October 17 in history: • 1660 – A series of executions of the commissioners who signed the death warrant of King Charles I of England concluded; six were hanged, drawn and quartered for treason. → go there • 1771 – Ascanio in Alba, an opera composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (pictured) at the age of 15, premiered in Milan. → go there • 1860 – The Open Championship, the oldest of the four major championships in men's golf, was first played at Prestwick Golf Club in Scotland. → go there • 1992 – Having gone to the wrong house in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, for a Halloween party, Japanese exchange student Yoshihiro Hattori was shot and killed by the homeowner. → go there • 2001 – Rehavam Ze'evi, the Israeli minister of tourism, was assassinated in revenge for the killing of PFLP leader Abu Ali Mustafa. → go there Born 1870: George Nicol Wiki link Born 1893: Raffaele Bendandi Wiki link Died 2001: Micheline Ostermeyer Wiki link Died 2019: Elijah Cummings Wiki link Pictured: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.