November 17
Appearance
November 17is the 321st day of the year (322nd inleap years) in theGregorian calendar.There are 44 days remaining until the end of the year.
Events
[change|change source]Up to 1900
[change|change source]- 474-ZenobecomesEmperorof theByzantine Empire.
- 794-Emperor KammuofJapanchanges his residence fromNaratoKyoto.
- 1183-Battle of MizushimainJapan.
- 1292–John BalliolbecomesKingofScotland.
- 1511–SpainandEnglandally againstFrance.
- 1558–Elizabeth IbecomesQueen of England.
- 1603- English politician and explorerWalter Raleighis put ontrial.
- 1659- TheTreaty of the Pyreneesis signed byFranceandSpain.
- 1777-USArticles ofConfederationare submitted to thestatesfor ratification.
- 1796-French Revolutionary Wars:Battle of the Bridge of Arcole- French forces defeat theAustriansinItaly.
- 1800– TheUnited States Capitolbuilding inWashington, DCholds its first session of theU.S. Congress.
- 1810-Swedendeclares war on theUnited Kingdom,though no fighting takes place.
- 1811-José Miguel Carrerais sworn in asPresidentof theExecutiveJuntaof thegovernmentofChile.
- 1820- CaptainNathaniel Palmerbecomes the first American to seeAntarctica.
- 1831–EcuadorandVenezuelaare separated from GreaterColombia.
- 1839-Oberto,Giuseppe Verdi's firstopera,opens at theTeatro alla ScalainMilan.
- 1863-American Civil War:TheSiege of Knoxvillebegins.Confederateforces under James Longstreet placeKnoxville, Tennesseeundersiege.
- 1869– InEgypt,theSuez Canal,linking theMediterranean Seawith theRed Sea,is inaugurated in an elaborateceremony.
- 1871- TheNational Rifle Association of Americais given acharterby thestateofNew York.
- 1874- Britishsailing shipCospatrickcatchesfirein the SouthAtlantic Oceanand sinks, killing 467 people.
- 1876-Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's "Slavonic March" is performed for the first time, inMoscow.
- 1878- Anassassinationattempt is made on KingUmberto I of ItalybyanarchistGiovanni Passannante.
1901 – 2000
[change|change source]- 1903- TheRussianSocial Democratic Party splits into theBolsheviksandMensheviks.
- 1915-Moroccostarts usingits current flag.
- 1919– KingGeorge V of the United KingdomproclaimsArmistice Day(laterRemembrance Day). The idea was first suggested byEdward George Honey.
- 1922- FormerSultanof theOttoman Empire,Mehmed VI,goes intoexileinItaly.
- 1933– TheUnited Statesrecognizes theSoviet Union.
- 1939- NineCzechstudentsare executed as a response to Anti-Naziprotests after the death ofJan Opletal.All Czechuniversitiesare shut down and over 1,200 students are sent to concentration camps.
- 1947- TheScreen Actors Guildimplements an Anti-Communistloyaltyoath.
- 1947- AmericanscientistsJohn BardeenandWalter Houser Brattainobserve the basic principles of thetransistor.
- 1950- Lhamo Dondrub is officially namedTenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai Lama.
- 1953- The last people to have lived in the Blasket Islands,County Kerry,Ireland,are evacuated from their homes.
- 1953- TheMinquiers and Ecrehos caseends with theInternational Court of JusticegivingMinquiersandÉcréhoustoJersey.
- 1954– ColonelGamal Abdel NasserbecomesPresidentofEgypt.
- 1962-John F. KennedydedicatesWashington Dulles International Airport,serving theWashington, DCregion.
- 1968-Alexandros Panagoulisis condemned to death for attempting to kill Greek dictatorGeorge Papadopoulos.
- 1969-SovietandUSnegotiators meet inHelsinkito begin talks on limiting the number of strategicweaponson both sides.
- 1970–Vietnam War:LieutenantWilliam Calleygoes on trial for theMy Lai massacre.
- 1970- Soviet Luna programme: TheSoviet Unionlaunches the "Lunokhod 1" probe to theMoon,released by the Luna 17aircraft.
