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<p><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/October_17" title="October 17">October 17</a></b>: <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shemini_Atzeret" title="Shemini Atzeret">Shemini Atzeret</a></b> (Judaism, 2022)
</p><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1604" title="1604">1604</a> – German astronomer <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johannes_Kepler" title="Johannes Kepler">Johannes Kepler</a> began observations of an exceptionally bright object, now known as <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kepler%27s_Supernova" title="Kepler's Supernova">Kepler's Supernova</a></b>, that had appeared in the constellation <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ophiuchus" title="Ophiuchus">Ophiuchus</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1777" title="1777">1777</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Revolutionary_War" title="American Revolutionary War">American Revolutionary War</a>: British general <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Burgoyne" title="John Burgoyne">John Burgoyne</a>'s <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saratoga_campaign" title="Saratoga campaign">Saratoga campaign</a></b> ended with his surrender to the Americans, later convincing <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/France_in_the_American_Revolutionary_War" title="France in the American Revolutionary War">France to enter the war</a> in alliance with the United States.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1814" title="1814">1814</a> – A wooden beer-fermenting vat in London burst, destroying a second vat and causing <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Beer_Flood" title="London Beer Flood">a large flood</a></b> of at least 128,000 imperial gallons (580,000 l; 154,000 US gal) of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porter_(beer)" title="Porter (beer)">porter</a> that killed eight people.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1964" title="1964">1964</a> – Prime Minister <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Menzies" title="Robert Menzies">Robert Menzies</a> inaugurated the artificial <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Burley_Griffin" title="Lake Burley Griffin">Lake Burley Griffin</a></b> in the centre of the Australian capital <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canberra" title="Canberra">Canberra</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1992" title="1992">1992</a> – Having gone to the wrong house in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baton_Rouge,_Louisiana" title="Baton Rouge, Louisiana">Baton Rouge, Louisiana</a>, for a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halloween" title="Halloween">Halloween</a> party, Japanese exchange student <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Yoshihiro_Hattori" title="Killing of Yoshihiro Hattori">Yoshihito Hattori was shot and killed</a></b> by the homeowner.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Childe_Hassam" title="Childe Hassam">Childe Hassam</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1859); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbert_Howells" title="Herbert Howells">Herbert Howells</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1892); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuka_Umunna" title="Chuka Umunna">Chuka Umunna</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1978)</p>
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