November 17

This article is about the date. For the Marxist group in Greece, see Revolutionary Organization 17 November.

November 17 is the 321st day of the year (322nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 44 days remaining until the end of the year.

Events

• 474 – Emperor Leo II dies after a reign of 10 months. He is succeeded by his father Zeno, who becomes sole ruler of the Byzantine Empire.
• 794 – Japanese Emperor Kammu changes his residence from Nara to Kyoto.
• 1183 – The Battle of Mizushima.
• 1292 – John Balliol becomes King of Scotland.
• 1511 – Spain and England ally against France.
• 1558 – Elizabethan era begins: Queen Mary I of England 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.
• 1659 – The Treaty of the Pyrenees is signed between France and Spain.
• 1777 – Articles of Confederation (United States) are submitted to the states for ratification.
• 1796 – French Revolutionary Wars: Battle of the Bridge of Arcole – French forces defeat the Austrians in Italy.
• 1800 – The United States Congress holds its first session in Washington, D.C.
• 1810 – Sweden declares war on its ally the United Kingdom to begin the Anglo-Swedish War, although no fighting ever takes place.
• 1811 – José Miguel Carrera, Chilean founding father, is sworn in as President of the executive Junta of the government of Chile.
• 1820 – Captain Nathaniel Palmer becomes the first American to see Antarctica (the Palmer Peninsula is later named after him).
• 1831 – Ecuador and Venezuela are separated from Gran Colombia.
• 1839 – Oberto, Giuseppe Verdi's first opera, opens at the Teatro alla Scala in Milan, Italy
• 1855 – David Livingstone becomes the first European to see the Victoria Falls in what is now present-day Zambia-Zimbabwe.
• 1856 – American Old West: On the Sonoita River 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.
• 1863 – American Civil War: Siege of Knoxville 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.
• 1871 – The National Rifle Association is granted a charter by the state of New York.
• 1876 – Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's Slavonic March is given its premiere performance in Moscow, Russia.
• 1878 – First assassination attempt against Umberto I of Italy by anarchist Giovanni Passannante. armed with a dagger. The King survived with a slight wound in an arm. Prime Minister Benedetto Cairoli blocked the aggressor, receiving an injury in a leg.
• 1896 – The Western Pennsylvania Hockey League, which later became the first ice hockey league to openly trade and hire players, began play at Pittsburgh's Schenley Park Casino.
• 1903 – The Russian Social Democratic Labour Party splits into two groups; the Bolsheviks (Russian for "majority") and Mensheviks (Russian for "minority").
• 1911 – Omega Psi Phi Fraternity Incorporated, which is the first black Greek-lettered organization founded at an HBCU, was founded on the campus of Howard University in Washington, D.C.
• 1919 – King George V of the United Kingdom proclaims Armistice Day (later Remembrance Day). The idea is first suggested by Edward George Honey.
• 1922 – Former Ottoman sultan Mehmed VI goes into exile in Italy.
• 1933 – United States recognizes Soviet Union.
• 1939 – Nine Czech students are executed as a response to anti-Nazi demonstrations prompted by the death of Jan Opletal. In addition, all Czech universities are shut down and over 1200 Czech students sent to concentration camps. Since this event, International Students' Day is celebrated in many countries, especially in the Czech Republic.
