Portal:Argentina/Anniversaries/October/October 17
- 1779 José Andrés Pacheco de Melo, statesman and priest is born in Salta.
- 1797 Juan Lavalle military and political figure is born.
- 1920 Zully Moreno, actress and sex symbol of the 1940s and 1950s is born.
- 1930 Line B of the Buenos Aires Metro opens.