- 1973- TheAthensPolytechnic Uprising against the Greekmilitaryregime ends in bloodshed.
- 1973–Watergate scandal:InOrlando, Florida,US PresidentRichard Nixontells 400Associated Pressmanaging editors "I am not a crook".
- 1982- Duk Koo Kim, aSouth Koreanboxer, dies as a result from injuries he suffered in aLas Vegasbo xingmatch against Ray Mancini.
- 1983- TheZapatista Army of National Liberationis founded inMexico.
- 1989- TheVelvet Revolutionbegins inCzechoslovakiaagainst the government of Ladislav Adamec. It is part of the Fall of theIron Curtain,and leads toVaclav HavelbecomingPresidentonDecember 29.
- 1990- Fugnendake, part of the Mount UnzenvolcanoinNagasakiPrefecture,Japan,erupts.
- 1993- TheUnited StatesHouse of Representativesapproves theNorth American Free Trade Agreement.
- 1993- InNigeria,Sani Abacha comes to power through amilitarycoup against thegovernmentof Ernest Shonekon.
- 1997- 62 people are killed byIslamicmilitants inLuxor,Egypt.
- 2000- A landslide occurs at Log pog Mangartom,Slovenia,killing 7 people.
- 2000–Alberto Fujimoriis removed from office asPresidentofPeru.
From 2001
[change|change source]- 2003–Arnold SchwarzeneggerbecomesGovernor of California.
- 2012- Over 50 schoolchildrenare killed in an accident at arailwaycrossing near Malafut,Egypt.
- 2013-TatarstanAirlines Flight 363 crashes at theairportinKazan,Russia,killing 50 people.
- 2018-Ibrahim Mohamed SolihbecomesPresidentof theMaldives.
Births
[change|change source]Up to 1900
[change|change source]- 9–Vespasian,Roman Emperor (d.79)
- 1293- KingPhilip V of France(d.1322)
- 1502–Atahualpa,lastemperorof theInca(d.1533)
- 1503-Agnolo Bronzini,Italian painter (d.1572)
- 1576-Roqué González de Santa Cruz,Paraguayanmissionary (d.1628)
- 1587-Joost van den Vondel,Dutchpoet,writerandplaywright(d.1679)
- 1612-Dorgon,Manchu prince of theQing Dynasty(d.1650)
- 1729–Maria Antonietta of Spain,Queen ofSardinia(d.1785)
- 1749–Nicolas Appert,French inventor (d.1841)
- 1755– KingLouis XVIII of France(d.1824)
- 1784-Ebenezer Henderson,Scottish minister and missionary (d.1858)
- 1790–August Ferdinand Moebius,Germanmathematician(d.1868)
- 1794-George Grote,English classicist (d.1871)
- 1816-August Wilhelm Ambros,Austriancomposer(d.1876)
- 1827-Petko Slaveykov,Bulgarianpoet(d.1895)
- 1835-Andrew L. Harris,44thGovernorofOhio(d.1915)
- 1854-Hubert Lyautey,Frenchgeneral(d.1934)
- 1857-Joseph Babinski,Frenchneurologist(d.1932)
- 1866-Voltarine de Cleyre,Americanauthorandactivist(d.1912)
- 1868-Korbinian Brodmann,German neurologist (d.1918)
- 1877-Frank Calder,English-Canadianjournalistandbusinessman(d.1943)
- 1878-Grace Abbott,American social worker (d.1939)
- 1878-Augustus Goessling,American swimmer andwater poloplayer (d.1963)
- 1878–Lise Meitner,Austrianphysicist(d.1968)
- 1886-Walter Terence Stace,Britishphilosopher(d.1957)
- 1887–Bernard Montgomery,BritishWorld War IIcommander (d.1976)
- 1895-Mikhail Bakhtin,Russianphilosopher(d.1975)
- 1895-Gregorio López,Mexicanjournalist,authorandpoet(d.1966)
- 1896-Lev Vygotsky,Russianpsychologist(d.1934)
1901 – 1950
[change|change source]- 1901–Lee Strasberg,Austrian director (d.1982)