• 1947 – The Screen Actors Guild implements an anti-Communist loyalty oath.
• 1947 – American scientists John Bardeen and Walter Houser Brattain observe the basic principles of the transistor, a key element for the electronics revolution of the 20th century.
• 1950 – Lhamo Dondrub is officially named the 14th Dalai Lama.
• 1953 – The remaining human inhabitants of the Blasket Islands, Kerry, Ireland are evacuated to the mainland.
• 1957 – Vickers Viscount G-AOHP of British European Airways crashes at Ballerup after the failure of three engines on approach to Copenhagen Airport. The cause is a malfunction of the anti-icing system on the aircraft.
• 1962 – President John F. Kennedy dedicates Washington Dulles International Airport, serving the Washington, D.C., region.
• 1967 – Vietnam War: Acting on optimistic reports that he had been given on November 13, U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson tells the nation that, while much remained to be done, "We are inflicting greater losses than we're taking...We are making progress."
• 1968 – Alexandros Panagoulis is condemned to death for attempting to assassinate Greek dictator Georgios Papadopoulos.
• 1968 – British European Airways introduces the BAC One-Eleven into commercial service.
• 1968 – Viewers of the Raiders–Jets football game in the eastern United States are denied the opportunity to watch its exciting finish when NBC broadcasts Heidi instead, prompting changes to sports broadcasting in the U.S.
• 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.
• 1970 – Vietnam War: Lieutenant William Calley goes on trial for the My Lai Massacre.
• 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.
• 1973 – Watergate scandal: In Orlando, Florida, U.S. President Richard Nixon tells 400 Associated Press managing editors "I am not a crook."
• 1973 – The Athens Polytechnic uprising against the military regime ends in a bloodshed in the Greek capital.
• 1979 – Brisbane Suburban Railway Electrification. The first stage from Ferny Grove to Darra is commissioned.
• 1982 – Duk Koo Kim dies unexpectedly from injuries sustained during a 14-round match against Ray Mancini in Las Vegas, prompting reforms in the sport of boxing.
• 1983 – The Zapatista Army of National Liberation is founded in Mexico.
• 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).
• 1990 – Fugendake, part of the Mount Unzen volcanic complex, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan, becomes active again and erupts.
• 1993 – United States House of Representatives passes resolution to establish the North American Free Trade Agreement after greater authority in trade negotiations was granted to President George Bush in 1991.
• 1993 – In Nigeria, General Sani Abacha ousts the government of Ernest Shonekan in a military coup.
• 1997 – In Luxor, Egypt, 62 people are killed by 6 Islamic militants outside the Temple of Hatshepsut, known as Luxor massacre (The police then kill the assailants).
• 2000 – A catastrophic landslide in Log pod Mangartom, Slovenia, kills 7, and causes millions of SIT of damage. It is one of the worst catastrophes in Slovenia in the past 100 years.
• 2000 – Alberto Fujimori is removed from office as president of Peru.
• 2012 – At least 50 schoolchildren are killed in an accident at a railway crossing near Manfalut, Egypt.

