railway, died in its construction — including 100,000 Tamils alone. 12,621 Allied POWs died during the construction. The dead POWs included 6,904 British personnel, 2,802 Australians, 2,782 Dutch, and 133 Americans.
1943 – The Holocaust: Sobibór extermination camp is closed after an uprising and escape of up to 50 prisoners. Up to 200,000 people were murdered at Sobibór and possibly more. At the postwar trial against the former SS personnel of Sobibór, held in Hagen two decades into the Cold War, Professor Wolfgang Scheffler estimated the number of murdered Jews totaled a minimum of 250,000.
1956 – The first commercial nuclear power station is officially opened by Queen Elizabeth II in Sellafield, in Cumbria, England.
1961 – Scores of Algerian protesters (some claim up to 400) are massacred by the Paris police at the instigation of former Nazi collaborator Maurice Papon, then chief of the Prefecture of Police.
1973 – OPEC imposes an oil embargo against a number of Western countries, considered to have helped Israel in its war against Egypt and Syria.
1961 – Scores of Algerian protesters (some claim up to 400) are massacred by the Paris police at the instigation of former Nazi collaborator Maurice Papon, then chief of the Prefecture of Police.
1973 – OPEC imposes an oil embargo against a number of Western countries, considered to have helped Israel in its war against Egypt and Syria.
1979 – Mother Teresa is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. In 1950, Teresa founded the Missionaries of Charity, a Roman Catholic religious congregation, which in 2012 consisted of over 4,500 sisters and was active in 133 countries. They run homes for people dying of HIV/AIDS,leprosy and tuberculosis; soup kitchens; dispensaries and mobile clinics; children's and family counselling programs; orphanages; and schools. Members must adhere to the vows of chastity, poverty, and obedience, as well as a fourth vow, to give "wholehearted free service to the poorest of the poor"
1979 – The Department of Education Organization Act is signed into law creating the US Department of Education and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
1980 – As part of the Holy See–United Kingdom relations a British monarch makes the first state visit to the Vatican.
1979 – The Department of Education Organization Act is signed into law creating the US Department of Education and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
1980 – As part of the Holy See–United Kingdom relations a British monarch makes the first state visit to the Vatican.
1994 – Russian journalist Dmitry Kholodov is assassinated while investigating corruption in the armed forces.
2003 – The pinnacle is fitted on the roof of Taipei 101, a 101-floor skyscraper in Taipei, allowing it to surpass the Petronas Twin Towers in Kuala Lumpur by 184 ft and become the world's tallest high-rise (1647 ft). As of 2017, it stands as the fourth tallest inhabited structure.
TODAY'S BIRTHS
1915 – Arthur Miller, American playwright and screenwriter (d. 2005)
1918 – Ralph Wilson, American businessman, founded the Buffalo Bills, AFL (d. 2014)
From Wikipedia and Google, except as noted.
1915 – Arthur Miller, American playwright and screenwriter (d. 2005)
1918 – Ralph Wilson, American businessman, founded the Buffalo Bills, AFL (d. 2014)
From Wikipedia and Google, except as noted.
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