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'' 17 November '' is also the name of a Marxist group in Greece , coinciding with the anniversary of the Athens Polytechnic Uprising .
17 November is the 321st day of the year (322nd in Leap Year s), with 44 remaining.
Events
- 1292 - ( Julian Calendar ) John Balliol becomes King of Scotland .
- dies and is succeeded by her half-sister Elizabeth I Of England .
- 1603 - English Explorer , Writer and Courtier Sir Walter Raleigh goes on trial for Treason .
- 1777 - Articles Of Confederation submitted to the states for ratification.
- - French forces defeat the Austrians in Italy .
- 1800 - The United States Capitol building in Washington, DC holds its first session of the U.S. Congress .
- 1820 - Captain Nathaniel Palmer becomes the first American to see Antarctica (the Palmer Peninsula was later named after him).
- 1839 - Giuseppe Verdi 's first opera, '' Oberto, Conte Di San Bonifacio '' opens in Milan .
- in present-day southern Arizona , the United States Army establishes Fort Buchanan in order to help control new land acquired in the Gadsden Purchase .
- 1858 - Modified Julian Day zero. VMS epoch.
- begins - Confederate forces led by General James Longstreet place Knoxville, Tennessee under Siege .
- 1869 - In Egypt , the Suez Canal , linking the Mediterranean Sea with the Red Sea , is inaugurated in an elaborate ceremony.
- 1871 - The National Rifle Association is granted a charter by the state of New York .
- 1903 - The Russian Social Democratic Labor Party splits into two groups; the Bolsheviks ( Russian for "majority") and Mensheviks (Russian for "minority").
- 1911 - Formation of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity
- 1917 - First issue of The Technique
- 1919 - George V , then King Of The United Kingdom , proclaimed Armistice Day (later Remembrance Day ), saying "that at the hour when the Armistice came into force, the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month, there may be for the brief space of two minutes a complete suspension of all our normal activities … so that in perfect stillness, the thoughts of everyone may be concentrated on reverent remembrance of the glorious dead." The idea was first suggested by Edward George Honey .
- 1922 - Former Ottoman Sultan Mehmed VI went on exile in Italy .
- , the United States ambassador to Japan , cables the State Department that Japan has plans to launch an Attack against Pearl Harbor , Hawaii (his cable is ignored).
- 1950 - Tenzin Gyatso , the 14th Dalai Lama , was enthroned as Tibet 's Head Of State at the age of fifteen.
- 1962 - In Washington, DC , US President John F. Kennedy dedicates Dulles International Airport .
- , US President Lyndon B. Johnson tells his nation that, while much remained to be done, "We are inflicting greater losses than we're taking...We are making progress."
- Football match between the New York Jets and the Oakland Raiders with '' Heidi '', prompting an outrage amongst sport fans.
- 1968 - Alexandros Panagoulis condemned to death by the Greek Colonels' Junta.
- and the United States meet in Helsinki to begin SALT I negotiations aimed at limiting the number of strategic weapons on both sides.
- 1970 - Elton John plays a concert at A&R Studios in New York City which later becomes the album 11-17-70 .
- 1970 - goes on trial for the My Lai Massacre .
- 1970 - lands Lunokhod 1 on Mare Imbrium (Sea of Rains) on the Moon . This is the first roving remote-controlled robot to land on another world and was released by the orbiting Luna 17 spacecraft.
- 1970 - Douglas Engelbart receives the Patent for the first Computer Mouse .
- , US President Richard Nixon tells 400 Associated Press managing editors "I am not a crook".
- 1973 - Student Uprising against the military Regime in Athens , Greece .
- 1974 - '' Aliança Operário-Camponesa '' (Worker-Peasant Alliance) founded in Portugal , as a front of PCP(m-l) .
- 1983 - The Zapatista Army Of National Liberation founded.
- 1985 - The first edition of Phrack is released. It became the oldest computer underground magazine still running after its 20 years of existence.
- begins - In Czechoslovakia a student demonstration in Prague is quelled by riot police. This sparks an uprising aimed at overthrowing the Communist government (it succeeds on December 29 ).
- 1990 - Fugendake, part of the Mount Unzen volcanic complex, Nagasaki Prefecture , Japan became active again and erupted.
- 1993 - Annie Proulx wins the National Book Award for her novel '' The Shipping News ''.
- 1995 - Public Radio International 's radio program '' This American Life '' broadcasts its first episode, "New Beginnings".
- 1997 - In Luxor , Egypt , 62 people are killed by 6 Islam ic militants outside the Temple Of Hatshepsut (police killed the assailants).
- 2000 - Catastrophical Landslide in Log pod Mangartom, Slovenia , kills 7, and causes millions of SIT of damage. It is one of the worst catastrophies in Slovenia in the past 100 years.
- 2000 - Alberto Fujimori is removed from office as president of Peru .
- 2003 - Arnold Schwarzenegger is inaugurated Governor Of California .
