What are the important events that happened on November 17? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
November 17: Facts & Myths About This Day
November 17 is the 321st day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 44 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Monday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is November 4, 2025 – a Monday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 1,763,337,600 seconds has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘trihectaicosahenagon’ day.
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Scorpio is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Topaz is the modern birthstone for this month. Pearl is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 92 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,714 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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November 17 Historical Events
- 794 –Japanese Emperor Kammu changes his residence from Nara to Kyoto.
- 1777 –Articles of Confederation are submitted to the states for ratification.
- 1796 –Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Arcole – French forces defeat the Austrians in Italy.
- 1858 –Modified Julian Day zero.
- 1922 –Former Ottoman sultan Mehmed VI goes into exile in Italy.
- 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.
- 1970 –Douglas Engelbart receives the patent for the first computer mouse.
- 1982 –Duk Koo Kim dies unexpectedly from injuries sustained during a 14-round match against Ray Mancini in Las Vegas, Nevada, prompting reforms in the sport of boxing.
- 1990 –Fugendake, part of the Mount Unzen volcanic complex, Nagasaki prefecture, Japan becomes active again and erupts.
- 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).
Who were born on November 17?
- 1503 –Agnolo di Cosimo, Italian painter (d. 1572)
- 1793 –Charles Lock Eastlake, British painter (d. 1865)
- 1905 –Queen Astrid of the Belgians (d. 1935)
- 1923 –Aristides Pereira, Cape Verdian politician (d. 2011)
- 1927 –Robert Brown, American actor
- 1934 –Fenella Fielding, English actress
- 1944 –Rem Koolhaas, Dutch architect
- 1949 –Nguyễn Tấn Dũng, Prime Minister of Vietnam
- 1959 –Terry Fenwick, English footballer
- 1960 –RuPaul, American drag entertainer
Who died on November 17?
- 1558 –Mary I of England (b. 1516)
- 1708 –Ludolf Backhuysen, Dutch painter (b. 1631)
- 1713 –Abraham van Riebeeck, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies (b. 1653)
- 1747 –Alain-René Lesage, French writer (b. 1668)
- 1776 –James Ferguson, British astronomer (b. 1710)
- 1940 –Raymond Pearl, American biologist (b. 1879)
- 1942 –Ben Reitman, American anarchist, physician (b. 1879)
- 1955 –James P. Johnson, American pianist and composer (b. 1894)
- 1992 –Audre Lorde, Caribbean-American writer, poet, and activist (b. 1934)
- 1993 –Gérard D. Lévesque, Canadian politician (b. 1926)
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