Births

• 9 – Vespasian, Roman emperor (d. 79)
• 1503 – Agnolo di Cosimo, Italian painter (d. 1572)
• 1576 – Roque González de Santa Cruz, Paraguayan missionary (d. 1628)
• 1587 – Joost van den Vondel, Dutch playwright (d. 1679)
• 1612 – Dorgon, Manchu son of Nurhaci (d. 1650)
• 1681 – Pierre François le Courayer, French theologian (d. 1776)
• 1685 – Pierre Gaultier de Varennes, sieur de La Vérendrye, Canadian military officer and explorer (d. 1749)
• 1729 – Maria Antonia Ferdinanda of Spain (d. 1785)
• 1749 – Nicolas Appert, French chef, inventor of canning (d. 1841)
• 1753 – Gotthilf Heinrich Ernst Muhlenberg, American clergyman and botanist (d. 1815)
• 1755 – Louis XVIII of France (d. 1824)
• 1765 – Jacques MacDonald, French marshal (d. 1840)
• 1790 – August Ferdinand Möbius, German mathematician (d. 1868)
• 1793 – Charles Lock Eastlake, English painter (d. 1865)
• 1816 – August Wilhelm Ambros, Austrian composer (d. 1876)
• 1827 – Petko Slaveykov, Bulgarian poet (d. 1895)
• 1835 – Andrew L. Harris, American general and politician, 44th Governor of Ohio (d. 1915)
• 1854 – Hubert Lyautey, French general (d. 1934)
• 1857 – Joseph Babiński, French neurologist (d. 1932)
• 1866 – Voltairine de Cleyre, American author and activist (d. 1912)
• 1868 – Korbinian Brodmann, German neurologist (d. 1918)
• 1877 – Frank Calder, English-Canadian journalist and businessman (d. 1943)
• 1878 – Grace Abbott, American social worker (d. 1939)
• 1878 – Augustus Goessling, American swimmer and water polo player (d. 1963)
• 1886 – Walter Terence Stace, English philosopher (d. 1967)
• 1887 – Bernard Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein, English army officer (d. 1976)
• 1895 – Mikhail Bakhtin, Russian philosopher (d. 1975)
• 1895 – Gregorio López, Mexican journalist, author, and poet (d. 1966)
• 1896 – Lev Vygotsky, Russian psychologist (d. 1934)
• 1897 – Frank Fay, American actor (d. 1961)
• 1899 – Douglas Shearer, Canadian-American sound designer (d. 1971)
• 1901 – Walter Hallstein, German politician and diplomat, 1st President of the European Commission (d. 1982)
• 1901 – Lee Strasberg, Austrian director (d. 1982)
• 1902 – Eugene Wigner, Hungarian physicist and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1995)
• 1904 – Isamu Noguchi, American sculptor (d. 1988)
• 1905 – Mischa Auer, American actor (d. 1967)
• 1905 – Astrid of Sweden (d. 1935)
• 1906 – Soichiro Honda, Japanese engineer and businessman, co-founded the Honda Motor Company (d. 1991)
• 1906 – Rollie Stiles, American baseball player (d. 2007)
• 1907 – Israel Regardie, English occultist and author (d. 1985)
• 1911 – Christian Fouchet, French politician (d. 1974)
• 1916 – Shelby Foote, American historian and author (d. 2005)
• 1920 – Gemini Ganesan,Indian film actor (Tamil Nadu) (d.2002)
• 1920 – Camillo Felgen, Luxembourgian singer-songwriter (d. 2005)
• 1921 – Albert Bertelsen, Danish painter
• 1922 – Stanley Cohen, American biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1923 – Hubertus Brandenburg, Swedish bishop (d. 2009)
• 1923 – Mike Garcia, American baseball player (d. 1986)
• 1923 – Aristides Pereira, Portuguese-Cape Verdean politician, 1st President of Cape Verde (d. 2011)
• 1923 – Bert Sutcliffe, New Zealand cricketer (d. 2001)
• 1924 – Leonid Kogan, Russian violinist (d. 1982)
• 1925 – Jean Faut, American baseball player
• 1925 – Rock Hudson, American actor (d. 1985)
• 1925 – Charles Mackerras,American-Australian conductor (d. 2010)
• 1926 – Robert Brown, American actor
• 1927 – Robert Drasnin, American clarinet player and composer
• 1927 – Fenella Fielding, English actress
• 1928 – Arman, French-American painter and sculptor (d. 2005)
