Editing November 17

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==Events==
===Pre-1600===
* [[887]] &ndash; Emperor [[Charles the Fat]] is deposed by the Frankish [[magnate]]s in an assembly at [[Frankfurt]],<ref>{{cite book|last=Pollard|first=Justin|title=Alfred the Great: The Man Who Made England|location=London|publisher=John Murray|date=2006|isbn=9780719566660|page=271}}</ref> leading his nephew, [[Arnulf of Carinthia]], to declare himself king of the [[East Francia|East Frankish Kingdom]] in late November.<ref>{{cite book|last=Goldberg|first=Eric Joseph|title=Struggle for Empire: Kingship and Conflict Under Louis the German, 817-876|location=Ithaca, N.Y.|publisher=Cornell University Press|date=2009|isbn=9780801475290|page=340|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oyiTg0wgl58C}}</ref>
*[[1183]] &ndash; Genpei War: The [[Battle of Mizushima]] takes place off the Japanese coast, where [[Minamoto no Yoshinaka]]'s invasion force is intercepted and defeated by the [[Taira clan]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Tony Jaques|title=Dictionary of Battles and Sieges: F-O|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Dh6jydKXikoC&pg=PA669|year=2007|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|isbn=978-0-313-33538-9|pages=669}}</ref>
*[[1292]] &ndash; [[John Balliol]] becomes King of Scotland.<ref>{{cite book|author=Sarah Crome|title=Scotland's First War of Independence|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LXX9m4JiKskC&pg=PA34|year=1999|publisher=Sarah Crome|isbn=978-0-9536316-0-5|pages=34}}</ref>
*[[1405]] &ndash; [[Sharif ul-Hāshim of Sulu|Sharif ul-Hāshim]] establishes the [[Sultanate of Sulu]].
*[[1494]] &ndash; French King [[Charles VIII of France|Charles VIII]] [[Italian War of 1494–98|occupies Florence]], Italy.<ref>{{cite book|last=Creighton|first=Mandell|title=A History of the Papacy During the Period of the Reformation. Volume III: The Italian Princes, 1464-1518|location=Boston|publisher=Houghton, Mifflin|date=1887|oclc=655425|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hfdJAAAAMAAJ|page=190|postscript=none}}; {{cite book|last=Weatherford|first=Jack|title=The History of Money: From Sandstone to Cyberspace|location=New York|publisher=Three Rivers Press|date=1997|isbn=9780307556745|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=v8oxCs1eWgsC|page=84|postscript=none}}; {{cite book|last=Thompson|first=Bard|title=Humanists and Reformers: A History of the Renaissance and Reformation|location=Grand Rapids, Mich.|publisher=W.B. Eerdmans|date=1996|isbn=9780802836915|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Hrq9d567398C|page=226}}</ref>
*[[1511]] &ndash; [[Henry VIII of England]] concludes the [[War of the League of Cambrai#Holy League|Treaty of Westminster]], a pledge of mutual aid against the French, with [[Ferdinand II of Aragon]].
*[[1558]] &ndash; [[Elizabethan era]] begins: Queen [[Mary I of England]] dies and is succeeded by her half-sister [[Elizabeth I of England]].

===1601–1900===
*[[1603]] &ndash; English explorer, writer and [[courtier]] Sir [[Walter Raleigh]] goes on trial for [[treason]].
*[[1775]] &ndash; The city of [[Kuopio|Kuopio, Finland]] (belonging to [[Sweden]] at this time) is founded by King [[Gustav III of Sweden]].<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.kuopio.fi/web/information-about-kuopio/history-and-basic-data |title= History and basic data |website= Kuopio in Brief |access-date= 1 October 2023 |publisher= City of Kuopio |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20161104050751/https://www.kuopio.fi/web/information-about-kuopio/history-and-basic-data |archive-date= 4 November 2016 |df= dmy-all }}</ref>
*[[1777]] &ndash; [[Articles of Confederation]] (United States) are submitted to the states for ratification.
*[[1796]] &ndash; [[French Revolutionary Wars]]: [[Battle of the Bridge of Arcole]]: French forces defeat the Austrians in Italy.
*[[1800]] &ndash; The [[United States Congress]] holds its first [[6th United States Congress|session]] in Washington, D.C.
