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Thursday, 16 October 2014
On this day... October 17:
On this day...
October 17
:
Dessalines Day
in Haiti (
1806
)
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
, which had suddenly appeared in the constellation
Ophiuchus
.
1964
–
Prime Minister of Australia
Robert Menzies
opened the artificial
Lake Burley Griffin
(pictured)
in the middle of the capital
Canberra
.
1989
– The 6.9
M
w
Loma Prieta earthquake
struck
California
's
San Francisco Bay Area
, killing 63 people, injuring 3,757, and leaving at least 8,000 homeless.
1994
– Russian journalist
Dmitry Kholodov
was assassinated in the offices of
Moskovskij Komsomolets
during his investigations into alleged corruption among high ranks of the
Russian military
.
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