• 1928 – Rance Howard, American actor
• 1929 – Norm Zauchin, American baseball player (d. 1999)
• 1930 – Bob Mathias, American decathlete, actor, and politician (d. 2006)
• 1933 – Orlando Peña, Cuban baseball player
• 1934 – Jim Inhofe, American politician, 32nd Mayor of Tulsa, Oklahoma
• 1935 – Bobby Joe Conrad, American football player
• 1935 – Toni Sailer, Austrian skier (d. 2009)
• 1936 – Dahlia Ravikovitch, Israeli poet (d. 2005)
• 1937 – Peter Cook, English comedian and actor (d. 1995)
• 1938 – Gordon Lightfoot, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1939 – Auberon Waugh, English author (d. 2001)
• 1940 – Luke Kelly, Irish singer and banjo player (The Dubliners) (d. 1984)
• 1940 – Aşık Mahzuni Şerif, Turkish composer, author, and poet (d. 2002)
• 1942 – Bob Gaudio, American singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer (The Four Seasons)
• 1942 – Kang Kek Iew, Cambodian criminal
• 1942 – Martin Scorsese, American director, producer, screenwriter, and actor
• 1942 – István Rosztóczy, Hungarian microbiologist
• 1943 – Lauren Hutton, American actress
• 1944 – Jim Boeheim, American basketball player and coach
• 1944 – Gene Clark, American singer-songwriter (The Byrds, The New Christy Minstrels, and Dillard & Clark) (d. 1991)
• 1944 – Danny DeVito, American actor, director, and producer
• 1944 – Rem Koolhaas, Dutch architect, designed the Seattle Central Library
• 1944 – Lorne Michaels, Israeli-American television producer, created Saturday Night Live
• 1944 – Tom Seaver, American baseball player
• 1945 – Elvin Hayes, American basketball player
• 1945 – Roland Joffé, English-French director
• 1946 – Martin Barre, English guitarist and songwriter (Jethro Tull)
• 1946 – Terry Branstad, American politician, 39th Governor of Iowa
• 1947 – Robert "Stewkey" Antoni American singer and keyboard player (Nazz and Fuse)
• 1947 – Steven E. de Souza, American director, screenwriter, and producer
• 1947 – Inky Mark, Canadian politician
• 1948 – Howard Dean, American physician and politician, 79th Governor of Vermont
• 1948 – East Bay Ray, American guitarist (Dead Kennedys)
• 1949 – John Boehner, American politician
• 1949 – Nguyen Tan Dung, Vietnamese politician, Prime Minister of Vietnam
• 1950 – Tom Walkinshaw, Scottish race car driver (d. 2010)
• 1951 – Butch Davis, American football coach
• 1951 – Dean Paul Martin, American singer, actor, and tennis player (Dino, Desi & Billy) (d. 1987)
• 1951 – Stephen Root, American actor
• 1952 – Ties Kruize, Dutch field hockey player
• 1953 – Babis Tennes, Greek football manager
• 1954 – Chopper Read, Australian author
• 1955 – Yolanda King, American daughter of Martin Luther King, Jr. (d. 2007)
• 1955 – Dennis Maruk, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1955 – Dan Schnurrenberger, American canoe racer
• 1956 – Graham Jones, English psychologist and author
• 1957 – Debbie Thrower, English journalist
• 1958 – Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, American actress and singer
• 1959 – Terry Fenwick, English footballer
• 1959 – William R. Moses, American actor
• 1960 – RuPaul, American drag queen performer, actor, and singer
• 1960 – Michael Hertwig, German footballer
• 1960 – Mandy Yachad, South African cricketer
• 1961 – Robert Stethem, American navy diver (d. 1985)
• 1961 – Pat Toomey, American politician
• 1962 – Dédé Fortin, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist (Les Colocs) (d. 2000)
• 1963 – Randy Black, Canadian drummer (Annihilator and Primal Fear)
• 1963 – Daniel Scott (writer), American writer
• 1964 – Ralph Garman, American actor and radio host
