Editing October 17 (section)

===1901–present===
*[[1907]] &ndash; [[Marconi Company|Marconi]] begins the first commercial transatlantic wireless service.
*[[1912]] &ndash; Bulgaria, Greece and Serbia declare war on the Ottoman Empire, joining Montenegro in the [[First Balkan War]].
*[[1919]] &ndash; [[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]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.leedsunited.com/news/club/27191/17th-october-1919-the-fall-and-rise-of-football-in-leeds |website=Leeds United |title=17th October 1919: The Fall and Rise of Football in Leeds |date=17 October 2020 }}</ref>
*[[1931]] &ndash; [[Al Capone]] is convicted of income tax evasion.
*[[1933]] &ndash; [[Albert Einstein]] flees Nazi Germany and moves to the United States.
*[[1940]] &ndash; The body of Communist propagandist [[Willi Münzenberg]] is found in South France, starting a never-resolved mystery.
*[[1941]] &ndash; [[World War II]]: The [[USS Kearny (DD-432)|USS ''Kearny'']] becomes the first U.S. Navy vessel to be torpedoed by a U-boat.
*[[1943]] &ndash; The [[Burma Railway]] (Burma–Thailand Railway) is completed.
*  1943   &ndash; Nazi Holocaust in Poland: [[Sobibór extermination camp]] is closed.
*[[1945]] &ndash; A [[Loyalty Day (Argentina)|large demonstration]] in Buenos Aires, Argentina, demands Juan Perón's release.
*[[1952]] &ndash; Indonesian Army elements [[17 October affair|surrounded the Merdeka Palace]] demanding President Sukarno disband the [[Provisional People's Representative Council]].<ref>{{cite journal |last1=McVey |first1=Ruth |title=The Post-Revolutionary Transformation of the Indonesian Army |journal=Indonesia |date=1971 |volume=11 |issue=11 |pages=131–176 |doi=10.2307/3350748 |issn=0019-7289|jstor=3350748|hdl=1813/53507 |hdl-access=free }}</ref>
*[[1956]] &ndash; The first commercial nuclear power station is officially opened by Queen Elizabeth II in [[Sellafield]], England.
*[[1961]] &ndash; Directed by their chief [[Maurice Papon]], Paris police [[Paris massacre of 1961|massacre]] scores of [[Algerian people|Algerian]] protesters.
*[[1961]] &ndash; The first attempt of the [[Israel and apartheid|apartheid analogy]] by [[Ahmad Shukeiri]].<ref>{{Cite book|last=Wistrich|first=Robert S.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Fd4nDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA104|title=Anti-Judaism, Antisemitism, and Delegitimizing Israel|date=2016-12-01|publisher=U of Nebraska Press|isbn=978-0-8032-9671-8|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.israelhayom.com/opinions/a-response-to-david-grossman|title=Response to D.G.|access-date=2021-10-17|website=www.israelhayom.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2014-11-30|title=History's worst serial abusers|url=https://thecjn.ca/perspectives/opinions/historys-worst-serial-abusers/|access-date=2021-10-17|website=The Canadian Jewish News|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Oron |first=Yitzhak |title=Middle East Record Volume 2, 1961 |date=1961 |publisher=The M. Dayan Center |language=en}} [https://m.dailykos.com/stories/2011/6/24/988261/-]</ref>
*[[1965]] &ndash; The [[1964 New York World's Fair|1964–65 New York World's Fair]] closes after two years and more than 51&nbsp;million attendees.
*[[1966]] &ndash; The [[23rd Street Fire]] in New York City kills 12 firefighters.
*[[1969]] &ndash; The [[Caravaggio]] painting ''[[Nativity with St. Francis and St. Lawrence]]'' is stolen from the [[Oratory of Saint Lawrence]] in [[Palermo]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2005/02/05/bacara105.xml|title=Will we ever see it again?|last=Robb|first=Peter|date=May 2, 2005|website=Telegraph|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070311122917/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=%2Farts%2F2005%2F02%2F05%2Fbacara105.xml|archive-date=11 March 2007|access-date=14 July 2021}}</ref>
*[[1970]] &ndash; FLQ [[October Crisis|terrorists murder]] Quebec Vice-Premier and Minister of Labour Pierre Laporte.
*[[1973]] &ndash; OPEC imposes an [[1973 oil crisis|oil embargo]] against countries they deem to have helped Israel in the ''Yom Kippur War''.
*[[1977]] &ndash; The hijacked [[Lufthansa Flight 181]] lands in Mogadishu. The remaining hostages are later rescued.
*[[1979]] &ndash; [[Mother Teresa]] is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
*  1979   &ndash; The [[Department of Education Organization Act]] creates the U.S. Department of Education.
*[[1980]] &ndash; As part of the [[Holy See–United Kingdom relations]] a British monarch makes the first state visit to the Vatican.
*[[1988]] &ndash; [[Uganda Airlines Flight 775]] crashes at [[Rome Fiumicino Airport|Rome–Fiumicino International Airport]], in [[Rome]], [[Italy]], killing 33 people.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Ranter|first=Harro|title=ASN Aircraft accident Boeing 707-338C 5X-UBC Roma-Fiumicino Airport (FCO)|url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19881017-0|access-date=2020-06-06|website=aviation-safety.net|publisher=[[Aviation Safety Network]]}}</ref>
*[[1989]] &ndash; The 6.9 {{M|w|link=yes}} [[1989 Loma Prieta earthquake|Loma Prieta earthquake]] shakes the San Francisco Bay Area and the Central Coast, killing 63.
