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Historical Events for 17th October 2025
415 - Jewish autonomy in Palestine ended by the Romans and Raban Gamliel forced from office
1933 - Albert Einstein arrives in the US as a refugee from Nazi Germany
1960 - "Tenderloin" opens at the 46th Street Theatre in New York City and runs for 216 performances
1964 - Australian athlete Betty Cuthbert wins her fourth career Olympic gold medal as she triumphs in the women's 400 m at the Tokyo Games with an Olympic record of 52.0
1983 - STS-9 vehicle moves to the Vehicle Assembly Building at Kennedy Space Center in Florida due to an SRB nozzle problem
1988 - Lyndon LaRouche pleads not guilty to fraud and conspiracy indictment
1990 - Green Day singer Billie Joe Armstrong drops out of school to pursue a career in music
2010 - Brother André is the first Canadian to be canonized post-Federation by Pope Benedict XVI
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