Tukuk-OS📅 November 17
14 events · 12 births · 12 deaths
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What happened on November 17? Below are the notable events chosen by Wikipedia’s editors for this date, followed by celebrated births, deaths and the observances recognised around the world.
Events
- 2013 — An outbreak of 77 confirmed tornadoes occurred in seven U.S. states; it became the largest November tornado outbreak in Illinois and Indiana.
- 2013 — Tatarstan Airlines Flight 363 crashed during an aborted landing at Kazan International Airport, Russia, killing all 50 people on board and leading to the revocation of the airline's operating certificate.
Tatarstan Airlines Flight 363Go-aroundKazan International Airport
- 2009 — Administrators at the University of East Anglia's Climatic Research Unit discovered that their servers had been hacked, and thousands of emails and files on climate change had been stolen.
University of East AngliaClimatic Research UnitClimate change
- 1997 — Sixty-two people were killed by Islamist terrorists outside Deir el-Bahari (temple pictured) in Luxor, one of Egypt's top tourist attractions.
- 1989 — Walt Disney Pictures released The Little Mermaid to theatres, beginning the Disney Renaissance.
Walt Disney PicturesThe Little Mermaid (1989 film)Disney Renaissance
- 1968 — NBC controversially cut away from an American football game between the Oakland Raiders and New York Jets to broadcast Heidi, causing viewers in the Eastern United States to miss the game's dramatic ending.
- 1950 — The 14th Dalai Lama (pictured) assumed full temporal power as ruler of Tibet at the age of 15.
- 1943 — World War II: Australian forces launched an assault on Sattelberg, New Guinea, against Japanese forces, initiating the Battle of Sattelberg.
- 1941 — World War II: Hjalmar Siilasvuo ordered Finnish forces to halt their assault against Soviet forces near Salla, concluding Operation Arctic Fox.
- 1921 — Rioting broke out in Bombay, India, during the visit of Edward, Prince of Wales, leading to at least 58 deaths.
- 1796 — French Revolutionary Wars: French forces won the Battle of Arcole in a manoeuvre to cut the Austrians' line of retreat.
- 1592 — Sigismund III Vasa, who was already King of Poland, succeeded his father John III as King of Sweden.
- 1558 — Elizabeth I became Queen of England and of Ireland, marking the beginning of the Elizabethan era.
- 1292 — John Balliol was chosen to be King of Scots over Robert de Brus.
John BalliolList of Scottish monarchsRobert de Brus, 5th Lord of Annandale
Births
- 2005 — Anna Tanaka, Japanese singer and model
- 2004 — Linda Nosková, Czech tennis player
- 2001 — Kate Douglass, American swimmer
- 2000 — Joanne Züger, Swiss tennis player
- 1999 — Gabi Gonçalves, Brazilian politician
- 1997 — Dragan Bender, Croatian basketball player
- 1997 — Julian Ryerson, Norwegian footballer
- 1997 — Yugyeom, South Korean singer
- 1996 — Minkah Fitzpatrick, American football player
- 1996 — Jamayne Taunoa-Brown, Australian rugby league player
- 1996 — Roope Hintz, Finnish ice hockey player
- 1995 — Elise Mertens, Belgian tennis player
Deaths
- 2024 — Macoto Takahashi, Japanese manga artist (born 1934)
- 2021 — Young Dolph, American rapper (born 1985)
- 2019 — Tuka Rocha, Brazilian race car driver (born 1982)
- 2015 — John Leahy, English lawyer and diplomat, High Commissioner to Australia (born 1928)
John Leahy (diplomat)List of high commissioners of the United Kingdom to Australia
- 2015 — Rahim Moeini Kermanshahi, Iranian poet and songwriter (born 1926)
- 2014 — John T. Downey, American CIA agent and judge (born 1930)
- 2014 — Bill Frenzel, American lieutenant and politician (born 1928)
- 2014 — Ray Sadecki, American baseball player (born 1940)
- 2014 — Patrick Suppes, American psychologist and philosopher (born 1922)
- 2013 — Zeke Bella, American baseball player (born 1930)
- 2013 — Alfred Blake, English colonel and lawyer (born 1915)
- 2013 — Syd Field, American screenwriter and producer (born 1935)
Observances & holidays
- Athens Polytechnic Uprising Remembrance Day (Greece)
- Christian feast days: Acisclus
- Christian feast days: Aignan of Orleans
- Christian feast days: Elizabeth of Hungary
- Christian feast days: Gennadius of Constantinople (Greek Orthodox Church)
- Christian feast days: Gregory of Tours (Roman Catholic Church)
- Christian feast days: Gregory Thaumaturgus
- Christian feast days: Hilda of Whitby
- Christian feast days: Hugh of Lincoln
- Christian feast days: November 17 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
- International Students' Day
- Martyrs' Day (Odisha, India)
- Presidents Day (Marshall Islands)
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