*  1989   &ndash; The East German Politburo votes to remove [[Erich Honecker]] from his role as General Secretary.
*[[1991]] &ndash; [[1991 Rudrapur bombings|Rudrapur bombings]] by Sikh separatists, who explode two bombs, during a [[Ramlila]] [[Hindu]] celebration in [[Rudrapur, Uttarakhand]], killing 41 people.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1991/10/18/world/2-bombs-kill-41-and-injure-140-in-india.html|title=2 Bombs Kill 41 and Injure 140 in India|newspaper=The New York Times |agency=Associated Press|date=18 October 1991}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/indiascope/story/19911115-evil-triumphs-over-good-during-ram-lila-celebrations-815064-1991-11-15|title=Terrorists strike during Ram Lila celebrations in Uttar Pradesh|author=RAHUL PATHAK |date=November 15, 1991 |magazine=India Today}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.calendar-365.com/1991-calendar.html|title=1991 Calendar|website=www.calendar-365.com}}</ref>
*[[1992]] &ndash; Having gone to the wrong house, Japanese student [[Killing of Yoshihiro Hattori|Yoshihiro Hattori is killed]] by the homeowner in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
*[[1994]] &ndash; Russian journalist [[Dmitry Kholodov]] is assassinated while investigating corruption in the armed forces.
*[[2000]] &ndash; The [[Hatfield rail crash]] leads to the collapse of Railtrack.
*[[2001]] &ndash; Israeli tourism minister [[Rehavam Ze'evi]] is [[Assassination of Rehavam Ze'evi|assassinated]] by [[Hamdi Quran]], a member of the [[PFLP]], thus becoming the highest-ranking Israeli to be killed by a Palestinian.
*[[2004]] &ndash; A [[Parque Central Complex fire|fire]] that lasted over 15 hours destroyed almost one third of the East Tower of the [[Parque Central Complex|Parque Central Urban Complex]] in [[Caracas]], [[Venezuela]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Torre Este de Parque Central: 8 años después |trans-title=Parque Central East Tower: 8 years later |url=http://www.eluniversal.com/caracas/121016/torre-este-de-parque-central-8-anos-despues |access-date=16 October 2012 |website=[[El Universal (Caracas)|El Universal]] |language=es}}</ref>
*[[2017]] &ndash; [[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 (2017)|Battle of Raqqa]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-syria-raqqa/islamic-state-in-raqqa-mounts-last-stand-around-city-stadium-idUSKBN1CM0VC?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews |title=Islamic State in Raqqa mounts last stand around city stadium |work=[[Reuters]] |date=17 October 2017|access-date=17 October 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Middle-East/2017/Oct-17/422965-us-backed-militias-take-major-raqqa-position-from-daesh-sdf.ashx|title=Daesh completely cleared from Syria's Raqqa: Syrian Observatory for Human Rights|work=[[The Daily Star (Lebanon)|Daily Star]] |date=17 October 2017|access-date=17 October 2017}}</ref>
*[[2018]] &ndash; The recreational use of cannabis [[Cannabis Act (Canada)|is legalized]] in Canada.
*  2018   &ndash; [[Kerch Polytechnic College massacre|A mass shooting and bombing]] at [[Kerch Polytechnic College]] in Crimea kills 21 people including the attacker and injures 70 others.<ref>{{Cite news|last1=Hodge | first1= Nathan |last2=Burrows |first2=Emma  |last3=Tarasova |first3=Darya |last4=Britton |first4=Bianca |url= https://edition.cnn.com/2018/10/17/europe/crimea-kerch-explosion-intl/index.html |title=20 killed in Crimea college gun and bomb attack, Russia says|publisher= CNN|date=18 October 2018|access-date=2018-10-19}}</ref>
*[[2019]] &ndash; Drug dealers in [[Culiacan]], Sinaloa, Mexico [[Battle of Culiacán|force the government to back down on an arrest]].<ref>{{citation |website=El Pais |title=El narco impone su ley en Sinaloa y exhibe la debilidad del Estado mexicano |date=October 19, 2019 |first=Javier |last=Lafuente |url=https://elpais.com/internacional/2019/10/18/mexico/1571426946_411098.html |language=es |trans-title=Narcos impose their law in Sinaloa and demonstrate the weakenss of the Mexican State}}</ref>
*  2019   &ndash; The [[17 October Revolution]] starts in [[Lebanon]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Protests erupt in Lebanon over plans to impose new taxes |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/10/17/protests-erupt-in-lebanon-over-plans-to-impose-new-taxes/ |access-date=26 May 2022 |work=Al Jazeera |date=17 October 2019}}</ref>
*  [[2023]] &ndash; An [[Al-Ahli Arab Hospital explosion|explosion]] at [[Al-Ahli Arab Hospital]] in Gaza kills hundreds of Palestinians during the [[Gaza war]].<ref>Taylor, Adam (18 October 2023). "[https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/10/18/gaza-hospital-strike-al-ahli/# Everything we know about the Gaza hospital strike]". ''[[The Washington Post]]''. Archived from the original on 19 October 2023. Retrieved 19 October 2023.</ref>