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The17t o Novemberis the 321st day o the year (322nt in lowp years) in the Gregorian Calendar, wi 44 days bidin.

Events

1292-John Balliolbecomes Keeng oScots.
1558-Elizabeth I o Inglandbecomes Queen.
1777- TheUnitit StatesAirticles o Confederation are submittit tae the states for ratification.
1869- TheSuez Canal,inEgyp,opens.
1874- Breetish sailinship"Cospatrick" sinks in the SoothAtlantic Ocean,killin 467 fowk.
1933- TheUnitit Statesrecongises theSoviet Union.
1950-Tenzin Gyatsois enthroned as the 14t Dalai Lama.
1973- US PresesRichard Nixonsays "I'm not a crook".
1989- The Velvet Revolution stairts inCzechoslovakie.
1997- 62 fowk are kilt in a shuitin inLuxor,Egyp.
2000-Alberto Fujimoriis removit asPresesoPeru.
2003-Arnold Schwarzeneggerbecomes Govrenor oCalifornie.
2007-Fitbaa:Scotlandnarrowly miss oot on qualification for the2008 UEFA European Championshipefter a late 2-1 defeat taeItalyatHampden ParkinGlesga.
2012- Ower 50 schuil-bairns are kilt in an accident at a railwey crossin naur Malafut,Egyp.
2013-TatarstanAirlines Flicht 363 crashes atKazanAirport, killin 50 fowk.

9-Vespasian,Roman Emperor (d.79)
1749-Nicolas Appert,French inventor (d.1841)
1755-Louis XVIII o Fraunce(d.1824)
1784-Ebenezer Henderson,Scots meenister an meesionar (d.1858)
1790-August Ferdinand Möbius,German mathematician (d.1868)
1839-David Farquharson,Scots penter (d.1907)
1887-Bernard Montgomery, 1st Viscoont Montgomery o Alamein,Breetish field marshal (d.1976)
1895-Mikhail Bakhtin,Roushie philosopher, leeterar creetic an semiotician (d.1975)
1896-Lev Vygotsky,Soviet-Belaroushie psychologist (d.1934)
1902-Eugene Wigner,Hungarian-American pheesicist (d.1995)
1916-Shelby Foote,American historian (d.2005)
1923-Aristides Pereira,1stPresesoCape Verde(d.2011)
1925-Rock Hudson,American actor (d.1985)
1928-Rance Howard,American actor an writer (d.2017)
1942-Martin Scorsese,American director, producer, screenwriter an actor
1944-Danny DeVito,American actor, director an producer
1949-John Boehner,American politeecian
1951-Jack Vettriano,Scots penter
1952-Cyril Ramaphosa,PresesoSooth Africae
1964-Susan Rice,American diplomat
1964-Moses Sithole,Sooth African serial killer
1966-Sophie Marceau,French actress
1975-Ewan MacDonald,Scots curler
1978-Rachel McAdams,Canadian actress
1982-Jim Hamilton,Inglis-Scots rugby union player
1986-Nani,Portuguese fitbawer