It happened on this day, October 17
Events:
1448 – The “Second Battle of Kosovo” takes place, which results in the defeat of the army of John Hunyad, composed mainly of Hungarians, against the Ottoman army led by Sultan Murad II.
1456 – The University of Greifswald is founded, making it the second oldest university in Northern Europe.
1610 – Louis XIII is crowned king of France in Reims.
1662 – Charles II of England sells Dunkirk to France for 40,000 pounds.
1698 – Abdullah bin Aisha's embassy to France launched.
1777 American forces defeat the British at the Battle of Saratoga during the American Revolutionary War.
1800 – Britain seizes the Dutch colony of Curaçao.
1912 – Start of the First Balkan War.
1914 – The Ottoman Empire declares war on Bulgaria and the Arabs.
1918 – The Kingdom of Yugoslavia is officially established in the Balkans.
1961 – French police kill around 300 Algerian expatriates by throwing them into the Seine in Paris, following demonstrations in which they were participating in defiance of the curfew law which prohibits Algerians from going out.
1979 – It is announced that Mother Teresa won the Nobel Peace Prize for her humanitarian efforts for the poor in India and around the world.
1980 – Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom makes a historic visit to the Vatican, where she becomes the first queen to visit the Supreme Pontiff.
1999 – The Kuwaiti Council of Ministers decides to suspend the publication of the newspaper “Al-Siyasah” for five days because of its criticism of the emir.
2001 – Israeli Tourism Minister Rehavam Ze'evi is assassinated and the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine claims responsibility for the incident in retaliation for the assassination of Abu Ali Mustafa by Israeli forces.
2013 – Saudi Arabia rejects non-permanent membership in the Security Council, citing the Council's inability to resolve several issues, the most important of which are the Palestinian issue, the Syrian crisis and nuclear weapons in the Middle East. In addition to Saudi Arabia, Chad, Chile, Lithuania and Nigeria were elected.
2016 – Launch of Shenzhou 11, China's sixth manned space mission with two astronauts on board for a 30-day space mission.
🌟 Military operation begins to regain control of the city of Mosul in northern Iraq from militants of the so-called Islamic State (IS).
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Births:
1760 – Saint-Simon, French philosopher and economist.
1697 – Giovanni Antonio Canale, Italian painter.
1817 – Sayyid Ahmad Khan, an Indian Islamic preacher.
1912 – Pope John Paul I, pope of the Roman Catholic Church.
1915 – Arthur Miller, American playwright and novelist.
1918 – Rita Hayworth, American actress.
1920 – Montgomery Clift, American actor.
1936 – Hazem El-Beblawi, Egyptian politician and economist.
1943 – Laila Al-Othman, Kuwaiti writer.
1954 – Ghazi Al-Aridi, Lebanese politician.
1968 – Suleiman Eid, Egyptian actor.
** Mohamed Lotfy, Egyptian actor.
1977 – Dudu Awat, Israeli football goalkeeper.
1984 – Ahmed Al-Bashir, presenter of the Al-Bashir Show
1985 – Baran Kosari, Iranian actress.
1986 – Badr Al-Luhaid, Saudi actor.
2003 – A@sslji7, Iraqi writer, painter and K-pop artist
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Death:
1941 – Mai Ziadeh, Palestinian/Lebanese writer.
1967 – Emperor Puyi, Emperor of China. Austrian writer.
1978 – Abdel Halim Mahmoud, Sheikh of the Al-Azhar Mosque.
1981 – Mounir Murad, Egyptian composer.
1982 – Youssef Wehbe, an Egyptian actor named dean of Arab theater.
1984 – Wadih Youssef Malaeb, Lebanese journalist, politician and poet.
1993 – Nihad Qalai, Syrian actor.
1985 – Abdel Moneim Al-Rifai, Jordanian politician and poet of Palestinian origin, is the former Prime Minister of Jordan.
2001 – Rehavam Ze'evi, Israeli politician.
2004 – Mamdouh Wafi, Egyptian actor.
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Holidays and Occasions:
⏪ International Day for the Eradication of Poverty.