- 2004 - Kmart Corp. announces it is buying Sears, Roebuck and Co. for $11 billion and naming the newly merged company Sears Holdings Corporation .
- 2005 - Italy 's choice of national anthem, '' Il Canto Degli Italiani '', becomes officialised in law for the first time, almost 60 years after it was provisionally chosen following the Birth Of The Republic .
Births
- 9 - Vespasian , Roman Emperor (d. 79 )
- 1503 - Agnolo Bronzino , Italian painter (d. 1572 )
- 1576 - Roque Gonzales , Paraguayan missionary (d. 1628 )
- 1587 - Joost Van Den Vondel , Dutch poet (d. 1679 )
- 1612 - Dorgon , Manchu prince (d. 1650 )
- 1681 - Pierre François Le Courayer , French theologian (d. 1776 )
- 1685 - Pierre Gaultier De Varennes Et De La Vérendrye , French-Canadian trader and explorer (d. 1749 )
- 1717 - Jean Le Rond D'Alembert , French mathematician (d. 1783 )
- 1755 - King Louis XVIII Of France (d. 1824 )
- 1765 - Étienne-Jacques-Joseph-Alexandre MacDonald , French marshal (d. 1840 )
- 1790 - August Ferdinand Möbius , German mathematician (d. 1868 )
- 1793 - Sir Charles Lock Eastlake , British painter (d. 1865 )
- 1799 - Titian Peale , American artist (d. 1885 )
- 1816 - August Wilhelm Ambros , Austrian composer (d. 1876 )
- 1835 - Andrew L. Harris , American Civil War hero and Governor of Ohio (d. 1915 )
- 1857 - Joseph Babiński , Polish-French neurologist (d. 1932 )
- 1866 - Voltairine De Cleyre , American anarchist (d. 1912 )
- 1868 - Korbinian Brodmann , German neurologist (d. 1918 )
- 1878 - Grace Abbott , American social worker and activist (d. 1939 )
- 1878 - Lise Meitner , Austrian physicist (d. 1968 )
- 1887 - Sir Bernard Montgomery , British World War II commander (d. 1976 )
- 1894 - Richard Nikolaus Graf Coudenhove-Kalergi , Austrian politician (d. 1972 )
- 1895 - Mikhail Bakhtin , Russian philosopher (d. 1975 )
- 1895 - Gregorio López Y Fuentes , Mexican author (d. 1966 )
- 1896 - Lev Vygotsky , Russian psychologist (d. 1934 )
- 1897 - Frank Fay American actor first husband of Barbara Stanwyck (d. 1961 )
- 1899 - Douglas Shearer , Canadian film sound engineer (d. 1971 )
- 1901 - Walter Hallstein , German politician (d. 1982 )
- 1901 - Lee Strasberg , Austrian director (d. 1982 )
- 1902 - Eugene Wigner , Hungarian physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1995 )
- 1904 - Isamu Noguchi , American sculptor (d. 1988 )
- 1905 - Queen Astrid Of Belgium (d. 1935 )
- 1905 - Mischa Auer , American actor (d. 1967 )
- 1906 - Soichiro Honda , Japanese automobile pioneer (d. 1992 )
- 1907 - Israel Regardie , Occultist, Aleister Crowley 's secretary (d. 1985 )
- 1911 - Christian Fouchet , French diplomat (d. 1974 )
- 1916 - Shelby Foote , American historian (d. 2005 )
- 1922 - Stanley Cohen , American biochemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize In Physiology Or Medicine
- 1923 - Bert Sutcliffe , New Zealand cricketer (d. 2001 )
- 1925 - Rock Hudson , American actor (d. 1985 )
- 1925 - Sir Charles Mackerras , American-born conductor
- 1928 - Rance Howard , American actor
- 1929 - Norm Zauchin , baseball player (d. 1999 )
- 1935 - Toni Sailer , Austrian skier
- 1936 - Dalia Rabikovich , Israeli poet (d. 2005 )
- 1937 - Peter Cook , British comedian, satirist, and writer (d. 1995 )
- 1938 - Gordon Lightfoot , Canadian singer
- 1939 - Auberon Waugh , British author (d. 2001 )
- 1942 - Martin Scorsese , American film director
- 1943 - Lauren Hutton , American actress
- 1944 - Danny DeVito , American actor
- 1944 - Rem Koolhaas , Dutch architect
- 1944 - Lorne Michaels , Canadian producer
- 1944 - Tom Seaver , baseball player
- 1945 - Elvin Hayes , American basketball player
- 1946 - Terry E. Branstad , Former Governor of Iowa
- 1948 - Howard Dean , American politician
- 1951 - Stephen Root , American actor
- 1952 - Ties Kruize , Dutch field hockey player
- 1958 - Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio , American actress
- 1960 - Jonathan Ross , British television presenter and radio broadcaster
- 1960 - RuPaul , American actor
- 1965 - Rob Kokarinen , Finnish Opera and Rock Singer, most notorious for being the Lead Singer of Plus Ultra (1984 - 1986).
