November 17
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November 17 is the 322nd day of the year (323rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 43 days remaining after November 17 until the end of the year.
[change] Events
- 1292 – John Balliol becomes King of Scotland.
- 1511 – Spain and England ally against France.
- 1558 – Elizabeth I becomes Queen of England.
- 1800 – The United States Capitol building in Washington, DC holds its first session of the U.S. Congress.
- 1831 – Ecuador and Venezuela were separated from Greater Colombia.
- 1869 – In Egypt, the Suez Canal, linking the Mediterranean Sea with the Red Sea, is inaugurated in an elaborate ceremony.
- 1919 – King George V of the United Kingdom proclaims Armistice Day (later Remembrance Day). The idea was first suggested by Edward George Honey.
- 1933 – United States recognizes Soviet Union.
- 1954 – Colonel Gamal Abdel Nasser becomes president of Egypt.
- 1970 – Vietnam War: Lieutenant William Calley goes on trial for the My Lai massacre.
- 1973 – Watergate scandal: In Orlando, Florida, US President Richard Nixon tells 400 Associated Press managing editors "I am not a crook".
- 2000 – Alberto Fujimori is removed from office as president of Peru.
- 2003 – Arnold Schwarzenegger becomes Governor of California.
[change] Births
- 9 – Vespasian, Roman Emperor (d. 79)
- 1502 – Atahualpa, last emperor of the Inca (d. 1533)
- 1729 – Maria Antonietta of Spain, Queen of Sardinia (d. 1785)
- 1749 – Nicolas Appert, French inventor (d. 1841)
- 1755 – King Louis XVIII of France (d. 1824)
- 1790 – August Ferdinand Moebius, German mathematician (d. 1868)
- 1878 – Lise Meitner, Austrian physicist (d. 1968)
- 1887 – Bernard Montgomery, British World War II commander (d. 1976)
- 1901 – Lee Strasberg, Austrian director (d. 1982)
- 1902 – Eugene Wigner, Hungarian physicist (d. 1995)
- 1904 – Salomeja Neris, Lithuanian poet (d. 1945)
- 1905 – Queen Astrid of the Belgians (d. 1935)
- 1906 – Soichiro Honda, Japanese businessman and automobile executive (d. 1991)
- 1922 – Stanley Cohen, American biochemist
- 1923 – Aristides Pereira, 1st President of Cape Verde (d. 2011)
- 1925 – Rock Hudson, American actor (d. 1985)
- 1925 – Charles Mackerras, Australian conductor (d. 2010)
- 1935 – Toni Sailer, Austrian skier (d. 2009)
- 1938 – Gordon Lightfoot, Canadian singer
- 1942 – Martin Scorsese, American film director
- 1944 – Danny DeVito, American actor
- 1944 – Rem Koolhaas, Dutch architect
- 1946 – Martin Barre, English rock musician (Jethro Tull)
- 1948 – Howard Dean, American politician
- 1949 – Nguyen Tan Dung, Prime Minister of Vietnam
- 1949 – John Boehner, American politician
- 1954 – Chopper Read, Australian mobster
- 1955 – Yolanda King, American activist (d. 2007)
- 1959 – Thomas Allofs, German footballer
- 1960 – Jonathan Ross, British television presenter
- 1966 – Jeff Buckley, American musician (d. 1997)
- 1966 – Richard Fortus, American guitarist (Guns N' Roses)
- 1966 – Sophie Marceau, French actress
- 1973 – Bernd Schneider, German footballer
- 1981 – Sarah Harding, English singer (Girls Aloud)
- 1986 – Nani, Portuguese footballer
- 1987 – Gemma Spofforth, British swimmer
- 1994 – Raquel Castro, American actress
[change] Deaths
- 375 – Valentinian I, Roman Emperor (b. 321)
- 641 – Emperor Jomei of Japan (b. 593)
- 1558 – Queen Mary I of England (b. 1516)
- 1592 – King John III of Sweden (b. 1537)
- 1713 – Abraham van Riebeeck, Dutch colonial governor (b. 1653)
- 1768 – Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1693)
- 1796 – Catherine II of Russia (b. 1729)
- 1818 – Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Queen Consort of Great Britain and Ireland (b. 1744)
- 1858 – Robert Owen, Welsh social reformer (b. 1771)
- 1905 – Adolphe of Luxembourg (b. 1817)
- 1917 – Auguste Rodin, French sculptor (b. 1840)
- 1959 – Heitor Villa-Lobos, Brazilian composer (b. 1887)
- 1966 – James Jabara, American Air Force pilot (b. 1923)
- 1968 – Mervyn Peake, British writer (b. 1911)
- 1974 – Erskine Hamilton Childers, President of Ireland (b. 1905)
- 1979 – John Glascock, British musician (Jethro Tull) (b. 1951)
- 1990 – Robert Hofstadter, American physicist (b. 1915)
- 2000 – Louis Neel, French physicist (b. 1904)
- 2006 – Ferenc Puskas, Hungarian footballer (b. 1927)
- 2006 – Bo Schembechler, American football coach (b. 1929)
- 2006 – Flo Sandon's, Italian singer (b. 1924)
- 2010 – Olavo Rodrigues Barbosa, Brazilian footballer (b. 1923)