*[[1810]] &ndash; Sweden declares war on its ally the United Kingdom to begin the [[Anglo-Swedish War (1810–12)|Anglo-Swedish War]], although no fighting ever takes place.
*[[1811]] &ndash; [[José Miguel Carrera]], Chilean founding father, is sworn in as President of the executive Junta of the government of [[Chile]].
*[[1820]] &ndash; Captain [[Nathaniel Palmer]] becomes the first American to see Antarctica. (The [[Antarctic Peninsula|Palmer Peninsula]] is later named after him.)
*[[1831]] &ndash; [[Ecuador]] and [[Venezuela]] are separated from [[Gran Colombia]].
*[[1837]] &ndash; [[1837 Valdivia earthquake|An earthquake in Valdivia]], south-central Chile, causes a tsunami that leads to significant destruction along Japan's coast.<ref name=Cisternasetal2018>{{cite journal |last1=Cisternas |first1=M. |last2=Carvajal |first2=M. |last3=Wesson |first3=R. |last4=Ely |first4=L.L.|last5=Gorigoitia |first5=N. |date=2018 |title=Exploring the Historical Earthquakes Preceding the Giant 1960 Chile Earthquake in a Time-Dependent Seismogenic Zone|journal=Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America |volume= 107|issue= 6|pages= 2664–2675|doi=10.1785/0120170103|url=https://digitalcommons.cwu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1125&context=cotsfac }}</ref>
*[[1856]] &ndash; [[American frontier|American Old West]]: On the [[Sonoita Creek|Sonoita River]] in present-day southern [[Arizona]], the United States Army establishes [[Fort Buchanan, Arizona|Fort Buchanan]] in order to help control new land acquired in the [[Gadsden Purchase]].
*[[1858]] &ndash; Modified [[Julian day|Julian Day]] zero.
*  1858   &ndash; The city of [[Denver]], [[Colorado]] is founded.
*[[1863]] &ndash; [[American Civil War]]: [[Siege of Knoxville]] begins: During the [[Knoxville campaign]], [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] forces under General [[James Longstreet]] besiege the city of [[Knoxville, Tennessee]] and its [[Union (American Civil War)|Union]] defenders led by General [[Ambrose Burnside]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Battle of Knoxville|url=https://tennesseeencyclopedia.net/entries/battle-of-knoxville/|author=Groce, W. Todd|website=TennesseeEncyclopedia.net|publisher=Tennessee Historical Society|date=October 8, 2017|access-date=November 17, 2024}}</ref>
*[[1869]] &ndash; In [[Egypt]], the [[Suez Canal]], linking the [[Mediterranean Sea]] with the [[Red Sea]], is inaugurated.
*[[1878]] &ndash; First assassination attempt against [[Umberto I of Italy]] by anarchist [[Giovanni Passannante]], who was armed with a dagger. The King survived with a slight wound in an arm. [[Prime Minister of Italy|Prime Minister]] [[Benedetto Cairoli]] blocked the aggressor, receiving an injury in a leg.
*[[1885]] &ndash; [[Serbo-Bulgarian War]]: The decisive [[Battle of Slivnitsa]] begins.
*[[1894]] &ndash; [[H. H. Holmes]], one of the first modern [[serial killer]]s, is arrested in [[Boston]], Massachusetts.
*[[1896]] &ndash; The [[Western Pennsylvania Hockey League]], which later became the first [[ice hockey]] league to openly trade and hire players, [[1896–97 WPHL season|began play]] at [[Pittsburgh]]'s [[Schenley Park Casino]].

===1901–present===
*[[1903]] &ndash; The [[Russian Social Democratic Labour Party]] splits into two groups: The [[Bolsheviks]] (Russian for "majority") and [[Mensheviks]] (Russian for "minority").
*[[1939]] &ndash; Nine [[Czechs|Czech]] students are executed as a response to anti-[[Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia|Nazi]] demonstrations prompted by the death of [[Jan Opletal]]. All Czech universities are shut down and more than 1,200 students sent to [[concentration camp]]s. Since this event, [[International Students' Day]] is celebrated in many countries, especially in the Czech Republic.
