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Historical Events - October 17
2003:
The pinnacle was fitted on the roof of Taipei 101, a 106-floor skyscraper in Taipei, allowing it to surpass the Petronas Twin Towers in Kuala Lumpur by 50 meters (165 feet) and become the World's tallest highrise.
1994:
Peace treaty between the government of Angola and UNITA rebels.
1992:
The United Nations General Assembly declares October 17 as the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, to be observed beginning in 1993. Resolution 47/196 of 22 December 1992.
1979:
The Department of Education Organization Act is signed into law creating the United States Department of Education and United States Department of Health and Human Services. Both replace the Department of Health, Education and Welfare.
1973:
OPEC starts an oil embargo against a number of western countries, considered to have helped Israel in its war against Syria
1967:
The musical Hair opens at the Anspacher Theater on Broadway.
1945:
A massive number of people gather in the Plaza de Mayo in Argentina to demand Juan Peron's release. This is known to the Peronists as the Día de la lealtad (day of loyalty) or San Perón (Saint Perón). It's considered the birthday of Peronism.
1941:
For the first time in World War II, a German submarine attacks an American ship
1937:
Huey, Dewey and Louie, Donald Duck's three almost identical nephews, first appear in a newspaper comic strip.
1933:
Albert Einstein, fleeing Nazi Germany, moves to the USA
1931:
Al Capone convicted of income tax evasion
1917:
First British bombing of Germany in World War I
1912:
Bulgaria, Greece and Serbia declare war on the Ottoman Empire, joining Montenegro in the First Balkan War
1888:
Thomas Edison files a patent for the Optical Phonograph (the first movie).
1860:
First British golf open
1806:
Former leader of the Great Slave Rebellion of 1791, Emperor Jacques I of Haiti was assassinated after an oppressive rule
1800:
England takes control of the Dutch colony of Curaçao
1781:
General Charles Cornwallis offers his surrender to the American revolutionaries at Yorktown, Virginia
1777:
American troops defeat the British in the Battle of Saratoga
1662:
Charles II of England sells Dunkerque to France for 40,000 pounds
1604:
Kepler's Star: German astronomer Johannes Kepler observes that an exceptionally bright star had suddenly appeared in the constellation Ophiuchus, which turned out to be the last supernova to have been observed in our own galaxy, the Milky Way.
1469:
Ferdinand II of Aragon marries Isabella of Castile. Their marriage leads to the unification of Aragon and Castile in a single country, Spain
1346:
Battle of Neville's Cross: King David II of Scotland is captured by Edward III of England at Calais, and imprisoned in the Tower of London for eleven years
1244:
Battle of La Forbie: Crusaders are defeated by Khwarezmians & Egyptians
538:
King Cyrus of Persia marches into the city of Babylon, releasing the Jews from almost 70 years of exile and making the first Human Rights Declaration
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