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October 2017 Northern California wildfires. More than a dozen wildfires around Mendocino, Napa, Sonoma, and Yuba counties in California, kill at least ten people, destroy at least 1500 homes and businesses, and force 20 thousand people to evacuate. The Governor of California, Jerry Brown, declares a state of emergency. (The Washington Post)
October 2017 sports events in the United States (1 C, 35 P) ... Pages in category "October 2017 in the United States" The following 19 pages are in this category, out ...
Disasters and accidents Vanuatu begins evacuating 11,000 islanders from the island of Ambae because of the erupting volcano Manaro Voui which pollutes the water. (Reuters) Law and crime O. J. Simpson robbery case Nevada prison authorities release former NFL player O. J. Simpson on parole after serving nine years for a 2007 Las Vegas armed robbery. Previously, a jury had acquitted Simpson of ...
1931 – Tony Booth, English actor (d. 2017) 1931 – Homer Smith, American football player and coach (d. 2011) 1933 – Peter Mansfield, English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2017) 1933 – Melvin Sokolsky, American fashion photographer (d. 2022) [13] 1933 – Bill Tidy, English soldier and cartoonist (d. 2023) [14]
The October 2017 fires were the costliest group of wildfires on record at the time, causing around $14.5 billion (2017 USD) in damages, including $11 billion in insured losses and $1.5 billion in fire suppression costs, [5] [6] surpassing the 1991 Oakland firestorm, which until then had been the single costliest fire on record.
October 9: Thanksgiving in Canada (2017); Hangul Day in South Korea ; Leif Erikson Day in the United States Malala Yousafzai 1594 – Sinhalese–Portuguese War : Portugal had almost conquered the island of Sri Lanka when its army was completely annihilated, ending the Campaign of Danture .
October 2017 crimes in the United States (1 C, 4 P) Pages in category "October 2017 events in the United States" The following 19 pages are in this category, out of 19 total.
Pages in category "October 2017 events" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. D. Deaths in October ...