- 1901-Walter Hallstein,German politician anddiplomat(d.1982)
- 1902–Eugene Wigner,Hungarianphysicist(d.1995)
- 1904–Salomeja Neris,Lithuanianpoet(d.1945)
- 1904-Paul Chaudet,Swiss politician (d.1977)
- 1905– QueenAstrid of the Belgians(d.1935)
- 1905-Mischa Auer,Russian-born American actor (d.1967)
- 1906–Soichiro Honda,Japanese businessman and automobile executive (d.1991)
- 1912-Kim Sung-Gan,Korean-Japanesefootballer(d.1984)
- 1916-George Silk,New Zealand-American photojournalist(d.2004)
- 1916-Shelby Foote,Americanhistorianandnovelist(d.2005)
- 1920-Camillo Felgen,Luxembourgsinger-songwriter(d.2005)
- 1920-Ellis Kaut,German writer and illustrator (d.2015)
- 1921-Albert Bertelsen,Danish painter
- 1922–Stanley Cohen,American biochemist
- 1923–Aristides Pereira,1stPresidentofCape Verde(d.2011)
- 1923-Hubertus Brandenburg,German-born SwedishRoman Catholicbishop(d.2009)
- 1925–Rock Hudson,Americanactor(d.1985)
- 1925–Charles Mackerras,Australian conductor (d.2010)
- 1926-Vlasta Chramostová,Czech actress (d.2019)
- 1928-Arman,French-American artist (d.2005)
- 1928-Rance Howard,American actor (d.2017)
- 1929-Norm Zauchin,Americanbaseballplayer (d.1999)
- 1930-Bob Mathias,American athlete, actor and politician (d.2006)
- 1933-Isao Iwabuchi,Japanesefootballer(d.2003)
- 1933-Roger Leloup,Belgian comic artist and writer
- 1934-Jim Inhofe,American politician,United StatesSenator forOklahoma
- 1935–Toni Sailer,Austrianskier(d.2009)
- 1937-Peter Cook,Britishauthor,actorandcomedian(d.1995)
- 1938–Gordon Lightfoot,Canadiansinger
- 1939-Eddie Reeves,American songwriter and record label executive (d.2018)
- 1940-Luke Kelly,Irishsingerandbanjoplayer (d.1984)
- 1940-Gunnar Uldall,German politician (d.2017)
- 1942–Martin Scorsese,Americanmovie director
- 1943-Lauren Hutton,American actress
- 1944–Danny DeVito,Americanactor
- 1944–Rem Koolhaas,Dutcharchitect
- 1944-Joe Boeheim,Americanbasketballplayer and coach
- 1944-Lorne Michaels,Israeli-Americantelevision producer
- 1945-Elvin Hayes,Americanbasketballplayer
- 1945-Jeremy Hanley,English politician
- 1946–Martin Barre,English rock musician (Jethro Tull)
- 1946-Terry Branstad,39thGovernorofIowa
- 1947-Jorge Sassi,Argentine actor (d.2015)
- 1948–Howard Dean,Americanpolitician
- 1948-Tom Wolf,American politician, 47thGovernorofPennsylvania
- 1949–Nguyen Tan Dung,Prime MinisterofVietnam
- 1949–John Boehner,American politician
1951 – 1975
[change|change source]- 1951-Dean Paul Martin,American singer, actor andtennisplayer (d.1987)
- 1951-Stephen Root,American actor
- 1951-Jack Vettriano,Scottish painter
- 1952-Cyril Ramaphosa,South African politician and businessman,PresidentofSouth Africa
- 1954–Chopper Read,Australianmobster(d.2013)
- 1955–Yolanda King,American activist (d.2007)
- 1958-Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio,American actress and singer
- 1959-Terry Fenwick,Englishfootballer
- 1959–Thomas Allofs,German footballer
- 1960–Jonathan Ross,British television presenter
- 1960-RuPaul,American actor,drag queen,model, author and singer
- 1960-Mandy Yachad,South Africancricketerandfield hockeyplayer
- 1961-Wolfram Wuttke,Germanfootballer(d.2015)