• 1964 – Susan Rice, American diplomat, 27th United States Ambassador to the United Nations
• 1964 – Mitch Williams, American baseball player
• 1965 – Amanda Brown, Australian violinist and composer (The Go-Betweens)
• 1966 – Ben Allison, American bassist and composer
• 1966 – Jeff Buckley, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Gods and Monsters) (d. 1997)
• 1966 – Kate Ceberano, Australian singer-songwriter and actress
• 1966 – Richard Fortus, American guitarist (Guns N' Roses and Love Spit Love)
• 1966 – Daisy Fuentes, Cuban model and actress
• 1966 – Sophie Marceau, French actress
• 1967 – Tab Benoit American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1968 – Sean Miller, American basketball player and coach
• 1969 – Ryōtarō Okiayu, Japanese voice actor
• 1969 – Jean-Michel Saive, Belgian table tennis player
• 1969 – Rebecca Walker, American author
• 1970 – Paul Allender, English guitarist and songwriter (Cradle of Filth and The Blood Divine)
• 1972 – Kimya Dawson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Moldy Peaches)
• 1972 – Joanne Goode, English badminton player
• 1972 – Leonard Roberts, American actor
• 1973 – Andreas Hedlund, Swedish singer-songwriter and producer (Vintersorg, Borknagar, Cronian, Fission, Waterclime, and Otyg)
• 1973 – Eli Marrero, American baseball player
• 1973 – Bernd Schneider, German footballer
• 1973 – Alexei Urmanov, Russian figure skater
• 1974 – Leslie Bibb, American actress
• 1974 – Berto Romero, Spanish comedian and actor
• 1975 – Kinga Baranowska, Polish mountaineer
• 1975 – Roland de Marigny, South African-Italian rugby player
• 1975 – Lord Infamous, American rapper (Three 6 Mafia)
• 1975 – Jerome James, American basketball player
• 1976 – Jacqueline Aguilera, Venezuelan model, Miss World 1995
• 1976 – Brandon Call, American actor
• 1976 – Diane Neal, American actress
• 1977 – Ryk Neethling, South African swimmer
• 1977 – Paul Shepherd, English footballer
• 1978 – Glen Air, Australian rugby player
• 1978 – Zoë Bell, New Zealand actress and stuntwoman
• 1978 – Rachel McAdams, Canadian actress
• 1978 – Reggie Wayne, American football player
• 1979 – Matthew Spring, English footballer
• 1980 – Brad Bradley, American wrestler
• 1980 – Isaac Hanson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Hanson)
• 1980 – Israel Idonije, Nigerian-Canadian football player
• 1980 – Mercedes Martinez, American wrestler
• 1981 – Sarah Harding, English singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress (Girls Aloud)
• 1982 – Lucy Durack, Australian actress and singer
• 1982 – Katie Feenstra-Mattera, American basketball player
• 1982 – Otacílio Mariano Neto, Brazilian footballer
• 1982 – Yusuf Pathan, Indian cricketer
• 1982 – Hollie Smith, New Zealand singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1983 – Yiannis Bourousis, Greek basketball player
• 1983 – Ryan Bradley, American figure skater
• 1983 – Ryan Braun, American baseball player
• 1983 – Trevor Crowe, American baseball player
• 1983 – Harry Lloyd, English actor
• 1983 – Nick Markakis, American baseball player
• 1983 – Scott Moore, American baseball player
• 1983 – Christopher Paolini, American author
• 1984 – Amanda Evora, American figure skater
• 1984 – Park Han-byul, South Korean actress
• 1985 – Panbanisha, American chimpanzee (d. 2012)
• 1986 – Nani, Portuguese footballer
• 1986 – Luis Aguiar, Uruguayan footballer
• 1986 – Fabio Concas, Italian footballer
• 1987 – Craig Noone, English footballer
• 1987 – Gemma Spofforth, English swimmer
• 1990 – Shanica Knowles, American actress and singer
• 1992 – Darian Weiss, American actor
• 1994 – Raquel Castro, American actress and singer

