What happened on October 17 ?
Holidays
R.C. Saints - Saint Ignatius of Antioch; translation of Saint Audrey (ÿthelthryth); Saint Richard Gwyn
Haiti - Death of Jean-Jacques Dessalines (1806), State holiday
United States - Black Poetry Day
UN International Day for the Eradication of Poverty
French Republican Calendar - Aubergine (Eggplant) Day, twenty-sixth day in the Month of Vendémiaire
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