*[[1940]] &ndash; The [[Tartu Art Museum]] is established in [[Tartu]], [[Estonia]].<ref>[https://agenda.ge/en/news/2016/689 Estonia's famous "leaning house" displays Georgian artists' work] – Agenda.ge</ref>
*[[1947]] &ndash; The [[Screen Actors Guild]] implements an anti-[[Communism|Communist]] loyalty oath.
*  1947   &ndash; 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]] &ndash; Lhamo Dondrub is officially named the [[14th Dalai Lama]].
*  1950   &ndash; [[United Nations Security Council Resolution 89]] relating to the Palestine Question is adopted.
*[[1953]] &ndash; The remaining human inhabitants of the [[Blasket Islands]], [[County Kerry]], Ireland, are evacuated to the mainland.
*[[1957]] &ndash; [[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. There are no fatalities.
*[[1962]] &ndash; [[President of the United States|President]] [[John F. Kennedy]] dedicates [[Washington Dulles International Airport]], serving the Washington, D.C., region.
*[[1967]] &ndash; [[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]] &ndash; British European Airways introduces the [[BAC One-Eleven]] into commercial service.
*  1968   &ndash; Viewers of the [[Heidi Game|Raiders–Jets football game]] in the eastern United States are denied the opportunity to watch its exciting finish when [[NBC]] broadcasts ''[[Heidi (1968 film)|Heidi]]'' instead, prompting changes to sports broadcasting in the U.S.
*[[1969]] &ndash; [[Cold War]]: Negotiators from the Soviet Union and the United States meet in [[Helsinki]], Finland to begin [[Strategic Arms Limitation Talks#SALT I Treaty|SALT I]] negotiations aimed at limiting the number of [[Weapon of mass destruction|strategic weapon]]s on both sides.
*[[1970]] &ndash; [[Vietnam War]]: Lieutenant [[William Calley]] goes on trial for the [[My Lai Massacre]].
*  1970   &ndash; [[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]] &ndash; [[Watergate scandal]]: In [[Orlando, Florida]], U.S. President [[Richard Nixon]] tells 400 [[Associated Press]] managing editors "I am not a crook."
*  1973   &ndash; The [[Athens Polytechnic uprising]] against the [[Greek military junta of 1967–74|military regime]] ends in a bloodshed in the Greek capital.
*[[1983]] &ndash; The [[Zapatista Army of National Liberation]] is founded in Mexico.
*[[1986]] &ndash; The flight crew of [[Japan Airlines Flight 1628 incident|Japan Airlines Flight 1628]] are involved in a [[UFO sighting]] incident while flying over Alaska.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Weiss|first=Lawrence D.|title=Unfriendly skies: The extraordinary flight of JAL 1628, Alaska's best known UFO encounter|url=https://www.anchoragepress.com/news/unfriendly-skies-the-extraordinary-flight-of-jal-1628-alaska-s-best-known-ufo-encounter/article_8e2d3270-f9d5-11e9-b9db-7ba9229138ae.html|access-date=2021-09-28|website=The Anchorage Press|date=28 October 2019 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1989]] &ndash; 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]] &ndash; Fugendake, part of the [[Mount Unzen]] volcanic complex, [[Nagasaki Prefecture]], Japan, becomes active again and erupts.
*[[1993]] &ndash; [[United States House of Representatives]] passes a resolution to establish the [[North American Free Trade Agreement]].
*  1993   &ndash; In Nigeria, General [[Sani Abacha]] ousts the government of [[Ernest Shonekan]] in a military coup.
*[[1997]] &ndash; In [[Luxor]], Egypt, 62 people are killed by six [[Islamic terrorism|Islamic militants]] outside the [[Deir el-Bahari|Temple of Hatshepsut]], known as [[Luxor massacre]].
*[[2000]] &ndash; A catastrophic [[landslide]] in [[Log pod Mangartom]], [[Slovenia]], kills seven, and causes millions of [[Slovenian tolar|SIT]] of damage. It is one of the worst catastrophes in Slovenia in the past 100 years.
*  2000   &ndash; [[Alberto Fujimori]] is removed from office as president of [[Peru]].