Deaths

• 344 – Emperor Kang of Jin (b. 322)
• 375 – Valentinian I, Roman emperor (b. 321)
• 474 – Leo II, Byzantine emperor (b. 467)
• 594 – Gregory of Tours, Gallo-Roman bishop
• 641 – Emperor Jomei of Japan (b. 593)
• 885 – Liutgard of Saxony (b. 845)
• 1104 – Nikephoros Melissenos, Byzantine general (b. 1045)
• 1231 – Elizabeth of Hungary (b. 1207)
• 1326 – Edmund FitzAlan, 9th Earl of Arundel, English politician (b. 1285)
• 1492 – Jami, Persian poet (b. 1414)
• 1494 – Giovanni Pico della Mirandola, Italian philosopher (b. 1463)
• 1558 – Mary I of England (b. 1516)
• 1558 – Reginald Pole, English archbishop (b. 1500)
• 1562 – Antoine of Navarre (b. 1518)
• 1592 – John III of Sweden (b. 1537)
• 1600 – Kuki Yoshitaka, Japanese navy commander (b. 1542)
• 1632 – Gottfried Heinrich Graf zu Pappenheim, Bavarian field marshal (b. 1594)
• 1643 – Jean-Baptiste Budes, Comte de Guébriant, French marshal (b. 1602)
• 1648 – Thomas Ford, English composer (b. 1580)
• 1665 – John Earle, English bishop (b. 1601)
• 1668 – Joseph Alleine, English pastor and author (b. 1634)
• 1690 – Charles de Sainte-Maure, duc de Montausier, French soldier and politician (b. 1610)
• 1708 – Ludolf Backhuysen, Dutch painter (b. 1631)
• 1713 – Abraham van Riebeeck, South African politician, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies (b. 1653)
• 1720 – Calico Jack, English pirate (b. 1682)
• 1747 – Alain-René Lesage, French author and playwright (b. 1668)
• 1768 – Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle, English politician, Prime Minister of Great Britain (b. 1693)
• 1776 – James Ferguson, English astronomer (b. 1710)
• 1780 – Bernardo Bellotto, Italian painter (b. 1720)
• 1794 – Jacques François Dugommier, French general (b. 1738)
• 1796 – Catherine the Great, Russian wife of Peter III of Russia (b. 1729)
• 1808 – David Zeisberger, Moravian missionary (b. 1721)
• 1818 – Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (b. 1744)
• 1835 – Carle Vernet, French painter (b. 1758)
• 1849 – Prince Alexander of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst (b. 1794)
• 1858 – Robert Owen, Welsh activist (b. 1771)
• 1865 – James McCune Smith, American physician and author (b. 1813)
• 1897 – George Hendric Houghton, American clergyman (b. 1820)
• 1902 – Hugh Price Hughes, Welsh theologian (b. 1847)
• 1905 – Adolphe, Grand Duke of Luxembourg, (b. 1817)
• 1910 – Ralph Johnstone, American pilot (b. 1886)
• 1917 – Auguste Rodin, French sculptor (b. 1840)
• 1922 – Robert Comtesse, Swiss politician (b. 1847)
• 1924 – Gregory VII, Patriarch of Constantinople (b. 1850)
• 1928 – Lala Lajpat Rai, Indian author and politician (b. 1865)
• 1929 – Herman Hollerith, American businessman (b. 1860)
• 1936 – Ernestine Schumann-Heink, Austrian singer (b. 1861)
• 1937 – Jack Worrall, Australian cricketer (b. 1860)
• 1938 – Ante Trumbić, Croatian politician, 20th Mayor of Split (b. 1864)
• 1940 – Eric Gill, English sculptor (b. 1882)
• 1940 – Robert Lane, Canadian soccer player (b. 1882)
• 1940 – Raymond Pearl, American biologist (b. 1879)
• 1947 – Victor Serge, Russian author and historian (b. 1890)
• 1954 – Yitzhak Lamdan, Russian-Israeli poet and columnist (b. 1899)
• 1955 – James P. Johnson, American pianist and composer (b. 1894)
• 1958 – Mort Cooper, American baseball player (b. 1913)
• 1959 – Heitor Villa-Lobos, Brazilian composer (b. 1887)
• 1961 – Michael Rockefeller, American explorer (b. 1938)
• 1968 – Mervyn Peake, English poet, author, and illustrator (b. 1911)
