17 October In History - What Happened On This Day

According to Gregory calendar, on October 17, the day number in a year is 291 and if it is a leap year then the day number is 292. October 17 has a special significance in India and world history, because many such incidents have occurred on this day which have been recorded forever in the pages of history. Let's know some such important events which will increase your general knowledge. The facts collected will be as follows: People born on this day, demise of famous people, war treaty, freedom of any country, invention of new technologies, change of power, important National and International Day etc.

Event Year	Incident/Event
1558	Poxa Poleska, Polish Postal Service, was established by the order of Raja Sigismund II Augustus.
1604	German astronomer Johannes Kepler visited an exceptionally star, now known as the supernova (residue nebula picture) of the kepler, which suddenly appeared in the constellation Opheus.
1605	The Mughal ruler Akbar died.
1797	The Treaty of Campo Formio ended the first coalition war.
1801	A coup was organized in the Batvian Republic.
1817	Syed Ahmed Khan, the founder of Aligarh Muslim University, was born in Delhi.
1870	The Port of Calcutta was brought under the management of a constitutional body.
1878	John A. McDonald was once again elected Prime Minister of Canada after playing the role of opposition in government for five years.
1904	Bank of Italy opened to the general public.
1907	The first commercial wireless telegraph is sent above the Atlantic Ocean.
1918	Yugoslavia declared itself a republican country.
1927	The American League was founded in 1901 by Ban Johnson, who was forced to step down as president.
1931	American gangster Al Capon was convicted in five cases of income tax evasion.
1933	, Albert Einstein and his wife Nazi ran away from Germany, Princeton, New Jersey, where he intended to take his scientific work at the Institute of Advance Studies.
1940	A French Communist, the body of Willy Munnenberg, who was a misleading campaigner for the Communist Party of Germany, was found to be a saint-marselin.
1940	Mahatma Gandhi declared private Satyagraha.
1941	For the first time in World War II, a German submarine attacked an American vessel.
1943	Three days after a successful rebellion by the prisoners, the Sobibor fleeing camp was closed at Holocost, Eastern Poland.
1944	In Athens, rival birds started fighting each other.
1947	Burma and Britain today signed an agreement, which if it gives Burma complete freedom outside the UK, thus ends 300 years of British rule over the country.
1956	Queen Elizabeth II formally inaugurated the Sela Maidan Nuclear Power Station today. However, the power station was working on the National Grid from 27 August 191956 and providing electricity.
1956	The first major nuclear power station started in England.
1960	34 people died in a bus accident near the city of Quito, Ecuador.
1962	The City of Edmonton, Canada, held a municipal election.
1964	Australian Prime Minister Robert Meenzis opened the Bertilla Lake Burly Griffin in the middle of the capital Canberra.
1973	Oil-exporting Arab countries banned oil-selling companies to Israel and the United States and Britain.
1979	Mother Teresa received the Nobel Peace Prize for her work and support, which was provided to the poor and needy in Calcutta.
1989	6.9 MW's Loma Preeta Earthquake killed 63 people in the Sanphronisisco Bay area of California, injuring 3,757 people and at least 8,000 people homeless.
1992	After going to the wrong house for a Halloween party, a Japanese student Yoshihiro Hattori was shot dead by Louisiana's homeowner Baton Rouge.
1994	Russian journalist Dimitri Kholodov was murdered in the coffins of Moscowscies Comsomolats during its investigation into alleged corruption among the high rank of the Russian army.
1998	1,082 died in a pipeline explosion in Jessie City, Nigeria.
2003	China succeeded in sending humans into space as Asia's first in space and the third country after Russia.
2006	At least 2 people die and about 120 others are injured by the collision of two metro trains in Rome.
2007	The Dalai Lama received the Congress gold medal by the United States Congress; The decision is being firm by George W. Bush.
2008	According to the new rules and regulations imposed by China for the Olympic Games, foreign journalists are allowed to conduct an interview without applying for permission.
2010	Mary McTi was prescribed to become the only Australian tribe recognized by the Roman Catholic Church as a saint.
2011	About 12 people were killed in Yamini due to a wrath between President Ali Abdullah Saleh's supporters and opponents.
2013	Lithuania, Saudi Arabia, Chad, Chile and Nigeria have been selected by the United Nations Security Council for a two -year term, which begins on 1 January 2014.
2014	According to the World Health Organization, Senegal is now free from the Ebola virus.

Event Year	Incident/Event
1970	Anil Kumble, the former leg-spinner and captain of the Indian Kikrate team, was born in the capital city of Karnataka (now Bangalore). He took 619 Test and 337 ODI wickets in his career.
2009	Maldives located in the Indian Ocean, under the world's first cabinet meeting, tried to warn all countries against the threat of global warming.

Day/Observance	Level
International Poverty Alleviation Day	International Day
International Day for the Eradication of Poverty	International Day
World Trauma Day	International Day

Birth Year	Name/Category/Country
1817	Syed Ahmad Khan / Philosopher / India
1927	Khwaja Shamsuddin Azeemi / Politician / India
1931	S. C. Jamir / Politician / India
1970	Anil Kumble / Cricketer / India
1970	Anil Kumble / Player / India

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