Discover what happened on 17 October 1982 in history! This day marks a series of notable events, famous births, and significant deaths. Explore the details below to learn more about the historical happenings of this day. On this day, history comes alive!
Deaths
- John Michelosen (American football player and coach)
- Adrian Maleika
- Amadeo Ortega (Paraguayan footballer)
- Antoine Béthouart (French general (1889–1982))
- Werner Wollenberger (Swiss screenwriter and journalist (1927-1982))
- Josef Voithofer (Austrian politician (1895-1982))
- Henri Allard (Belgian bicycle racer (1891–1982))
- Nil Hahoutoff
- Beppe Viola (Italian writer and journalist (1939-1982))
- Philip Trammell Shutze (American architect known for classical architecture (1890–1982))
- Youssef Wahbi (Egyptian film director and actor (1898–1982))
- Rūdolfs Drillis
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- Oleksiy Mishuryn (Soviet film director and camera operator (1912-1982))
- George Atlee Goodling (American politician)
- Rudolf Anderberg (Swedish politician (1892-1982))
- Hank McDonald (American baseball player (1911-1982))
- Hermann Ellerlage (German navy officer and world war II U-boat commander)
- Yoshichika Iwashiro
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- Ivan Timchuk (Soviet partisan, Hero of the Soviet Union)
- Paul Piirisild (Estonian military personnel)
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- Ivan Zaikin
- William Louis Bailey (Canadian sociologist and university professor)
- Alain de Rothschild (French banker, philanthropist (1910–1982))
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- Julian Edmund Miller
- Andy Sweet (American photographer)
- James Williams Riddleberger (American diplomat and foreign service officer)
- Harry Slack (British zoologist)
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- Fritz Wiegand (German archivist)
- Ake Akermalm
- Dora Metcalf (British tech entrepreneur (1892-1982))
- Otakar Bartoš
- Jiří Konrády
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- Tadeusz Brygiewicz (Polish architect)
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- Hanny Lüthi
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- František Bílek
- Otakar Starý
- Tadeusz Brygiewicz (Polish architect)
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- Hanny Lüthi
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