This is our day guide for Saturday October 17th 2015 which shows you at a glance what's happening on this day around the world. Using the calendar on this page, you can look at a day guide for any day. Why not look up your birthday to see which holidays you share it with?
Holidays on October 17th 2015
Estonia: Ethnicity day
day dedicated to the Estonian unique language and cultural identityGo to Today | October 18th 2015
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| General Information for October 17th 2015 | |
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| There are 1 public holidays today. | |
| Day 290 of 2015 | |
| 75 days left in 2015 | |
| Week 42 of the year | |
| On this Day in History | |
| 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. | |
| 1941 – For the first time in World War II, a German submarine attacks an American ship. | |
| 1933 - Albert Einstein flees Nazi Germany and moves to the United States. | |
| 1931 - The US gangster Al Capone is convicted of income tax evasion. |
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