* October 17 to October 20, 1970 *
October 5th, 2005 at 2:30 pmOctober 17 - October Crisis: Pierre Laporte is found killed in south Montreal.
October 17 - A cholera epidemic breaks out in Istanbul.
October 17 - Anwar Sadat officially becomes President of Egypt.
October 20 - The Soviet Union launches the Zond 8 lunar probe.
October 20 - Algerian ex-minister Krim Belkacem is found strangled in his hotel room […]