This is our day guide for Wednesday October 17th 2018 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 2018
International: Chung Yeung Festival
The festival, otherwise known as Autumn Remembrance, has been celebrated on the ninth day of the ninth moon for millennia
Haiti: Dessalines Day
Commemorates the death of Jean-Jacques Dessalines, Haiti's first ruler, in 1806Regional
India (regional): Durga Ashtami
Durgastami or Mahastami is the eighth day of the Durga Puja festival
Nepal: Maha Ashtami
The festival of Dusseha symbolizes the triumph of good over evil in the legend of Rama and RavanaGo to Today | October 18th 2018
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| General Information for October 17th 2018 | |
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| There are 4 public holidays today. | |
| Day 290 of 2018 | |
| 75 days left in 2018 | |
| 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. | |
| 1933 - Albert Einstein flees Nazi Germany and moves to the United States. | |
| 1917 – First British bombing of Germany in World War I. | |
| 539 BC - Cyrus the Great marches into the city of Babylon, releasing the Jews from almost 70 years of exile. Cyrus allows the Jews to return to Yehud Medinata and rebuild the Temple in Jerusalem. |
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