page_title: 2017 in the United States
section_title: October
hierarchical_section_title: 2017 in the United States / Events / October
caption_attribution_description: English: The Las Vegas Sign on The Strip, as seen on October 9, 2017, covered in flowers in the wake of the 2017 Las Vegas Strip shooting.
context_page_description: Events in the year 2017 in the United States.
context_section_description: October 1
  Former US football star and actor O.J. Simpson is freed on parole after serving nine years of a 33-year sentence for armed robbery, assault with a deadly weapon and 10 other charges.
  Stephen Paddock opens fire on a crowd at the Route 91 Harvest music festival adjacent to the Mandalay Bay resort and casino at the Las Vegas Strip. 59 people were killed and 869 were injured, making it the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history.
  October 5
  The Department of Justice reverses an Obama-era policy which used Title VII of the Civil Rights Act to protect transgender employees from discrimination.
  An exposé is published in The New York Times accusing film producer Harvey Weinstein of sexual harassment spanning three decades, involving a number of actresses and female production assistants, temps and other employees. Further allegations emerge in subsequent days, that Weinstein had assaulted or harassed 13 women, and raped three of them.
  October 6 – The Trump administration issues a ruling that allows employers to opt out of providing free birth control to their employees.
  The Vegas Golden Knights play their first NHL game in franchise history with a 2-1 win over the Dallas Stars.
  October 8 – October 2017 Northern California wildfires: The deadliest week of wildfires in California's history occurs, killing at least 35 people and leaving devastation across hundreds of thousands of acres.
  October 10 – Las Vegas is the site of the first professional sports event in the city's history when the Vegas Golden Knights host the Arizona Coyotes at T-Mobile Arena there is a pre-game ceremony before puck drop to honor the victims of the mass shooting that had occurred nine days earlier.
  October 11 – President Trump threatens to shut down News Media for report his criticise in media.
  It is announced that the Boy Scouts will allow girls to join for the first time in the program's 117-year history beginning in the fall of 2018.
  October 12 – The US announces its withdrawal from UNESCO, accusing it of "anti-Israel" bias.
  October 13 – In a speech at the White House, President Trump condemns Iran as a "fanatical regime", proposes new sanctions, and states that he will refuse to continue certifying the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, a landmark nuclear deal.
  October 26 – Nearly 3,000 files related to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy are released, while President Trump orders others to be withheld, citing national security concerns. The documents were scheduled for release in a 1992 law.
  October 27 – The first charges are filed in the investigation led by special counsel Robert Mueller into alleged Russia interference in the 2016 US election.
  October 30 – Actor Kevin Spacey issues an apology over an alleged sexual advance made towards a child actor 30 years previously. It is announced that Netflix will end the popular TV show House of Cards, in which Spacey has played the leading role. Further allegations arise in subsequent days.
  October 31 – A flatbed pickup truck is driven into pedestrians along West Street in Lower Manhattan, New York City, causing at least eight deaths and multiple injuries.
caption: October 1: Flowers adorn the Las Vegas sign after the deadliest shooting in modern U.S. history
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