Today: October 17, 2024

Today is Thursday. It is the 291st day of 2024. 79% of the year has passed. 75 days (21%) remain until the end of 2024.

Facts

Basic facts about this date:

Week Number: We are currently in Week 42 of 2024.
Leap Year: 2024 is a leap year, which means that it will have 366 days instead of 365 (with an extra day in February).
Generation: People born in 2024 belong to the Gen Alpha generation.

Zodiac

Zodiac, birthstone, and birth flower information.

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Zodiac Sign (Astrology): Anyone born on October 17, 2024, will have the star sign Libra.
Zodiac Element: Air.
Chinese Zodiac Animal: In the Chinese Zodiac, 2024 is the year of the Dragon (Yang Earth).
The Life Path Number for this date is 8.
Native American Zodiac: October 17, 2024 falls under the Raven.
Birthstone: A person during the month of October will have the birthstones Tourmaline and Opal.
Birth flower (October): The Marigold and the Cosmos.

On this day: October 17

Events that happened on October 17.

October 17, 1956: The adventure comedy film "Around the World in 80 Days" is released in movie theaters.
October 17, 1977: The body of the first Hillside Stranglers victim, Yolanda Washington, is found on a hillside near the Ventura Freeway in southern California.
October 17, 1978: The song "Y.M.C.A." is released by the Village People.
October 17, 1983: The first episode of the tabloid talk show "The Sally Jessy Raphael Show" is aired on TV.
October 17, 1992: Japanese exchange student Yoshihiro Hattori is shot dead in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, after going to the wrong house.
October 17, 1997: The slasher film "I Know What You Did Last Summer" is released in movie theaters.
October 17, 1999: Wrestling: Jeff Jarrett wrestles his last match in the WWF.
October 17, 2000: Rock band Limp Bizkit release their album: Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water.
October 17, 2001: Israel's tourism minister Rehavam Ze'evi is assassinated.
October 17, 2003: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003) is released in cinemas.
October 17, 2005: "The Warriors" is released for the PS2 and Xbox.
October 17, 2006:
• EA DICE release the video game "Battlefield 2142".
• The video game "Bully" is released for the PlayStation 2.
October 17, 2013: Irish crime: Architect Graham Dwyer is arrested for the murder of Elaine O'Hara.
October 17, 2021: Italian DJ Francesco Facchinetti accuses UFC star Conor McGregor of breaking his nose at a party in Rome.
October 17, 2022:
• English rugby side "Wasps" are placed into administration.
• Russia launches kamikaze drone strikes on Kyiv.
• Kanye West agrees to buy the social network Parler.
• Soccer: Karim Benzema wins the 2022 Ballon d'Or.
• Comedian James Corden is banned from the Balthazar restaurant in New York City.
October 17, 2023:
• Palestinian authorities claim that 500 people were killed by an Israeli air strike on a hospital in the Gaza Strip.
• Britney Spears reveals that she had an abortion while she was dating Justin Timberlake between 1999 and 2002.
• The White House confirms that it has supplied Ukraine with long-range ATACMS missiles.

Is it that long ago already?

One week has already passed since October 10, 2024:

Hurricane Milton makes landfall in Florida.

One month has passed since September 17, 2024:

Sean "Diddy" Combs is charged with sex-trafficking and racketeering.
Lebanon: Nine are killed and over 2,750 are wounded after thousands of pagers used by Hezbollah explode simultaneously.

Nine months have passed since January 17, 2024:

Arnold Schwarzenegger is held by customs officers at Munich airport after failing to declare a luxury watch.

Personality traits

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What has happened lately?

News stories, pop culture trends, and other events that happened around October 17, 2024.

