Editing 2017 (section)

=== October ===
* [[October 1]] – 60 people are killed and 867 more injured when [[Stephen Paddock]] [[2017 Las Vegas shooting|opens fire on a crowd]] in [[Las Vegas]], surpassing the 2016 [[Orlando nightclub shooting]] as the deadliest [[mass shooting]] perpetrated by a lone gunman in U.S. history.<ref name="LVS">{{cite news |url=https://lasvegassun.com/news/2018/jan/19/sheriff-to-provide-update-about-strip-mass-shootin/ |title=Sheriff: Person of interest part of Strip shooting probe; Paddock had child porn |date=January 19, 2018 |work=[[Las Vegas Sun]] |access-date=January 19, 2018 |first1=Ricardo |last1=Torres-Cortez |archive-date=January 19, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180119213722/https://lasvegassun.com/news/2018/jan/19/sheriff-to-provide-update-about-strip-mass-shootin/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="59th Victim">{{cite news|url=https://www.reviewjournal.com/crime/homicides/california-woman-declared-59th-victim-of-2017-massacre-in-las-vegas-2102779/|title=California woman declared 59th victim of 2017 massacre in Las Vegas|publisher=The Las Vegas Review-Journal|last=Lacanlale|first=Rio|date=August 24, 2020|access-date=August 27, 2020|archive-date=March 23, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230323133937/https://www.reviewjournal.com/crime/homicides/california-woman-declared-59th-victim-of-2017-massacre-in-las-vegas-2102779/|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[October 12]] – The United States announces its decision to withdraw from [[UNESCO]],<ref>{{cite web| url =https://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2017/10/274748.htm| title =The United States Withdraws From UNESCO| publisher =US Department of State| date =October 12, 2017| access-date =October 13, 2017| archive-date =April 8, 2019| archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20190408053146/https://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2017/10/274748.htm| url-status =live}}</ref> and is immediately followed by [[Israel]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/unesco-us-withdraw-israel-bias-trump-palestine-haram-al-sharif-temple-mount-latest-a7996791.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/unesco-us-withdraw-israel-bias-trump-palestine-haram-al-sharif-temple-mount-latest-a7996791.html |archive-date=May 1, 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=US withdraws from Unesco over 'anti-Israel bias' |publisher= Independent.co.uk| date=October 12, 2017
| access-date =October 13, 2017}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
* [[October 14]] – A [[14 October 2017 Mogadishu bombings|massive blast caused by a truck bombing]] in [[Mogadishu]], Somalia kills at least 587 people and injures 316 others.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-somalia-blast-toll/death-toll-from-somalia-truck-bomb-in-october-now-at-512-probe-committee-idUSKBN1DU2IC|title=Death toll from Somalia truck bomb in October now at 512: probe committee|work=Reuters|date=November 30, 2017|access-date=2017-12-01|archive-date=September 9, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190909184620/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-somalia-blast-toll/death-toll-from-somalia-truck-bomb-in-october-now-at-512-probe-committee-idUSKBN1DU2IC|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[October 17]] – [[Syrian Civil War]]: [[Raqqa]] is declared fully liberated from the [[Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant]].
* [[October 25]] – At the [[19th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party]], [[Xi Jinping]] assumes his second term as [[General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party|General Secretary]] ([[China]]'s [[Paramount leader (China)|paramount leader]]), and the political theory [[Xi Jinping Thought]] is written into the [[Constitution of the Chinese Communist Party|party's constitution]].<ref>{{cite news | title=China formally lifts Xi Jinping's status to most powerful leader in decades | website=The Telegraph | date=October 24, 2017 | url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/10/24/china-lifts-xi-jinpings-status-powerful-leader-decades/ | access-date=December 30, 2017 | last1=Connor | first1=Neil | archive-date=December 27, 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171227191248/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/10/24/china-lifts-xi-jinpings-status-powerful-leader-decades/ | url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[October 26]] – At the level crossing of the [[Hanko–Hyvinkää railway]] line, a passenger train collided with an off-road truck of the [[Nyland Brigade]] in [[Raseborg]], Finland; four people died and 11 were injured.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://yle.fi/uutiset/osasto/news/conscript_acquitted_over_raseborg_level_crossing_crash/11691544 |title=Yle News: Conscript acquitted over Raseborg level crossing crash |date=December 10, 2020 |access-date=October 19, 2021 |archive-date=October 19, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211019022945/https://yle.fi/uutiset/osasto/news/conscript_acquitted_over_raseborg_level_crossing_crash/11691544 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>[https://www.garda.com/crisis24/news-alerts/76401/finland-train-crash-in-raseborg-october-26 Finland: Train crash in Raseborg October 26] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221031034630/https://crisis24.garda.com/alerts/2017/10/finland-train-crash-in-raseborg-october-26 |date=October 31, 2022 }} – GardaWorld</ref>
* [[October 27]] – Based on the results of a previously held [[2017 Catalan independence referendum|referendum]], [[Catalan declaration of independence|Catalonia declares independence]] from [[Spain]],<ref>{{cite news |date=October 27, 2017 |title=Catalonia declares independence from Spain as political crisis deepens |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2017/10/27/europe/catalonia-independence-spain/index.html |work=CNN |access-date=October 27, 2017 |archive-date=November 6, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171106105733/http://edition.cnn.com/2017/10/27/europe/catalonia-independence-spain/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref> but the Catalan Republic is not recognised by the Spanish government or any other sovereign nation.<ref>{{cite news |date=October 27, 2017 |title=Catalans declare independence as Madrid imposes direct rule |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-41780116 |work=BBC |access-date=October 27, 2017 |archive-date=December 4, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201204112602/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-41780116 |url-status=live }}</ref>