Taft–Díaz Summit; Family Planning Clinic; Rome Ghetto Raid; Liaquat Ali Khan Assassination; Australian Constitutional Crisis; Non-Italian Pope; Million Man March; Lao Airlines Crash

A Daily Dose of History (17 Oct 2026)
Today's historical events:
William Howard Taft and Porfirio Díaz hold the first summit between a U.S. and a Mexican president. They narrowly escape assassination.
Margaret Sanger opens the first family planning clinic in the United States.
Holocaust in Italy: Raid of the Ghetto of Rome.
The first Prime Minister of Pakistan, Liaquat Ali Khan, is assassinated in Rawalpindi.
The Australian Coalition sparks a constitutional crisis when they vote to defer funding for the government's annual budget.
Pope John Paul II becomes the first non-Italian pontiff since 1523.
The Million Man March takes place in Washington, D.C. About 837,000 attend.
Lao Airlines Flight 301 crashes on approach to Pakse International Airport in Laos, killing 49 people.
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