*[[2003]] &ndash; Actor [[Arnold Schwarzenegger]]'s tenure as the [[governor of California]] began.<ref>[https://www.politico.com/story/2017/11/17/this-day-in-politics-nov-17-2003-244898 Schwarzenegger sworn in as California's governor, Nov. 17, 2003] – ''[[Politico]]''</ref>
*[[2012]] &ndash; At least 50 schoolchildren are killed in [[Manfalut railway accident|an accident]] at a railway crossing near [[Manfalut]], [[Egypt]].
*[[2013]] &ndash; Fifty people are killed when [[Tatarstan Airlines Flight 363]] crashes at Kazan Airport, Russia.
*  2013   &ndash; A rare late-season [[Tornado outbreak of November 17, 2013|tornado outbreak]] strikes the [[Midwest]]. [[Illinois]] and [[Indiana]] are most affected with [[tornado]] reports as far north as lower [[Michigan]]. In all around six dozen tornadoes touch down in approximately an 11-hour time period, including seven EF3 and two EF4 tornadoes.
*[[2019]] &ndash; The first known case of [[COVID-19]] is traced to a 55-year-old man who had visited a market in [[Wuhan, Hubei Province]], China.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Ma |first1=Josephine |title=Coronavirus: China's first confirmed Covid-19 case traced back to November 17 |url=https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/3074991/coronavirus-chinas-first-confirmed-covid-19-case-traced-back |access-date=15 March 2020 |work=South China Morning Post |date=13 March 2020}}</ref>
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==Births==
===Pre-1600===
*[[AD 9]] &ndash; [[Vespasian]], Roman emperor (d. 79)<ref>{{cite book|author=Barbara Levick|title=Vespasian|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ui4lDwAAQBAJ&pg=PR23|date=4 October 2016|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=978-1-3174-8134-8|pages=23–}}</ref>
*[[1019]] &ndash; [[Sima Guang]], Chinese politician (d. 1086)
*[[1412]] &ndash; [[Zanobi Strozzi]], Italian painter (d. 1468)<ref>{{cite book|author1=Laurence B. Kanter|author2=Pia Palladino|author3=Angelico (fra) |title=Fra Angelico |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CSJzInnXf0QC&pg=PA228 |year=2005|publisher=Metropolitan Museum of Art|isbn=978-1-5883-9174-2|pages=228–}}</ref>
*[[1453]] &ndash; [[Alfonso, Prince of Asturias (1453–1468)|Alfonso]], Asturian prince (d. 1468)
*[[1493]] &ndash; [[John Neville, 3rd Baron Latimer]], English politician (d. 1543)
*[[1503]] &ndash; [[Bronzino]], Italian painter (d. 1572)<ref>{{cite book|author1=Alessandro Cecchi|author2=Agnolo Bronzino|title=Bronzino|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0lWUQgAACAAJ|year=1996|publisher=Constable|isbn=978-1-8783-5152-4}}</ref>
*[[1576]] &ndash; [[Roque González de Santa Cruz]], Paraguayan missionary and saint (d. 1628)
*[[1587]] &ndash; [[Joost van den Vondel]], Dutch poet and playwright (d. 1679)<ref>{{cite book|author1=Jan Bloemendal|author2=Frans-Willem Korsten|title=Joost Van Den Vondel (1587-1679): Dutch Playwright in the Golden Age|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_mc0_nllkTEC&pg=PA167|date=25 November 2011|publisher=BRILL|isbn=978-90-0421-753-9|pages=167–}}</ref>
===1601–1900===
*[[1602]] &ndash; [[Agnes of Jesus]], French Catholic nun (d. 1634)
*[[1612]] &ndash; [[Dorgon]], Chinese prince and regent (d. 1650)
*[[1681]] &ndash; [[Pierre François le Courayer]], French theologian and author (d. 1776)
*[[1685]] &ndash; [[Pierre Gaultier de Varennes, sieur de La Vérendrye|Pierre Gaultier de Varennes]], Canadian commander and explorer (d. 1749)