- 1964-Susan Rice,Americanpoliticiananddiplomat
- 1964-Iain Stewart,Scottishgeologist
- 1964-Moses Sithole,South Africanserial killer
- 1966–Jeff Buckley,American musician (d.1997)
- 1966–Richard Fortus,Americanguitarist(Guns N' Roses)
- 1966-Daisy Fuentes,Cuban-Americantelevisionhost andmodel
- 1966–Sophie Marceau,Frenchactress
- 1967-Tab Benoit,Americansinger-songwriterandguitarist
- 1968-Sean Miller,Americanbasketballplayer
- 1970-Paul Allender,Englishguitaristandsongwriter
- 1971-Michael Adams,Englishchessplayer
- 1972-Kimya Dawson,Americansinger-songwriter
- 1972-Lorraine Pascale,Britishchefand formermodel
- 1973-Andreas Hedlund,Swedishsinger-songwriterandproducer
- 1973-Eli Marrero,Cuban-Americanbaseballplayer, coach and manager
- 1973–Bernd Schneider,Germanfootballer
- 1973-Alexei Urmanov,Russian figure skater
- 1974-Eunice Barber,Sierra Leonean-Frenchheptathleteandlong jumper
- 1974-Leslie Bibb,American actress
- 1974-Berto Romero,Spanishhumorist
- 1975-Jerome P. James,Americanbasketballplayer
From 1976
[change|change source]- 1976-Jacqueline Aguilera,Venezuelanmodel
- 1976-Brandon Call,American actor
- 1976-Diane Neal,American actress
- 1978-Frode Kippe,Norwegianfootballer
- 1978-Rachel McAdams,Canadian actress
- 1980-Isaac Hanson,American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Hanson)
- 1981–Sarah Harding,English singer (Girls Aloud)
- 1981-Doug Walker,American YouTube personality (Nostalgia Critic)
- 1983-Ryan Bradley,American figure skater
- 1983-Harry Lloyd,British actor
- 1984-Park Han-byul,South Korean actress
- 1986-Luis Aguiar,Uruguayanfootballer
- 1986–Nani,Portuguesefootballer
- 1986-Alexis Vastine,Frenchboxer(d.2015)
- 1986-Greg Rutherford,Britishlong jumperand sprinter
- 1987–Gemma Spofforth,British swimmer
- 1990-Shanica Knowles,Americanactressandsinger
- 1990-Doriemus,New Zealand racehorse (d.2015)
- 1993-Taylor Gold,American snowboarder
- 1994–Raquel Castro,American actress
- 1998-Kara Hayward,American actress
Deaths
[change|change source]Up to 1900
[change|change source]- 344-Emperor Kang of Jin
- 375–Valentinian I,Roman Emperor (b.321)
- 474-Leo II,Byzantine Emperor(b.467)
- 594-Gregory of Tours,Gallo-Romanbishop
- 641-Emperor JomeiofJapan(b.593)
- 885-Liugard of Saxony(b.845)
- 1231-Elizabeth of Hungary(b.1207)
- 1492-Jami,Persianpoet(b.1414)
- 1494-Giovanni Pico della Mirandola,Italianphilosopher(b.1463)
- 1558-Reginald Pole,Englisharchbishop(b.1500)
- 1558–QueenMary I of England(b.1516)
- 1562-Antoine of Navarre(b.1518)
- 1592– KingJohn III of Sweden(b.1537)
- 1600-Kuki Yoshitaka,Japanesenavycommander (b.1542)
- 1632-Gottfried Heinrich Graf zu Pappenheim,Bavarianfield marshal (b.1594)
- 1713–Abraham van Riebeeck,Dutch colonial governor (b.1653)
- 1720-Calico Jack,Englishpirate(b.1682)
- 1768–Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle upon Tyne,Prime Minister of the United Kingdom(b.1693)
- 1780-Bernardo Bellotto,Italian painter (b.1720)
- 1796–Catherine II of Russia(b.1729)
- 1818–Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz,Queen Consort ofGreat BritainandIreland(b.1744)
- 1825-Walter Leake,GovernorofMississippi(b.1762)
