October 17·Every year

International Day for the Eradication of Poverty

UN observance since 1992. About 712 million people live on less than $2.15 a day — extreme poverty has dropped by half since 2000, but the curve has been flattening since 2019.

Category: Awareness
Observed in: Franceofficial

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Notable · 2001

Rehavam Ze'evi, the Israeli minister of tourism, was assassinated in revenge for the killing of PFLP leader Abu Ali Mustafa.

2023An explosion at Al-Ahli Arab Hospital in Gaza kills hundreds of Palestinians during the Gaza war.
2019Drug dealers in Culiacan, Sinaloa, Mexico force the government to back down on an arrest.
2019The 17 October Revolution starts in Lebanon.