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 322nd day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 44 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Sunday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is November 4, 2024 – a Sunday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 1,731,801,600 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 ‘trihectaicosadigon’ day.
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 73 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 4,349 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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November 17 Historical Events
- 1558 –Elizabethan era begins: Queen Mary I of England dies and is succeeded by her half-sister Elizabeth I of England.
- 1820 –Captain Nathaniel Palmer becomes the first American to see Antarctica (the Palmer Peninsula is later named after him).
- 1855 –David Livingstone becomes the first European to see the Victoria Falls in what is now present-day Zambia-Zimbabwe.
- 1922 –The first executions during the Irish Civil War take place when five Irish Republican Army members are sent to the firing squad by the Irish Free State.
- 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.
- 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 to begin SALT I negotiations aimed at limiting the number of strategic weapons on both sides.
- 1970 –Luna program: 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.
- 1990 –Fugendake, part of the Mount Unzen volcanic complex, Nagasaki prefecture, Japan becomes active again and erupts.
Who were born on November 17?
- 1790 –August Ferdinand Möbius, German mathematician (d. 1868)
- 1905 –Queen Astrid of the Belgians (d. 1935)
- 1943 –Lauren Hutton, American actress
- 1959 –Terry Fenwick, English footballer
- 1965 –Amanda Brown, Australian musician (The Go-Betweens) and composer
- 1966 –Ben Allison, American jazz bassist and composer
- 1972 –Kimya Dawson, American singer
- 1974 –Berto Romero, Spanish humorist
- 1975 –Jerome James, American basketball player
- 1982 –Katie Feenstra-Mattera, American basketball player
Who died on November 17?
- 680 –Hilda of Whitby (b. 614)
- 885 –Queen Liutgard of Saxony (b. c. 845)
- 1104 –Nikephoros Melissenos, Byzantine general (b. c. 1045)
- 1780 –Bernardo Bellotto, Italian painter (b. 1720)
- 1808 –David Zeisberger, Moravian missionary (b. 1721)
- 1905 –Adolphe of Luxembourg, (b. 1817)
- 1921 –Pa Chay Vue, Hmong Nationalist
- 1940 –Eric Gill, British sculptor (b. 1882)
- 1995 –Alan Hull, English Rock Musician (Lindisfarne) (b. 1945)
- 2001 –Michael Karoli, German guitarist (b. 1948)
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