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What Happened On October 17

Q: What happened on October 17?

1860: The Open Championship, the oldest of the four major championships in men's golf, was first played at Prestwick Golf Club in Scotland. 1860: First The Open Championship (referred to in North America as the British Open). 1850: Riots start, which lead to a massacre in Aleppo. 1797: Treaty of Campo Formio is signed between France and Austria, ending the War of the First Coalition. 1940: The body of Communist propagandist Willi Münzenberg is found in South France, starting a never-resolved mystery. 1610: French king Louis XIII is crowned in Reims Cathedral. 1534: Anti-Catholic posters appear in Paris and other cities supporting Huldrych Zwingli's position on the Mass. 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. 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. 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.

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1860 First ever
The Open Championship, the oldest of the four major championships in men's golf, was first played at Prestwick Golf Club in Scotland.
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1860 First ever
First The Open Championship (referred to in North America as the British Open).
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Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
1850 Oddly true
Riots start, which lead to a massacre in Aleppo.
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Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
1797 First ever
Treaty of Campo Formio is signed between France and Austria, ending the War of the First Coalition.
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Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
1940 Weird
The body of Communist propagandist Willi Münzenberg is found in South France, starting a never-resolved mystery.
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Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
1610 Oddly true
French king Louis XIII is crowned in Reims Cathedral.
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Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
1534 Oddly true
Anti-Catholic posters appear in Paris and other cities supporting Huldrych Zwingli's position on the Mass.
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Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
1973 First ever
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.
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Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
2017 Oddly true
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.
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Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
2004 Oddly true
A fire that lasted over 15 hours destroyed almost one third of the East Tower of the Parque Central Urban Complex in Caracas, Venezuela.
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Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0

