Friday October 17, 2025
A date scroll with Latin text from “The Extremes of Good and Evil” by Cicero, written in 45 BC.

: Day of the Week

is the of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are until the end of the year. The day of the week is .

If you are trying to learn Spanish then this day of the week in Spanish is viernes.

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Zodiac & Birthstone

Libra is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Opal is the modern birthstone for this month. Jasper is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.

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by the Numbers

  • days since
  • year, months, and days ago
  • months since then
  • is in the nd week of the year (ISO 8601)
  • weeks ago
  • The year is not a leap year

Historical Event(s)

1456
The University of Greifswald is established, making it the second oldest university in northern Europe (also for a period the oldest in Sweden, and Prussia)
Former leader of the Haitian Revolution, Emperor Jacques I of Haiti is assassinated after an oppressive rule.
First The Open Championship (referred to in North America as the British Open).
Al Capone convicted of income tax evasion.
Prime Minister of Australia Robert Menzies opens the artificial Lake Burley Griffin in the middle of the capital Canberra.
A fire at a building in New York, New York kills 12 firefighters, the New York City Fire Department’s deadliest day until the September 11, 2001 attacks.
OPEC starts an oil embargo against a number of western countries, considered to have helped Israel in its war against Syria.
German Autumn: Four days after it is hijacked, Lufthansa Flight 181 lands in Mogadishu, Somalia, where a team of German GSG 9 commandos later rescues all remaining hostages on board.
At Jesse, in the Niger Delta, Nigeria, a petroleum pipeline explodes killing about 1200 villagers, some of whom are scavenging gasoline.
Mary MacKillop is canonized (in Rome) and becomes the first saint of Australia.

Who were born on ?

1563
Jodocus Hondius, Flemish cartographer (d. 1611)
Jack Owens, American singer/songwriter (d. 1982)
Joseph Bowie, American trombonist, founder of the jazz fusion band Defunkt
Steve McMichael, American football player
Rob Marshall, American director
René Dif, Danish musician (Aqua)
Rick Mercer, Canadian comedian
Anil Kumble, Indian cricketer
Tarkan, Turkish singer
Christina Crawford, American dancer and professional wrestler

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