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October 17 is the 290th day of the year (291st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 75 days remain until the end of the year. Events. Pre-1600. 690 ...
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October 11: Yom Kippur begins at sunset ; Feast day of Saint James the Deacon (Anglicanism); Double Ninth Festival in China (2024); National Coming Out Day Aftermath of the Myyrmanni bombing 1142 – The Treaty of Shaoxing was ratified, ending the Jin–Song wars , although sporadic fighting continued until 1234.
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Barney Kessel (October 17, 1923 –May 06, 2004), American jazz guitarist, would have turned 101 this year. Luiz Bonfá (October 17, 1922 –January 12, 2001), (born Luiz Floriano Bonfá) Brazilian composer, guitarist, and vocalist, would have turned 102 this year.
Rob Schneider was born on October 31, 1963, making it his 61st birthday this year. Rob Schneider in 2017. Jason LaVeris/FilmMagic/Getty Images.
1892 - Edward Emerson Barnard discovers D/1892 T1, the first comet discovered by photographic means, on the night of October 13-14; 1917 - The "Miracle of the Sun" is witnessed by an estimated 70,000 people in the Cova da Iria in Fátima, Portugal; 1954 – Birth of Mordechai Vanunu, Israeli nuclear technician
There are enough sports figures to fill an All-Star-caliber birthday party. Among them, Cleveland Cavaliers star J.R. Smith (1985) and Super Bowl-winning quarterback Joe Theismann (1949) were born ...