October 17

People born on this day are Libra.

On this day in history01

1989
The East German Politburo votes to remove Erich Honecker from his role as General Secretary.
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1992
Having gone to the wrong house, Japanese student Yoshihiro Hattori is killed by the homeowner in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
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1994
Russian journalist Dmitry Kholodov is assassinated while investigating corruption in the armed forces.
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2000
The Hatfield rail crash leads to the collapse of Railtrack.
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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.
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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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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.
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2018
The recreational use of cannabis is legalized in Canada.
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2018
A mass shooting and bombing at Kerch Polytechnic College in Crimea kills 21 people including the attacker and injures 70 others.
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2019
Drug dealers in Culiacan, Sinaloa, Mexico force the government to back down on an arrest.
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2019
The 17 October Revolution starts in Lebanon.
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2023
An explosion at Al-Ahli Arab Hospital in Gaza kills hundreds of Palestinians during the Gaza war.
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