*[[1729]] &ndash; [[Maria Antonia Ferdinanda of Spain|Maria Antonia Ferdinanda]], Sardinian queen consort (d. 1785)<ref>{{cite book | last=Commire | first=Anne | title=Women in World History | volume=10 | place=Detroit | publisher=Gale | year=2000 | isbn=978-0-81030-068-2 | page=[https://archive.org/details/somethingaboutau10anne/page/313 313] | url=https://archive.org/details/somethingaboutau10anne/page/313 }}</ref>
*[[1749]] &ndash; [[Nicolas Appert]], French chef, invented [[canning]] (d. 1841)<ref>{{cite book | last=Featherstone | first=Susan | title=Complete Course in Canning and Related Processes. Volume 3: Processing Procedures for Canned Food Products | place=Amsterdam | publisher=Elsevier | year=2016 | isbn=978-0-8570-9679-1 | page=xxx}}</ref>
*[[1753]] &ndash; [[Gotthilf Heinrich Ernst Muhlenberg]], American pastor and botanist (d. 1815)<ref>{{cite book | last=Kail | first=Jerry | title=Who was who during the American Revolution | place=Philadelphia | publisher=Bobbs-Merrill | year=1976 | isbn=978-0-6725-2216-1 | page=[https://archive.org/details/whowaswhoduringa00kail/page/357 357] | url=https://archive.org/details/whowaswhoduringa00kail/page/357 }}</ref>
*[[1755]] &ndash; [[Louis XVIII of France|Louis XVIII]], king of France (d. 1824)
*[[1765]] &ndash; [[Jacques MacDonald]], French general (d. 1840)
*[[1769]] &ndash; [[Duchess Charlotte Georgine of Mecklenburg-Strelitz|Charlotte Georgine]], duchess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (d. 1818)
*[[1790]] &ndash; [[August Ferdinand Möbius]], German mathematician and astronomer (d. 1868)
*[[1793]] &ndash; [[Charles Lock Eastlake]], English painter, historian, and academic (d. 1865)
*[[1816]] &ndash; [[August Wilhelm Ambros]], Austrian composer and historian (d. 1876)
*[[1827]] &ndash; [[Petko Slaveykov]], Bulgarian journalist and poet (d. 1895)
*[[1835]] &ndash; [[Andrew L. Harris]], American general and politician, 44th [[Governor of Ohio]] (d. 1915)
*[[1854]] &ndash; [[Hubert Lyautey]], French general and politician, [[Minister of Defence (France)|French Minister of War]] (d. 1934)
*[[1857]] &ndash; [[Joseph Babinski]], French neurologist and academic (d. 1932)
*[[1866]] &ndash; [[Voltairine de Cleyre]], American author and activist (d. 1912)<ref>{{cite book | last=Brigati | first=A.J. | title=The Voltairine de Cleyre Reader | place=Oakland | publisher=A.K. Press | year=2004 | isbn=978-1-9025-9387-6| page=iv}}</ref>
*[[1868]] &ndash; [[Korbinian Brodmann]], German neurologist and academic (d. 1918)
*[[1877]] &ndash; [[Frank Calder]], English-Canadian journalist and businessman (d. 1943)
*[[1878]] &ndash; [[Grace Abbott]], American social worker (d. 1939)<ref>{{cite book | last=Ford | first=Lynne E. | title=Encyclopedia of Women and American Politics | place=New York | publisher=Facts of File | year=2008 | isbn=978-0-8160-5491-6 | page=[https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaofwo0000unse_i1x8/page/1 1] | url=https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaofwo0000unse_i1x8/page/1 }}</ref>
*  1878   &ndash; [[Augustus Goessling]], American swimmer and water polo player (d. 1963)
*[[1886]] &ndash; [[Walter Terence Stace]], English-American philosopher, academic, and civil servant (d. 1967)
*[[1887]] &ndash; [[Bernard Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein]], English field marshal (d. 1976)
*[[1891]] &ndash; [[Lester Allen]], American screen, stage, vaudeville, circus actor, and film director (d. 1949)
*[[1895]] &ndash; [[Gregorio López (writer)|Gregorio López]], Mexican journalist, author, and poet (d. 1966)
*[[1896]] &ndash; [[Lev Vygotsky]], Belarusian-Russian psychologist and philosopher (d. 1934)
*[[1897]] &ndash; [[Frank Fay (American actor)|Frank Fay]], American actor, singer, and screenwriter (d. 1961)
*[[1899]] &ndash; [[Douglas Shearer]], