November 17

Learn the most interesting events and historical facts that happened throughout history on November 17. From 1900 until now. November 17 is under the sign of Scorpio. Famous birthdays on this day include Sophie Marceau (1966), Rachel McAdams (1978) and Jeff Buckley (1966). Several movies were released around November 17 over the years, such as Toy Story in 1995 directed by John Lasseter and Brief Encounter in 1945 directed by David Lean.
But much more happened on November 17 over the years: find out below

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Holidays

Slovakia - Struggle for Freedom and Democracy Day commemorating the beginning of the Velvet Revolution in 1989.
Life Day
International Students Day
R.C. Saints - Elisabeth of Hungary; Gregory of Tours; Hilda of Whitby; Hugh of Lincoln
Also see November 17 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
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Events

2018 Syrian Civil War: After months of fighting, Syrian government forces retake control of Tulul al-Safa in southern Syria from ISIL. (The New Arab)
2017 Iraqi Civil War (2014–2017): 2017 Western Iraq campaign: The Iraqi Army captures the town of Rawa from the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL). It was the last town held by ISIL in Iraq. (AP)
2016 The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reports a car bomb has killed at least ten people in the city of Azaz, Aleppo Governorate. (Reuters)
2015 Metrojet Flight 9268: Russia's Federal Security Service announces that the plane was destroyed by a bomb. (The Guardian), (Reuters)In a broadcast meeting from The Kremlin, Russian President Vladimir Putin vows retribution to those responsible for last month’s downing of the aircraft. Putin orders the Russian Navy to coordinate military operations in Syria with the French Navy. Russia's Federal Security Service offers a $50 million bounty for the bombers. (Reuters)
2014 After months fending off a takeover bid from Canada's Valeant, the board of U.S. biopharm firm Allergan accepts a $66 billion offer from an Irish white knight, Actavis. (Reuters)
2013 Post-civil war violence in Libya:: Libya's deputy intelligence chief Mustafa Noah is kidnapped outside Tripoli airport. (Reuters)
2012 Suspected insurgents detonate a motorcycle bomb in Mueang Yala District, southern Thailand, killing one person and wounding 20, one day ahead of the United States President Barack Obama’s visit to the country. (Washington Post) (Bangkok Post)
2011 2011 Syrian uprising: Explosions and gunfire are reported in the Syrian capital Damascus. (CNN)
2010 Researchers at CERN trap 38 antihydrogen atoms for a sixth of a second, marking the first time in history that humans have trapped antimatter.
2009 A prominent human rights campaigner for the Western Sahara region, Aminatou Haidar, who is on hunger strike at an airport in the Canary Islands, is to appear in a Spanish court on charges of public disorder. (Reuters) (AFP)
2008 Citigroup will cut 75,000 jobs by early 2009. (BBC News)
2007 War in Afghanistan: Two NATO Canadian soldiers and an interpreter are killed by a roadside bomb in Panjawi, Kandahar province. Three more soldiers are wounded. (BBC)
2006 Sony releases the PlayStation 3 video game system in the USA.
2005 Sri Lankan presidential election, 2005: Sri Lanka holds its presidential election to appoint the fifth executive president. The election was conducted peacefully despite a few minor incidents. Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa defeats former Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe in the election. (Times of India) (Reuters)
2004 Kmart Corp. announces that it is buying Sears, Roebuck and Co. for $11 billion USD and naming the newly merged company Sears Holdings Corporation.
2003 Lord Black of Crossharbour is pushed to resign as chief executive of his media empire, which may be sold.
2002 The UK government has refused to either confirm or deny the putative poison gas attack revealed on November 16, although it is known that three men are currently being held and investigated under the terms of the Terrorism Act 2000.
2001 The animated Justice League cartoon premieres on Cartoon Network in America.
2000 Alberto Fujimori is removed from office as president of Peru. 4,097 children born in us
1998 Voyager 1 overtakes Pioneer 10 as the most distant man-made object from the Solar System, at a distance of 69.419 AU (1.0384910 km).
1997 Mario Lemieux enters NHL Hall of Fame
