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This is a list of selected November 17 anniversaries that appear in the "On this day" section of the Main Page. To suggest a new item, in most cases, you can be bold and edit this page. Please read the selected anniversaries guidelines before making your edit. However, if your addition might be controversial or on a day that is or will soon be on the Main Page, please post your suggestion on the talk page instead.

Please note that the events listed on the Main Page are chosen based more on relative article quality and to maintain a mix of topics, not based solely on how important or significant their subjects are. Only four to five events are posted at a time and thus not everything that is "most important and significant" can be listed. In addition, an event is generally not posted this year if it is also the subject of the scheduled featured article, featured list or picture of the day.

To report an error when this appears on the Main Page, see Main Page errors. Please remember that this list defers to the supporting articles, so it is best to achieve consensus and make any necessary changes there first.

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International Students' Day no footnotes
794 – The Japanese Emperor Kanmu moved his residence from Nara to Kyoto, beginning the Heian period. unreferenced section
1592Sigismund III Vasa, who was already King of Poland, became the King of Sweden succeeding his father John III. Sigismund: unreferenced section; John: refimprove
1969Cold War: Representatives from the Soviet Union and the United States met in Helsinki to begin the SALT I negotiations aimed at limiting the number of strategic weapons on both sides. refimprove
1970 – The Soviet Union's Lunokhod 1 landed on the Moon to become the first roving remote-controlled robot to operate on another celestial body. unreferenced section
1970 – American inventor Douglas Engelbart received the patent for the first computer mouse. refimprove section
1989 – Police quelled a student demonstration in Prague, sparking the Velvet Revolution aimed at overthrowing the Czechoslovakian communist government. Tagged with {{Refimprove}}

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November 17

Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama

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