On This Day in History — October 17

• 2003 — The pinnacle is fitted on the roof of Taipei 101, a 101-floor skyscraper in Taipei, allowing it to surpass the Petronas Twin Towers in Kuala Lumpur by 56 metres (184 ft) and become the world's tallest highrise.
• 2001 — Israeli tourism minister Rehavam Ze'evi becomes the first Israeli minister to be assassinated in a terrorist attack.
• 2000 — Train crash at Hatfield, north of London, leading to collapse of Railtrack.
• 1994 — Russian journalist Dmitry Kholodov is assassinated while investigating corruption in the armed forces.
• 1992 — Having gone to the wrong house for a Halloween party, Japanese exchange student Yoshihiro Hattori is shot and killed by the homeowner in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
• 1989 — The 6.9 Mw Loma Prieta earthquake shakes the San Francisco Bay Area and the Central Coast with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent). Sixty-three people were killed.

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Notable Births on October 17

• 2001 — Thomas Strudwick, British motorcycle road racer
• 1990 — Paolo Campinoti, Italian footballer
• 1990 — Saki Kumagai, Japanese footballer
• 1990 — Patrick Lambie, South African rugby player
• 1989 — Oleksandr Isakov, Ukrainian swimmer
• 1987 — Bea Alonzo, Filipino actress and singer

Notable Deaths on October 17

• 2017 — Gord Downie, Canadian musician (b. 1964)
• 2015 — Danièle Delorme, French actress and producer (b. 1926)
• 2015 — Howard Kendall, English footballer and manager (b. 1946)
• 2015 — Anne-Marie Lizin, Belgian lawyer and politician (b. 1949)
• 2015 — Tom Smith, American businessman and politician (b. 1947)
• 2014 — Edwards Barham, American farmer and politician (b. 1937)

Sports on October 17

• NBA: Atlanta Hawks @ Dallas Mavericks — 00:00 UTC Scheduled
• NBA: Sacramento Kings @ San Antonio Spurs — 00:00 UTC Scheduled
• NBA: Charlotte Hornets @ Memphis Grizzlies — 00:00 UTC Scheduled
• NBA: Washington Wizards @ New Orleans Pelicans — 00:00 UTC Scheduled
• NBA: Minnesota Timberwolves @ Chicago Bulls — 00:00 UTC Scheduled
• College Football: Washington Huskies @ Purdue Boilermakers — 00:00 UTC Scheduled

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Public Holidays on October 18

• 🌍 重陽節 (Hong Kong)

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On This Day in History — October 18

• 2007 — Karachi bombing: A suicide attack on a motorcade carrying former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto kills 139 and wounds 450 more. Bhutto herself was uninjured.
• 2003 — Bolivian gas conflict: Bolivian President Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada, is forced to resign and leave Bolivia.
• 1991 — The Supreme Council of Azerbaijan adopts a declaration of independence from the Soviet Union.
• 1979 — The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) begins allowing people to have home satellite earth stations without a federal government license.
• 1977 — German Autumn: a set of events revolving around the kidnapping of Hanns Martin Schleyer and the hijacking of a Lufthansa flight by the Red Army Faction (RAF) comes to an end when Schleyer is murdered and various RAF...
• 1967 — The Soviet probe Venera 4 reaches Venus and becomes the first spacecraft to measure the atmosphere of another planet.

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Notable Births on October 18

• 1994 — Pascal Wehrlein, German-Mauritian Formula One driver
• 1993 — Ivan Cavaleiro, Portuguese professional footballer
• 1991 — Roly Bonevacia, Dutch footballer
• 1991 — Tyler Posey, American actor and musician
• 1990 — Bristol Palin, American public speaker and reality television personality
• 1990 — Brittney Griner, American professional basketball player

Notable Deaths on October 18

• 2015 — Robert Dickerson, Australian painter (b. 1924)
• 2015 — Gamal El-Ghitani, Egyptian journalist and author (b. 1945)
• 2015 — Robert W. Farquhar, American engineer (b. 1932)
• 2015 — Frank Watkins, American bass player (b. 1968)
• 2015 — Paul West, English-American author, poet, and academic (b. 1930)
• 2014 — Mariano Lebrón Saviñón, Dominican author and academic (b. 1922)

Sports on October 18

• NHL: St. Louis Blues @ Nashville Predators — 00:00 UTC Scheduled
• College Football: Navy Midshipmen @ UTSA Roadrunners — 00:00 UTC Scheduled
• College Football: Louisiana Tech Bulldogs @ UL Monroe Warhawks — 00:00 UTC Scheduled
• MLB: Tampa Bay Rays @ Cleveland Guardians — 00:00 UTC Scheduled
• MLS: Vancouver Whitecaps @ Austin FC — 00:30 UTC Scheduled
• MLS: FC Dallas @ Houston Dynamo FC — 00:30 UTC Scheduled

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