- 1858–Robert Owen,Welsh social reformer (b.1771)
- 1893-Alexander of Battenberg,PrinceofBulgaria(b.1857)
1901 – 2000
[change|change source]- 1905–Adolphe,Grand Duke ofLuxembourg(b.1817)
- 1917–Auguste Rodin,Frenchsculptor(b.1840)
- 1920-John Franklin Fort,GovernorofNew Jersey(b.1852)
- 1922-Robert Comtesse,Swiss politician (b.1847)
- 1924-Patriarch Gregory VII of Constantinople(b.1850)
- 1928-Lala Lajpat Rai,Indian author and politician (b.1865)
- 1929-Herman Hollerith,Americanbusinessman(b.1860)
- 1934-Joachim Ringelnatz,German writer (b.1883)
- 1940-Eric Gill,Englishsculptor(b.1882)
- 1940-Raymond Pearl,American biologist (b.1879)
- 1947-Ricarda Huch,German writer,poet,philosopherandhistorian(b.1864)
- 1959–Heitor Villa-Lobos,Brazilian composer (b.1887)
- 1961-Michael Rockefeller,American explorer (b.1938)
- 1966–James Jabara,American Air Force pilot (b.1923)
- 1968–Mervyn Peake,British writer (b.1911)
- 1971-Debaki Bose,Indianactor,directorandwriter(b.1898)
- 1971-Gladys Cooper,British actress (b.1888)
- 1973-Mirra Alfassa,French-Indian spiritual leader (b.1878)
- 1974–Erskine Hamilton Childers,President of Ireland(b.1905)
- 1979–John Glascock,British musician (Jethro Tull) (b.1951)
- 1982-Duk Koo Kim,South Korean boxer (b.1959)
- 1985-Lon Nol,Cambodianpolitician (b.1913)
- 1986-Georges Besse,French manager (Renault) (b.1927)
- 1987-Paul Derringer,Americanbaseballplayer (b.1906)
- 1990–Robert Hofstadter,Americanphysicist(b.1915)
- 1992-Audre Lorde,Caribbean-Americanauthor,poetandactivist(b.1934)
- 1998-Esther Rolle,American actress (b.1920)
- 2000–Louis Néel,Frenchphysicist(b.1904)
From 2001
[change|change source]- 2002-Abba Eban,Israeli politician (b.1915)
- 2004-Alexander Ragulin,Russianice hockeyplayer (b.1941)
- 2004-Mikael Ljungberg,Swedish wrestler (b.1970)
- 2006–Ferenc Puskas,Hungarianfootballer(b.1927)
- 2006–Bo Schembechler,American footballcoach (b.1929)
- 2006–Flo Sandon's,Italian singer (b.1924)
- 2010–Olavo Rodrigues Barbosa,Brazilianfootballer(b.1923)
- 2012-Bal Thackeray,Indian politician (b.1926)
- 2013-Doris Lessing,British writer (b.1919)
- 2014-Bill Frenzel,American politician (b.1928)
- 2014-Jimmy Ruffin,American singer (b.1936)
- 2015-Rahim Moeini Kermanshahi,Iranianpoetandsongwriter(b.1922)
- 2016-Ruth Gruber,American journalist (b.1911)
- 2016-Whitney Smith,Americanvexillologist(b.1940)
- 2017-Salvatore Riina,ItalianmafiaBoss (b.1930)
- 2017-Earle Hyman,American actor (b.1926)
- 2017-Rikard Wolff,Swedish actor (b.1958)
- 2017-Aleksandr Salnikov,Soviet-Ukrainianbasketballplayer (b.1949)
- 2018-Richard Baker,English broadcaster (b.1925)
- 2018-Gene Berce,Americanbasketballplayer (b.1926)
- 2018-Kayo Dottley,American football player (b.1928)
- 2018-Alyque Padamsee,Indian actor (b.1928)
- 2018-Eduard von Falz-Fein,Russian-born Liechtensteiner businessman, journalist and sportsman (b.1912)
- 2019-Harley D. Nygren,American admiral and photographer (b.1924)
- 2019-Adnan Pachachi,Iraqi politician and diplomat (b.1923)
Observances
[change|change source]- InternationalStudents' Day
- WorldPrematurityDay
- Struggle for Freedom and Democracy (Czech RepublicandSlovakia)