On this day: October 17
Events
Siege of SevastopolOctober 17, 1854 – September 9, 1855 · Wars & Conflicts
Release of A Daughter of the GodsOctober 17, 1916 · Film- Release of The Devil's EyeOctober 17, 1960 · Film
- Release of 12 X 5October 17, 1964 · Music
Release of Making MoviesOctober 17, 1980 · Music- Release of The RiverOctober 17, 1980 · Music
1989 Loma Prieta earthquakeOctober 17, 1989 · Geography- Release of Hot in the ShadeOctober 17, 1989 · Music
Founding of IMDbOctober 17, 1990 · Companies- Release of Playing GodOctober 17, 1997 · Film
- Release of Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored WaterOctober 17, 2000 · Music
- Release of Zoo TycoonOctober 17, 2001 · Gaming
- Release of Playing the AngelOctober 17, 2005 · Music
- Release of The BalladsOctober 17, 2008 · Music
Release of Asterix and Obelix: God Save BritanniaOctober 17, 2012 · Film
Release of The Stanley ParableOctober 17, 2013 · Gaming- Release of .5: The Gray ChapterOctober 17, 2014 · Music
- Release of South Park: The Fractured but WholeOctober 17, 2017 · Gaming
Battle of RaqqaOctober 17, 2017 · Wars & Conflicts
Release of RimWorldOctober 17, 2018 · Gaming
Born on this day
Jodocus Hondius IOctober 17, 1563 – February 12, 1612 · Science
Cristofano AlloriOctober 17, 1577 – April 1, 1621 · Art- Domenico ZipoliOctober 17, 1688 – January 2, 1726 · Music
Maria Teresa Agnesi PinottiniOctober 17, 1720 – January 19, 1795 · Music
Marie-Geneviève-Charlotte Thiroux d'ArconvilleOctober 17, 1720 – December 23, 1805 · Science
Andrey VoronikhinOctober 17, 1759 – February 21, 1814 · Art
François-Édouard PicotOctober 17, 1786 – March 15, 1868 · Art
John BowringOctober 17, 1792 – November 23, 1872 · Culture
Georg BüchnerOctober 17, 1813 – February 19, 1837 · Culture
Syed Ahmed KhanOctober 17, 1817 – March 27, 1898 · Culture
Édouard RocheOctober 17, 1820 – April 27, 1883 · Science
Alexine TinneOctober 17, 1835 – August 1, 1869 · Exploration
Chiquinha GonzagaOctober 17, 1847 – February 28, 1935 · Music
Childe HassamOctober 17, 1859 – August 27, 1935 · Art
Andrei Petrovich RyabushkinOctober 17, 1861 – April 27, 1904 · Art
Elinor GlynOctober 17, 1864 – September 23, 1943 · Film
Josep Puig i CadafalchOctober 17, 1867 – December 23, 1956 · Culture
Sophia Hayden BennettOctober 17, 1868 – February 3, 1953 · Culture
Segundo de ChomónOctober 17, 1871 – May 2, 1929 · Film
A. S. NeillOctober 17, 1883 – September 23, 1973 · Culture
Paul BernaysOctober 17, 1888 – September 18, 1977 · Science
Mīkhāʼīl NuʻaymahOctober 17, 1889 – February 24, 1988 · Culture
Andrey TikhonovOctober 17, 1906 – November 7, 1993 · Science
John Paul IOctober 17, 1912 – September 28, 1978 · World History- Isaak KhalatnikovOctober 17, 1919 – January 9, 2021 · Science
Luiz BonfáOctober 17, 1922 – January 12, 2001 · Music
Barney KesselOctober 17, 1923 – May 6, 2004 · Music
Karl Gordon HenizeOctober 17, 1926 – October 5, 1993 · Space
Friedrich HirzebruchOctober 17, 1927 – May 27, 2012 · Science- Freimut BörngenOctober 17, 1930 – June 19, 2021 · Science
Lalita LajmiOctober 17, 1932 – February 13, 2023 · Art
Bill AndersOctober 17, 1933 – June 7, 2024 · Space
The Singing NunOctober 17, 1933 – March 29, 1985 · Music
Evel KnievelOctober 17, 1938 – November 30, 2007 · Art
Michael McKeanOctober 17, 1947 – present · Music
Simi GarewalOctober 17, 1947 – present · Film
Roger PontareOctober 17, 1951 – present · Music
Mae JemisonOctober 17, 1956 – present · Space
Alan JacksonOctober 17, 1958 – present · Music
Ameenah Gurib-FakimOctober 17, 1959 – present · Science
Rob MarshallOctober 17, 1960 – present · Film
Mike JudgeOctober 17, 1962 – present · Film
Mark GatissOctober 17, 1966 – present · Film
Ziggy MarleyOctober 17, 1968 – present · Music
Wyclef JeanOctober 17, 1969 – present · Music
EminemOctober 17, 1972 – present · Music
TarkanOctober 17, 1972 – present · Music
Myroslav SlaboshpytskiyOctober 17, 1974 – present · Film- Deanna RussoOctober 17, 1979 – present · Film
Nicholas BritellOctober 17, 1980 – present · Music
Randall MunroeOctober 17, 1984 – present · Science
Chris LowellOctober 17, 1984 – present · Film
MohombiOctober 17, 1986 – present · Music
Brenda AsnicarOctober 17, 1991 – present · Music