17 November
Notable Births
Linda Nosková
b. 2004
Czech tennis player (born 2004)
Joanne Züger
b. 2000
Swiss tennis player
Gabi Gonçalves
b. 1999
Brazilian politician
Dragan Bender
b. 1997
Croatian basketball player (born 1997)
Julian Ryerson
b. 1997
Norwegian footballer (born 1997)
Yugyeom
b. 1997
South Korean singer (born 1997)
Minkah Fitzpatrick
b. 1996
American football player (born 1996)
Jamayne Taunoa-Brown
b. 1996
Australian rugby league footballer
Elise Mertens
b. 1995
Belgian tennis player (born 1995)
Raquel Castro
b. 1994
American actress and singer (born 1994)
Rose Ayling-Ellis
b. 1994
British actress (born 1994)
Damiris Dantas
b. 1992
Brazilian basketball player (born 1992)
Katarzyna Kawa
b. 1992
Polish tennis player (born 1992)
Danielle Kettlewell
b. 1992
Australian synchronised swimmer
Elías Díaz
b. 1990
Venezuelan baseball player (born 1990)
Ryan Griffin (quarterback)
b. 1989
American football player and coach (born 1989)
Seth Lugo
b. 1989
American baseball player (born 1989)
Roman Zozulya
b. 1989
Ukrainian footballer
Craig Noone
b. 1987
English footballer (born 1987)
Gemma Spofforth
b. 1987
British swimmer (born 1987)
Notable Deaths
Macoto Takahashi
d. 2024
Japanese artist (1934–2024)
Young Dolph
d. 2021
American rapper (1985–2021)
Rahim Moeini Kermanshahi
d. 2015
Iranian poet (1923–2015)
John T. Downey
d. 2014
American judge and CIA officer
Bill Frenzel
d. 2014
American politician (1928–2014)
Ray Sadecki
d. 2014
American baseball player (1940–2014)
Zeke Bella
d. 2013
American baseball player (1930–2013)
Syd Field
d. 2013
American author (1935–2013)
Doris Lessing
d. 2013
British novelist (1919–2013)
Armand Desmet
d. 2012
Belgian cyclist
Lea Gottlieb
d. 2012
Israeli fashion designer and businesswoman
Freddy Schmidt
d. 2012
American baseball player (1916–2012)
Bal Thackeray
d. 2012
Indian cartoonist and politician (1926-2012)
Kurt Budke
d. 2011
American basketball player-coach (1961–2011)
George Stephen Morrison
d. 2008
American admiral (1919–2008)
Pete Newell
d. 2008
American college men's basketball coach
Ferenc Puskás
d. 2006
Hungarian footballer (1927–2006)
Ruth Brown
d. 2006
American singer-songwriter (1928–2006)
Bo Schembechler
d. 2006
American college football player and coach, sports administrator (1929–2006)
Marek Perepeczko
d. 2005
Polish actor
On This Day in History
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2019
The first known case of COVID-19 is traced to a 55-year-old man who had visited a market in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China.
COVID-19
2013
Fifty people are killed when Tatarstan Airlines Flight 363 crashes at Kazan Airport, Russia.
Tatarstan Airlines Flight 363
2013
A rare late-season tornado outbreak strikes the Midwest. Illinois and Indiana are most affected with tornado reports as far north as lower Michigan. In all around six dozen tornadoes touch down in approximately an 11-hour time period, including seven EF3 and two EF4 tornadoes.
Tornado outbreak of November 17, 2013
2012
At least 50 schoolchildren are killed in an accident at a railway crossing near Manfalut, Egypt.
Manfalut train-bus collision
2003
Actor Arnold Schwarzenegger's tenure as the governor of California begins.
Arnold Schwarzenegger
2000
A catastrophic landslide in Log pod Mangartom, Slovenia, kills seven, and causes millions of SIT of damage. It is one of the worst catastrophes in Slovenia in the past 100 years.
Landslide
2000
Alberto Fujimori is removed from office as president of Peru.
Alberto Fujimori
1997
In Luxor, Egypt, 62 people are killed by six Islamic militants outside the Temple of Hatshepsut, known as Luxor massacre.
Luxor
1993
United States House of Representatives passes a resolution to establish the North American Free Trade Agreement.
United States House of Representatives
1993
In Nigeria, General Sani Abacha ousts the government of Ernest Shonekan in a military coup.
Sani Abacha
1990
Fugendake, part of the Mount Unzen volcanic complex, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan, becomes active again and erupts.
Mount Unzen
1989
Cold War: Velvet Revolution 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).
Velvet Revolution
1986
The flight crew of Japan Airlines Flight 1628 are involved in a UFO sighting incident while flying over Alaska.
Japan Air Lines Cargo Flight 1628
1983
The Zapatista Army of National Liberation is founded in Mexico.
Zapatista Army of National Liberation
1973
Watergate scandal: In Orlando, Florida, U.S. President Richard Nixon tells 400 Associated Press managing editors "I am not a crook."
Watergate scandal
1973
The Athens Polytechnic uprising against the military regime ends in a bloodshed in the Greek capital.
Athens Polytechnic uprising
1970
Vietnam War: Lieutenant William Calley goes on trial for the My Lai Massacre.
Vietnam War
1970
Luna programme: The Soviet Union 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 is released by the orbiting Luna 17 spacecraft.
Luna programme
1969
Cold War: Negotiators from the Soviet Union and the United States meet in Helsinki, Finland to begin SALT I negotiations aimed at limiting the number of strategic weapons on both sides.
Cold War
1968
British European Airways introduces the BAC One-Eleven into commercial service.
BAC One-Eleven