September 17, 2024:
• Sean "Diddy" Combs is charged with sex-trafficking and racketeering.
• Lebanon: Nine are killed and over 2,750 are wounded after thousands of pagers used by Hezbollah explode simultaneously.
September 18, 2024:
• Former Italian soccer player Salvatore "Toto" Schillaci dies at 59.
• 9 are killed and hundreds injured after walkie talkies begin exploding in Lebanon.
September 21, 2024: 51 people are killed in a coal mine explosion in Tabas, South Khorasan Province, Iran.
September 22, 2024: Israeli strikes on Lebanon kill more than 400 people.
September 25, 2024:
• Soccer: Raphaël Varane announces his retirement at the age of 31.
• New York City Mayor Eric Adams is indicted on federal charges following multiple corruption probes.
September 26, 2024: Hurricane Helene hits the United States.
September 27, 2024:
• The video game "EA Sports FC 25" is released.
• British actress Maggie Smith passes away at the age of 89.
• Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah is killed by an Israeli airstrike in Beirut, Lebanon.
• The film Megalopolis is released.
September 28, 2024: US country singer Kris Kristofferson dies aged 88.
September 30, 2024:
• Hamas says that its leader in Lebanon, Fatah Sharif Abu al-Amine, has been killed by an Israeli airstrike.
• Israel begins "targeted ground raids" in Lebanon.
• Former NBA player Dikembe Mutombo dies from brain cancer at the age of 58.
• Former Major League Baseball player Pete Rose dies aged 83.
• The PlayStation Network experiences a global outage.
• The death toll from Hurricane Helene reaches 100.
October 1, 2024:
• Tim Walz and JD Vance take part in a vice-presidential debate.
• Andres Iniesta retires from professional football.
• Iran launches 180 ballistic missiles at Israel.
• The 2024 United States port strike begins.
• TikTok influencer Mr Prada (Terryon Thomas) is arrested on suspicion of murder in Dallas, Texas.
• Israel invades Southern Lebanon.
October 3, 2024: Dockworkers agree to suspend the 2024 United States port strike after their contracts are extended to January 2025.
October 4, 2024: The film "Joker: Folie à Deux" is released.
October 5, 2024: Elon Musk joins Donald Trump at his campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania.
October 6, 2024: The death toll from Hurricane Helene rises to 227.
October 8, 2024:
• The authorities ask millions of people in Florida to leave their homes before Hurricane Milton arrives.
• The US Supreme Court rejects R. Kelly's appeal.
• The Office actress Jenna Fischer reveals that she was diagnosed with breast cancer 11 months prior.
October 9, 2024: Hurricane Milton dips to Category 3 before it makes landfall in Florida.
October 10, 2024: Hurricane Milton makes landfall in Florida.
October 11, 2024:
• National Geographic magazine reports that human remains found on Mount Everest belong to Briton Andrew Irvine, a famous climber who went missing in 1924.
• R. Kelly's daughter, Buku Abi, accuses him of sexually abusing her as a child.
October 12, 2024: It is reported that Donald Trump's campaign team worked with X (Twitter) to keep a leaked file about JD Vance off its platform.
October 13, 2024: SpaceX catches its Starship rocket booster for the first time.
October 16, 2024:
• Soccer: Thomas Tuchel is appointed as the new manager of England.
• One Direction singer Liam Payne (31) dies after falling from a hotel balcony in Argentina.
• Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar is killed in an airstrike in Gaza.
This date: October 17, 2024
October 18, 2024: The horror film "Smile 2" is released.
November 5, 2024: The 2024 United States presidential election takes place.

Celebrity birthdays

Celebrities, historical figures, and other notable people who were born on October 17.

Evel Knievel

Stunt performer Deceased
Born on October 17, 1938
He would have turned 86 years old today.

Norm Macdonald

Comedian Deceased
Born on October 17, 1959
He would have turned 65 years old today.

Ziggy Marley

Musician
Born on October 17, 1968
He is 56 today.

Wyclef Jean

Singer
Born on October 17, 1969
He is 55 today.

Nancy Sullivan

Actress
Born on October 17, 1969
She is 55 today.

Chris Kirkpatrick

NSYNC
Born on October 17, 1971
He is 53 today.

Eminem

Rap singer
Born on October 17, 1972
He is 52 today.

Simon Harris

Irish politician
Born on October 17, 1986
He is 38 today.

Charles Oliveira

Brazilian MMA fighter
Born on October 17, 1989
He is 35 today.

Conception dates

Conception estimates for this date.

Note: These conception dates are based on broad estimates.

If your baby is due on October 17, 2024, then the date of conception was probably around January 25, 2024.
A baby that is conceived on October 17, 2024, will be due around July 10, 2025.

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