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10/17/1979
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Pres Carter signs legislation creating Dept of Education
Type: Event
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10/17/1979
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"Beatlemania" closes at Winter Garden Theater NYC after 920 perfs
Type: Event
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10/17/1979
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D Bautista of Mexico completes 20,000 m walk in record 1:20:06.8
Type: Event
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10/17/1979
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Mother Teresa of India, awarded Nobel Peace Prize
Type: Event
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10/17/1980
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1st-class debut of Mike Whitney, NSW v Qld (2-52 and 1-39)
Type: Event
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10/17/1981
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David Guion, composer, dies at 88
Type: Death
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10/17/1982
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Peterus van Doorne, Dutch industrialist, dies at 47
Type: Death
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10/17/1982
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Emmy News and Documentaries Award presentation
Type: Event
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10/17/1982
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Robin Yount is 1st to have 2 4-hit games in a World Series
Type: Event
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10/17/1982
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1st live orch on commerical network since 1954 (National Symphony)
Type: Event
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10/17/1982
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Sam Shepard's "True West" premieres in NYC
Type: Event
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10/17/1982
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USSR performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya USSR
Type: Event
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10/17/1983
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STS-9 vehicle moves to Vandenberg AFB due to SRB nozzle problem
Type: Event
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10/17/1983
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Nobel prize for economy awarded to Gerard Debreu
Type: Event
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10/17/1983
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Raymond Aron, French sociologist/political scientist, dies at 78
Type: Death
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10/17/1984
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Nobel prize for chemistry awarded to Bruce Merrifield
Type: Event
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10/17/1984
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Alberta Hunter, US blues singer/composer, dies at 89
Type: Death
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10/17/1985
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French author Claude Simon won the Nobel Prize in literature
Type: Event
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10/17/1985
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Lou Piniella named NY Yankee manager
Type: Event
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10/17/1986
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US Senate approved immigration bill prohibiting hiring of illegal aliens and offered amnesty to illegals who entered prior to 1982
Type: Event
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10/17/1986
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Yitzak Rabin forms Israeli government
Type: Event
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10/17/1987
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1st indoor World Series game (Minnesota Metrodome)
Type: Event
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10/17/1987
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1st lady Nancy Reagan undergoes a modified radical mastectomy
Type: Event
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10/17/1987
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"Late Nite Comic" closes at Ritz Theater NYC after 4 performances
Type: Event
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10/17/1988
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31 reported dead as Ugandan jetliner crashes in fog near Rome
Type: Event
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10/17/1988
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Traveling Wilbury's 1st release "Handle With Care"
Type: Event
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10/17/1988
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Rockin Robin beats "Sensational" Sherri Martel for WWF woman's title
Type: Event
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10/17/1988
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Dallas Green replaces Lou Pinella as manager of NY Yankees
Type: Event
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10/17/1988
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Lyndon LaRouche pleads innocent to fraud, conspiracy indictment
Type: Event
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10/17/1988
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Phillip Morris announces $11 Billion tender offer for Kraft
Type: Event
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10/17/1989
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Earthquake in SF (6.9) cancels 3rd game of World Series, kills 67
Type: Event
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10/17/1990
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"Jackie Mason - Brand New" opens at Neil Simon NYC for 216 perfs
Type: Event
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10/17/1990
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"Les Miserables," opens at Imperial Theatre, NY and His Majesty's Theatre, Perth
Type: Event
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10/17/1990
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Ralph Abernathy, civil rights activist, dies at 64
Type: Death
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10/17/1991
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Piet van Est, The Vuurbal, bicylist (7x Tour de France), dies
Type: Death
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10/17/1991
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Tennessee Ernie Ford, country singer, dies of liver disease at 72
Type: Death
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10/17/1991
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J[ames] G Devlin, actor (No Surrender), dies at 84
Type: Death
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10/17/1991
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Pitts Penguin Paul Coffey sets NHL defenseman scoring record with 1,053 career points (309 goals and 744 assists)
Type: Event
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10/17/1991
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News anchor Bree Walker Lampley files an FCC complaint that LA radio KFI-AM personally attacked her by discuss her having a disformed baby
Type: Event
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10/17/1991
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Atlanta Braves beat Pittsburgh Pirates for NL pennant in 7 games
Type: Event
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10/17/1991
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Angel Cordero is 3rd jockey to win 7,000 horse races
Type: Event
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10/17/1992
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1st World Series with non-US team, Toronto loses 3-1 to Braves
Type: Event
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10/17/1992
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Ton Hasebos, cameraman/TV director (Gnome Hasebos), dies
Type: Death
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10/17/1993
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Wim van Dooren, theologist/humanist/philosopher, dies
Type: Death
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10/17/1993
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Helmut Gollwitzer, German theologist/antifascist, dies at 84
Type: Death
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10/17/1993
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Frank J Del Giudice, US industrial designer (Boeing 747), dies at 77
Type: Death
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10/17/1993
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Dottie Mochrie wins LPGA World Championship of Women's Golf
Type: Event
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10/17/1994
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Rik van Bentum, painter/art director of Paradiso, dies at 57
Type: Death
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10/17/1994
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Joan Barbara Grigor, artist, dies at 50
Type: Death
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10/17/1994
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Dmitri Cholodov, Russian journalist, murdered at 27
Type: Death
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