October 17 Holidays & National Days & Fun Days | October 17 Calendar
October 17th Daily Holidays include:
- Black Poetry Day
- Forgive an Ex Day
- Four Prunes Day
- Information Overload Day – October 17, 2023 (Third Tuesday in October)
- International Cassette Store Day
- International Day for the Eradication of Poverty
- Mulligan Day
- National Edge Day
- National Face Your Fears Day – October 17, 2023 (Third Tuesday in October)
- National Pasta Day
- National Pharmacy Technician Day – October 17, 2023 (Third Tuesday in October)
- National Playing Card Collectors Day
- Pay Back a Friend Day
- Pro-Life Day of Silent Solidarity – October 17, 2023 (Third Tuesday in October)
- Spreadsheet Day
- Wear Something Gaudy Day
- World Trauma Day
October 17: Famous Birthdays
- October 17, 1918 – Rita Hayworth, American actress, singer, and dancer, she was the most glamorous movie star of the 1940’s and was the top pin-up girl for GIs during World War II
- October 17, 1918 – Ralph Wilson, American businessman who founded the Buffalo Bills (d. 2014)
- October 17, 1935 – Michael Eavis, English farmer who founded the Glastonbury Festival
- October 17, 1938 – Evel Knievel, American motorcycle rider and stuntman (d. 2007)
- October 17, 1941 – Jim Seals, American singer, and songwriter who was part of the duo of Seals & Croft, famous for Diamond Girl and Summer Breeze
- October 17, 1942 – Gary Puckett, American singer and songwriter and part of Gary Puckett & The Union Gap who was famous for songs, Young Girl, and This Girl is a Woman Now
- October 17, 1948 – Margot Kidder, Canadian-American actress famous for playing Lois Lane in Superman (d. 2018)
- October 17, 1966 – Mark Gatiss, English actor and writer
- October 17, 1966 – Tommy Kendall, American race car driver and television personality
- October 17, 1967 – Allen West, American heavy metal guitarist (Obituary; Southwicked), born in Brandon, Florida
- October 17, 1967 – Marianne Werdel-Witmeyer, American professional tennis player, 1986-97 (ranked 21st in 1995), born in Los Angeles, California
- October 17, 1967 – Mark Johnson, infielder (Pittsburgh Pirates), born in Worcester, Massachusetts
- October 17, 1967 – Nathalie Tauziat, Bangui Cent Afr Rep, tennis star (1993 Quebec City)
- October 17, 1967 – René Dif, Algerian-Danish pop-dance singer-songwriter (Aqua – “Barbie Girl”), born in Copenhagen, Denmark
- October 17, 1968 – (David) “Ziggy” Marley, Jamaican Grammy Award-winning reggae performer (The Melody Makers), philanthropist, and son of Bob Marley, born in Kingston, Jamaica
- October 17, 1969 – Alfred Pupunu, NFL tight end (San Diego Chargers)
October 17: Historical Events
- October 17, 1346 – King David II of Scotland is captured by the English at Neville’s Cross and put in prison for eleven years
- October 17, 1781 – During the American Revolutionary War, British General Cornwallis surrenders at the Siege of Yorktown
- October 17, 1931 – Al Capone is convicted of income tax evasion
- October 17, 1933 – Albert Einstein moves to the United States after fleeing Nazi Germany
- October 17, 1941 – During World War II, the USS Kearny becomes the first U.S. Navy vessel to be torpedoed by a U-boat
- October 17, 1943 – The Burma Railway is completed
- October 17, 1956 – Queen Elizabeth II, officially opens the first commercial nuclear power station in Sellafield, England
- October 17, 1973 – OPEC imposes an oil embargo to every country who helped Israel in the Yom Kippur War
- October 17, 1979 – The Nobel Peace Prize is awarded to Mother Teresa
- October 17, 1979 – The Department of Education is created from the Department of Education Organization Act
- October 17, 1989 – San Francisco Bay Area and the Central Coast are hit with the 6.9 Mw Loma Prieta earthquake that kills 63 people
- October 17, 2018 – Canada legalizes the recreational use of cannabis
October 17: Music Events
- October 17, 1977 – The album Street Survivors is released by Lynyrd Skynyrd, which is the last album with lead vocalist Ronnie Van Zant and guitarist Steve Gaines are both kills in a plane crash on October 20, 1977
- October 17, 1989 – The album Storm Front with hit We Didn’t Start The Fire is released by Billy Joel
- October 17, 1998 – One Week by Barenaked Ladies hits #1 in the U.S. (video below)
- October 17, 2000 – Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water by Limp Bizkit is released as their third album, where it debuts at #1 in America
- October 17, 2006 – Stevie Wonder receives a Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Civil Rights Museum in Memphis, TN
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October 17: Astrological Sign
The Astrological Sign for October 17 is Libra.
October Birthstone:
What is the October Birthstone? Pink Tourmaline and Opal
October’s birthstones are pink tourmaline and opal. Tourmaline, the primary birthstone, is rare because it is one of the few gems that can be found in almost every color. Some pink tourmalines have clarity as transparent as diamonds! Opals, on the other hand, are in a class by themselves.
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