October 17: Dessalines Day in Haiti (1806)
Kepler's Supernova
- 1558 – Poczta Polska, the Polish postal service, was founded by order of King Sigismund II Augustus.
- 1604 – German astronomer Johannes Kepler observed an exceptionally bright star, now known as Kepler's Supernova (remnant nebula pictured), which had suddenly appeared in the constellation Ophiuchus.
- 1943 – The Empire of Japan completed the Burma Railway to support its forces in the Burma Campaign of World War II at the cost of approximately 100,000 lives of forced labourers.
- 1989 – The 6.9 Mw Loma Prieta earthquake struck California's San Francisco Bay Area, killing 63 people, injuring 3,757, and leaving at least 8,000 homeless.
- 2001 – Israeli Minister of Tourism Rehavam Ze'evi became the first Israeli minister to be assassinated in a terrorist attack.
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