1996 Present Laughter opens at Walter Kerr Theater, New York City
1994 Sunset Boulevard opens at Minskoff Theater NYC for 977 performances
1993 Grand Night For Singing opens at Criterion Theater NYC for 52 performances
1992 Gypsy Passion opens at Plymouth Theater NYC for 55 performances
1991 Brigadoon closes at New York State Theater NYC after 12 performances
1990 Fugendake, part of the Mount Unzen volcanic complex, Nagasaki prefecture, Japan becomes active again and erupts.
1989 Bret Saberhagen signs record $2,966,667 per year Kansas City Royals contract.
1988 Linda Petursdottir of Iceland, 18, crowned 38th Miss World
1987 George Bell is 1st Blue Jay ever to win the AL MVP
1986 Oh Coward! opens at Helen Hayes Theater NYC for 56 performances
1985 Howard Stern begins broadcasting on 92.3 WXRK FM, New York
1984 Golden State Warriors' player scores 59 points losing to New Jersey Nets 124-110.
1983 La Tragedie de Carmen opens at Beaumont Theater NYC for 187 performances
1982 Dale Murphy wins NL MVP
1981 1st opens at Martin Beck Theater NYC for 37 performances
1980 John Lennon releases Double Fantasy album in the UK
1979 Daniel Okrent sketches out 1st draft rules for Rotisserie Baseball
1978 Gerald Lascelles (under English Princess Mary) weds Elizabeth Colvin
1977 Egyptian President Anwar Sadat formally accepts invitation to visit Israel.
1974 Bonnie Bryant wins Bill Branch LPGA Golf Classic
1973 Greek regime attacks students with tanks, 100s killed
1970 British newspaper Sun puts 1st pinup girl on pg 3 (Stephanie Rahn)
1969 SALT-discussions open in Helsinki Finland
1968 Zorba opens at Imperial Theater NYC for 305 performances
1967 Beatles Ltd and Apple Music Ltd swap names
1966 Leonids meteor shower peaks (150,000+ per hour).
1965 General Meeting of the UN refuses admittance of China PR
1964 British Labour Party installs weapon embargo against South Africa
1963 Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Mary Mills Miss Gulf Coast Golf Invitational
1962 Little Me opens at Lunt-Fontanne Theater NYC for 257 performances
1961 Michael Rockefeller, son of New York Governor and later Vice President Nelson Rockefeller, disappears in the jungles of New Guinea.
1960 New Washington franchise is awarded to Elwood Quesada
1959 Giants slugger Willie McCovey wins NL Rookie of Year
1958 KAII TV channel 7 in Wailuku, HI (NBC) begins broadcasting
1957 WBOY TV channel 12 in Clarksburg, WV (NBC / ABC) begins broadcasting
1956 Syracuse fullback Jim Brown, scores NCAA record of 43 pts (vs. Colgate)
1953 St. Louis Browns officially become the Baltimore Baseball Club Inc
1948 Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi divorces his second wife, the former Princess Fawzia of Egypt.
1947 The U.S. Screen Actors Guild implements an anti-Communist loyalty oath.
1946 Eight British servicemen are killed in Jerusalem by Jewish nationalists.
1945 Girl from Nantucket closes at Adelphi Theater NYC after 12 performances
1940 Green Bay Packers become first NFL team to travel by plane.
1939 German U-boat torpedoes passenger ship
1938 Italy passes their own version of the anti-Jewish Nuremberg laws.
1936 Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy become overnight success on radio
1934 Lyndon B Johnson marries Claudia Alta Taylor
1933 US recognizes USSR, opens trade
1932 German government of von Papen, resigns
1931 Bradman scores 135 NSW vs. South Africa, 128 mins, 15 fours
1930 Musical Sweet & Low with Fanny Brice premieres in New York City
1929 Pascual Ortiz Rubio elected President of Mexico
1928 Boston Garden officially opens
1927 Tornado hits Washington DC.
1922 Turkish Sultan Mehmed VI flees to Malta on British warship
1920 The council of the League of Nations accepts the constitution for the Free City of Danzig.
1918 Social Democratic Party becomes Communistc Party Holland: CPH
1917 Lenin defended temporary removal of freedom of the press
1914 US declares Panama Canal Zone neutral
1911 The Omega Psi Phi fraternity, the first African-American fraternity at an historically black college or university, is founded at Howard University in Washington, D.C.
1904 George Cohans musical Little Johnny Jones, premieres in New York City
1903 The Russian Social Democratic Labor Party splits into two groups; the Bolsheviks (Russian for ''majority'') and Mensheviks (Russian for ''minority'').
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Andrew John Fairclough: Trade union educator, dies at 45.
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