Important events of 17 October
1870 - Calcutta Port was brought under the management of a constitutional body.
1888 - Scientist Thomas Alva Edison applied for a patent for optical phonographs.
1912 - Bulgaria, Greece and Serbia declare battle against the Ottoman Empire.
1917 - For the first time in the First World War, Britain launched airstrikes on Germany.
1933 - Renowned scientist Albert Einstein moved to America from Nazi Germany.
1941 - For the first time in World War II, a German submarine attacked an American vessel.
1979 - Mother Teresa is awarded the Nobel Prize for Peace.
2000 - West Asia peace talks concluded, both sides agree on three sources of Bill Clinton.
2003 - China succeeded in sending humans into space as the first country in Asia and the third country after Russia. British author DBC Pierre's debut novel 'Vernaran God Little' was announced for the prestigious Booker Prize. A leader of Jaish-e-Mohammed arrested in Pakistan. The three accused who were plotting to assassinate Pakistani President General Pervez Musharraf were sentenced to 10 years in prison.
2004 - New Zealand Prime Minister Clarke arrives in India. Revelation of inhuman torture of detainees by American soldiers at Guantanamo Bay detention.
2007 - Irish writer Annie Enright is presented the Booker Prize for her novel 'The Gathering'.
2008 - The Monopoly and Restricted Trade Commission orders an investigation into a coalition of private air lanes, Kingfishers and Jet Airways.
2009 - The Maldives, located in the Indian Ocean, held the world's first cabinet meeting underwater and tried to warn all nations of the danger of global warming.
Person born on 17 October
1817 - Sir Syed Ahmed Khan, founder of Aligarh Oriental College
1877 - Sister Euprasia, Indian Christian female saint
1892 - R.C. K. Shanmukham Chetty - Politician and the first Finance Minister of independent India.
1923 - Shivani - Famous [[novelist]
1929 - Chandrashekhar Ratha - Odisha's famous story writer and litterateur
1936 - Dudhanath Singh, famous Hindi writer
1955 - Smita Patil - Famous Indian actress in Hindi films
1970 - Anil Kumble, Indian Cricketer
Died on 17 October
1906 - Swami Ramatirtha - was a Hindu religious leader, noted for teaching practical Vedanta in a highly personal and poetic manner.
Important occasions and celebrations of 17 October
National Legal Aid Day (Week)
World trauma day
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