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2023An explosion at Al-Ahli Arab Hospital in Gaza kills hundreds of Palestinians during the Gaza war. Wikipedia →
2019Drug dealers in Culiacan, Sinaloa, Mexico force the government to back down on an arrest. Wikipedia →
2019The 17 October Revolution starts in Lebanon. Wikipedia →
2018The recreational use of cannabis is legalized in Canada. Wikipedia →
2018A mass shooting and bombing at Kerch Polytechnic College in Crimea kills 21 people including the attacker and injures 70 others. Wikipedia →
2017Syrian 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. Wikipedia →
2004A fire that lasted over 15 hours destroyed almost one third of the East Tower of the Parque Central Urban Complex in Caracas, Venezuela. Wikipedia →
2001Israeli 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. Wikipedia →
2000The Hatfield rail crash leads to the collapse of Railtrack. Wikipedia →
1994Russian journalist Dmitry Kholodov is assassinated while investigating corruption in the armed forces. Wikipedia →
1992Having gone to the wrong house, Japanese student Yoshihiro Hattori is killed by the homeowner in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Wikipedia →
1991Rudrapur bombings by Sikh separatists, who explode two bombs, during a Ramlila Hindu celebration in Rudrapur, Uttarakhand, killing 41 people. Wikipedia →
1989The 6.9 Mw Loma Prieta earthquake shakes the San Francisco Bay Area and the Central Coast, killing 63. Wikipedia →
1989The East German Politburo votes to remove Erich Honecker from his role as General Secretary. Wikipedia →
1988Uganda Airlines Flight 775 crashes at Rome–Fiumicino International Airport, in Rome, Italy, killing 33 people. Wikipedia →
1980As part of the Holy See–United Kingdom relations a British monarch makes the first state visit to the Vatican. Wikipedia →
1979Mother Teresa is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. Wikipedia →
1979The Department of Education Organization Act creates the U.S. Department of Education. Wikipedia →
1977The hijacked Lufthansa Flight 181 lands in Mogadishu. The remaining hostages are later rescued. Wikipedia →
1975'Salem's Lot, an American vampire novel by Stephen King, is published. Wikipedia →
1973OPEC imposes an oil embargo against countries they deem to have helped Israel in the Yom Kippur War. Wikipedia →
1970FLQ terrorists murder Quebec Vice-Premier and Minister of Labour Pierre Laporte. Wikipedia →
1969The Caravaggio painting Nativity with St. Francis and St. Lawrence is stolen from the Oratory of Saint Lawrence in Palermo. Wikipedia →
1966The 23rd Street Fire in New York City kills 12 firefighters. Wikipedia →
1965The 1964–65 New York World's Fair closes after two years and more than 51 million attendees. Wikipedia →
1961Directed by their chief Maurice Papon, Paris police massacre scores of Algerian protesters. Wikipedia →
1961The first attempt of the apartheid analogy by Ahmad Shukeiri. Wikipedia →
1956The first commercial nuclear power station is officially opened by Queen Elizabeth II in Sellafield, England. Wikipedia →
1952Indonesian Army elements surrounded the Merdeka Palace demanding President Sukarno disband the Provisional People's Representative Council. Wikipedia →
1945A large demonstration in Buenos Aires, Argentina, demands Juan Perón's release. Wikipedia →
1943The Burma Railway (Burma–Thailand Railway) is completed. Wikipedia →
1943Nazi Holocaust in Poland: Sobibór extermination camp is closed. Wikipedia →
1941World War II: The USS Kearny becomes the first U.S. Navy vessel to be torpedoed by a U-boat. Wikipedia →
1940The body of Communist propagandist Willi Münzenberg is found in South France, starting a never-resolved mystery. Wikipedia →
1933Albert Einstein flees Nazi Germany and moves to the United States. Wikipedia →
1931Al Capone is convicted of income tax evasion. Wikipedia →
1919Leeds 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 Wikipedia →
1912Bulgaria, Greece and Serbia declare war on the Ottoman Empire, joining Montenegro in the First Balkan War. Wikipedia →
1907Marconi begins the first commercial transatlantic wireless service. Wikipedia →
1861Aboriginal Australians kill nineteen Europeans in the Cullin-la-ringo massacre. Wikipedia →
1860First The Open Championship (referred to in North America as the British Open). Wikipedia →
1850Riots start, which lead to a massacre in Aleppo. Wikipedia →
1814Eight people die in the London Beer Flood. Wikipedia →
1811The silver deposits of Agua Amarga are discovered in Chile becoming in the following years instrumental for the Patriots to finance the Chilean War of Independence. Wikipedia →
1806Former leader of the Haitian Revolution, Emperor Jacques I, is assassinated after an oppressive rule. Wikipedia →
1800War of the Second Coalition: Britain takes control of the Dutch colony of Curaçao. Wikipedia →
1797Treaty of Campo Formio is signed between France and Austria, ending the War of the First Coalition. Wikipedia →
1781American Revolutionary War: British General Charles, Earl Cornwallis surrenders at the Siege of Yorktown. Wikipedia →
1777American Revolutionary War: British General John Burgoyne surrenders his army at Saratoga, New York. Wikipedia →
1771Premiere in Milan of the opera Ascanio in Alba, composed by Mozart at age 15. Wikipedia →
1713Great Northern War: Russia defeats Sweden in the Battle of Kostianvirta in Pälkäne. Wikipedia →
1662Charles II of England sells Dunkirk to Louis XIV of France for 40,000 pounds. Wikipedia →
1660The nine regicides who signed the death warrant of Charles I of England are hanged, drawn and quartered. Wikipedia →
1610French king Louis XIII is crowned in Reims Cathedral. Wikipedia →
1604Kepler's Supernova is observed in the constellation of Ophiuchus. Wikipedia →
1558Poczta Polska, the Polish postal service, is founded. Wikipedia →
1534Anti-Catholic posters appear in Paris and other cities supporting Huldrych Zwingli's position on the Mass. Wikipedia →
1456The University of Greifswald is established as the second oldest university in northern Europe. Wikipedia →
1448The second Battle of Kosovo begins between Hungarian forces under John Hunyadi and Ottoman forces under Murad II. Wikipedia →
1346The English capture King David II of Scotland at Neville's Cross and imprison him for eleven years. Wikipedia →
1173English Crown forces under Richard de Lucy defeat rebels under Robert de Beaumont in the battle of Fornham. Wikipedia →
1091London tornado of 1091: A tornado thought to be of strength T8/F4 strikes the heart of London. Wikipedia →
690Empress Wu Zetian establishes the Zhou Dynasty of China. Wikipedia →

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A MYSTERIOUS ASSASSINATION.
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