Here are the historical accounts of shark attacks that took place on October 17:
| Date | Name | Sex | Age | Time | Country | Area | Location | Activity | Injury | Species | Sp_Length | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 17-Oct-2009 | Male | M | 23 | 14h45 | SCOTLAND | Fife | Deep Sea World Aquarium | Diving | 15-20 puncture wounds to arm by captive shark | Angel | |
| 2 | 17-Oct-2008 | NA | Open Ocean | NA | NA | Scuba Diving on Shark Watching Dive | Bite to head – Sharks ambush diver all on Video | |||||
| 3 | 17-Oct-1994 | Ednaldo Jose da Silva | BRAZIL | Pernambuco | Piedade | Surfing | Unknown Survived | |||||
| 4 | 17-Oct-1986 | Kliki Ndlazi | M | South Africa | KZN | Umhlanga | Minor lacerations & puncture wounds on right leg from netted shark taken onboard skiboat SPI | SandTiger | 66 | |||
| 5 | 17-Oct-1984 | Mary Dunn | F | 77 | 12h05 | USA | Florida | Boynton Beach Palm Beach County | Wading | 10 laceration on leg | ||
| 6 | 17-Oct-1983 | Charles Hundley | M | 20 | USA | Florida | Daytona Beach, Volusia County | Wading | Minor injuries | |||
| 7 | 17-Oct-1983 | Aryon Kalein | M | 16 | USA | Florida | Stuart Beach Martin County | Surfing | Puncture marks in leg & surfboard dinged | 60 | ||
| 8 | 17-Oct-1981 | Robert Conklin | M | 09h45 | USA | Florida | Palm Beach Palm Beach County | Surfing | Injured – but exact circumstances unknown at this time | |||
| 9 | 17-Oct-1980 | Curt Vikan | M | 19 | 09h30 | USA | California | Moonstone Beach Humboldt County | Surfing | No injury | White | 180 |
| 10 | 17-Oct-1967 | Peter J. White | M | 19 | 16h30 | USA | Florida | McArthur Beach Singer Island Palm Beach Shores | Standing | Left foot bitten | Blacktip | |
| 11 | 17-Oct-1961 | fisherman | M | PHILIPPINES | Western Luzon Island | Manila Bay | Shelling | Right leg severed | ||||
| 12 | 17-Oct-1923 | 15′ boat | Australia | New South Wales | Black Head south of Taree | Fishing | No injury to occupants shark bit boat |