• 1973 – Mirra Alfassa, French-Indian spiritual leader (b. 1878)
• 1976 – Abdul Hamid Khan Bhashani, Bangladeshi politician (b. 1880)
• 1979 – John Glascock, English singer and bass player (Jethro Tull, The Gods, Toe Fat, Carmen, and Chicken Shack) (b. 1951)
• 1982 – Duk Koo Kim, South Korean boxer (b. 1959)
• 1982 – Eduard Tubin, Estonian composer (b. 1905)
• 1986 – Georges Besse, French businessman (b. 1927)
• 1987 – Paul Derringer, American baseball player (b. 1906)
• 1988 – Sheilah Graham Westbrook, English-American columnist (b. 1904)
• 1989 – Costabile Farace, American gangster (b. 1960)
• 1989 – Mary Giatra Lemou, Greek actress (b. 1915)
• 1990 – Robert Hofstadter, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1915)
• 1992 – Audre Lorde, Caribbean-American author, poet, and activist (b. 1934)
• 1993 – Gérard D. Levesque, Canadian politician (b. 1926)
• 1995 – Alan Hull, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (Lindisfarne) (b. 1945)
• 1998 – Kea Bouman, Dutch tennis player (b. 1903)
• 1998 – Esther Rolle, American actress (b. 1920)
• 2000 – Louis Néel, French physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1904)
• 2001 – Michael Karoli, German guitarist and songwriter (Can) (b. 1948)
• 2001 – Harrison A. Williams, N.J. Democrat convicted in Abscam (b. 1919)
• 2002 – Abba Eban, Israeli diplomat and politician, 1st Permanent Representative of Israel to the United Nations (b. 1915)
• 2002 – Frank McCarthy, American painter (b. 1924)
• 2003 – Surjit Bindrakhia, Indian singer (b. 1962)
• 2003 – Arthur Conley, American singer (b. 1946)
• 2003 – Don Gibson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1928)
• 2004 – Mikael Ljungberg, Swedish wrestler (b. 1970)
• 2004 – Alexander Ragulin, Russian ice hockey player (b. 1941)
• 2005 – Marek Perepeczko, Polish actor (b. 1942)
• 2006 – Ruth Brown, American singer-songwriter and actress (b. 1928)
• 2006 – Ferenc Puskás, Hungarian footballer (b. 1927)
• 2006 – Bo Schembechler, American football player and coach (b. 1929)
• 2006 – Flo Sandon's, Italian singer (b. 1924)
• 2008 – George Stephen Morrison, American admiral (b. 1919)
• 2008 – Pete Newell, American basketball coach (b. 1915)
• 2011 – Olin Branstetter, American businessman and politician (b. 1929)
• 2011 – Kurt Budke, American basketball coach (b. 1961)
• 2012 – Ponty Chadha, Indian businessman (b. 1957)
• 2012 – Armand Desmet, Belgian cyclist (b. 1931)
• 2012 – Lea Gottlieb, Israeli fashion designer (b. 1918)
• 2012 – Arnaud Maggs, Canadian photographer (b. 1926)
• 2012 – Freddy Schmidt, American baseball player (b. 1916)
• 2012 – Billy Scott, American singer-songwriter (b. 1942)
• 2012 – Bal Thackeray, Indian politician (b. 1926)
• 2012 – Margaret Yorke, English author (b. 1924)

Holidays and observances

• Christian Feast Day:
  • Acisclus
  • Aignan of Orleans
  • Elisabeth of Hungary
  • Gennadius of Constantinople (Greek Orthodox Church)
  • Gregory of Tours (Roman Catholic Church)
  • Gregory Thaumaturgus
  • Hilda of Whitby
  • Hugh of Lincoln
  • November 17 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

• Earliest day on which National Survivors of Suicide Day can fall, while November 23 is the latest; celebrated on Saturday before Thanksgiving. (United States)
• International Students' Day (International)
• Struggle for Freedom and Democracy Day (Czech Republic and Slovakia)

External links

• BBC: On This Day
• The New York Times: On This Day
• On This Day in Canada

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