October 17th, 1989
Loma Prieta earthquake (7.1 on the Richter scale) hits the San Francisco Bay Area and causes 57 deaths directly (and 6 indirectly). event on October 17, 1989. Read about how to open files in Open File Database.
Events around October 17, 1989
October 19th, 1989 | Event | Guildford Four convictions are quashed by the Court of Appealthey had spent 15 years in prison through a miscarriage of justice. |
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