Historical Events on October 17 (Part 2)

Television Debut

2018 The revived "The Connors" debuts on ABC TV starring Sara Gilbert, Laurie Metcalf and John Goodman, without fired former star Roseanne Barr

Comedienne and Actress Roseanne Barr — Comedienne and Actress
Roseanne Barr

2018 Student shoots and detonates a bomb killing 20 with 40 injured at Kerch polytechnic college, Crimea

Event of Interest

2019 UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson announces new Brexit deal with the EU, removes the Northern Ireland backstop clause

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson — British Prime Minister
Boris Johnson

Agreement of Interest

2019 Turkey agrees to a ceasefire in Northern Syria for 5 days to allow withdrawal of Kurdish troops, after talks between US VP Mike Pence and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan

48th Vice President of the United States Mike Pence — 48th Vice President of the United States
Mike Pence

President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdoğan — President of Turkey
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan

2019 The 'Blob', mysterious yellow slime organism (physarum polycephalum) with 720 sexes, moves and can solve problems to go on display at the Paris Zoological Park

Event of Interest

2019 Lana Del Rey's ballad "Video Games" named song of the decade at Q Awards in London

Singer-Songwriter and Model Lana Del Rey — Singer-Songwriter and Model
Lana Del Rey

2019 US adults identifying as Christian falls 12% in a decade to 2/3 according to the Pew Research Center, born-again Protestants falls to 16%

Event of Interest

2019 Mick Mulvaney, President Trump's acting chief of staff says the White House withheld nearly $400 million in military aid from Ukraine to further Trump's own political interests