WHAT HAPPENED ON 17. OCTOBER
Want to find out what all happened on 17. October

Guglielmo Marconi's company begins the first commercial transatlantic wireless service between Glace Bay, Nova Scotia, Canada and Clifden, Ireland. (17. October 1907)

Bulgaria, Greece and Serbia declare war on the Ottoman Empire, joining Montenegro in the First Balkan War. (17. October 1912)

First British bombing of Germany in World War I. (17. October 1917)

RCA is incorporated as the Radio Corporation of America. (17. October 1919)

Al Capone convicted of income tax evasion. (17. October 1931)

Albert Einstein flees Nazi Germany and moves to the United States. (17. October 1933)

For the first time in World War II, a German submarine attacks an American ship. (17. October 1941)

German troops execute the male population of the villages Kerdyllia in Serres, Greece. (17. October 1941)

Burma Railway (Burma-Thailand Railway) is completed. (17. October 1943)

The Holocaust: Sobibor extermination camp is closed. (17. October 1943)

A massive number of people, headed by CGT, gather in the Plaza de Mayo in Argentina to demand Juan Peron's release. It calls "el día de la lealtad peronista" (peronista loyalty day) (17. October 1945)

Archbishop Damaskinos of Athens becomes Prime Minister of Greece between the pull-out of the German occupation force in 1944 and the return of King Georgios II to Greece. (17. October 1945)

The first commercial nuclear power station is officially opened by Queen Elizabeth II in Sellafield,in Cumbria, England. (17. October 1956)

Donald Byrne and Bobby Fischer play a famous chess game called The Game of the Century. Fischer beat Byrne and wins a Brilliancy prize. (17. October 1956)

Scores of Algerian protesters (some claim up to 400) are massacred by the Paris police at the instigation of former Nazi collaborator Maurice Papon, then chief of the Prefecture of Police. (17. October 1961)

Prime Minister of Australia Robert Menzies opens the artificial Lake Burley Griffin in the middle of the capital Canberra. (17. October 1964)

The 1964-1965 New York World's Fair closes after a two year run. More than 51 million people had attended the two-year event. (17. October 1965)

A fire at a building in New York City kills 12 firefighters, the fire department's deadliest day until the September 11, 2001 attacks. (17. October 1966)

Botswana and Lesotho join the United Nations. (17. October 1966)

Montreal, Quebec: Quebec Vice-Premier and Minister of Labour Pierre Laporte murdered by members of the FLQ terrorist group. (17. October 1970)