- 1966 - Jeff Buckley , American musician (d. 1997 )
- 1966 - Daisy Fuentes , Cuban model and actress
- 1966 - Sophie Marceau , French actress
- 1966 - Kate Ceberano , Australian singer
- 1968 - Amber Michaels , German porn actress
- 1969 - Jean-Michel Saive , Belgian table tennis player
- 1970 - Paul Allender , British singer ( Cradle Of Filth )
- 1973 - Alexei Urmanov , Russian figure skater
- 1975 - Diane Neal , American actress
- 1976 - Brandon Call , American actor
- 1977 - Ryk Neethling , South African swimmer
- 1978 - Reggie Wayne , American football player
- 1980 - Isaac Hanson , guitarist and singer
- 1982 - Katie Feenstra , American basketball player
- 1983 - Christopher Paolini , author
- 1994 - Raquel Castro , American child actress
Deaths
- 375 - Valentinian I , Roman Emperor (b. 321 )
- 641 - Emperor Jomei of Japan (b. 593 )
- 680 - Hilda Of Whitby (b. 614 )
- 1231 - Elisabeth Of Hungary , daughter of Andrew II Of Hungary and saint (b. 1207 )
- 1326 - Edmund FitzAlan, 9th Earl Of Arundel , English politician (b. 1285 )
- 1494 - Giovanni Pico Della Mirandola , Italian philosopher (b. 1463 )
- 1558 - Queen Mary I Of England (b. 1516 )
- 1558 - Reginald Cardinal Pole , Archbishop Of Canterbury (b. 1500 )
- 1562 - Antoine De Bourbon , father of Henry IV Of France (b. 1518 )
- 1592 - King John III Of Sweden (b. 1537 )
- 1600 - Kuki Yoshitaka , Japanese naval commander (b. 1542 )
- 1632 - Gottfried Heinrich Graf Zu Pappenheim , Bavarian field marshal (b. 1594 )
- 1643 - Jean-Baptiste Budes, Comte De Guébriant , marshal of France (b. 1602 )
- 1648 - Thomas Ford , English composer
- 1665 - John Earle , English bishop
- 1668 - Joseph Alleine , English non-conformist preacher (b. 1634 )
- 1690 - Charles De Sainte-Maure, Duc De Montausier , French soldier (b. 1610 )
- 1708 - Ludolf Backhuysen , Dutch painter (b. 1631 )
- 1713 - Abraham Van Riebeeck , Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies (b. 1653 )
- 1747 - Alain-René Lesage , French writer (b. 1668 )
- 1768 - Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke Of Newcastle-upon-Tyne , British statesman (b. 1693 )
- 1776 - James Ferguson , British astronomer (b. 1710 )
- 1789 - Charlotte, Duchess Of Albany , only child of Bonnie Prince Charlie (b. 1753 )
- 1808 - David Zeisberger , Moravian missionary (b. 1721 )
- 1858 - Robert Owen , British Socialist , social reformer and father of the Cooperative Movement (b. 1771 )
- 1902 - Hugh Price Hughes , Methodist Social Reformer, First Superintendent of the West London Mission (b. 1847 )
- 1905 - Grand Duke Adolphe Of Luxembourg , (b. 1817 )
- 1917 - Auguste Rodin , French sculptor (b. 1840 )
- 1929 - Herman Hollerith , American statistician (b. 1860 )
- 1936 - Ernestine Schumann-Heink , Austrian contralto (b. 1861 )
- 1937 - Jack Worrall , Australian cricketer, footballer, and coach (b. 1860 )
- 1938 - Ante Trumbić , Croatian politician (b. 1864 )
- 1940 - Eric Gill , British sculptor and writer (b. 1882 )
- 1940 - Raymond Pearl , American biologist (b. 1879 )
- 1959 - Heitor Villa-Lobos , Brazilian composer (b. 1887 )
- 1968 - Mervyn Peake , British writer and illustrator (b. 1911 )
- 1982 - Eduard Tubin , Estonian composer (b. 1905 )
- 1982 - Leonid Borisovitch Kogan , Russian violinist (b. 1924 )
- 1986 - Georges Besse , president of Renault (b. 1927 )
- 1989 - Gus Farace , American gangster (murdered) (b. 1960 )
- 1990 - Robert Hofstadter , American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1915 )
- 2000 - Louis Eugène Félix Néel , French physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1904 )
- 2001 - Michael Karoli , German guitarist ( Can ) (b. 1948 )
- 2002 - Abba Eban , Israeli diplomat and politician (b. 1915 )
- 2003 - Arthur Conley , American singer (b. 1946 )
- 2003 - Don Gibson , American singer and songwriter (b. 1928 )
- 2004 - Mikael Ljungberg , Swedish wrestler (b. 1970 )
- 2004 - Alexander Ragulin , Russian hockey player (b. 1941 )
- 2005 - Marek Perepeczko , Polish actor (b. 1942 )
Holidays and observances
External links
November 16 - November 18 - October 17 - December 17 -- Listing Of All Days
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