October 17 Holidays

🕰️ On This Day in History

• 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... ↗
• 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... ↗

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🎂 Notable Births

• 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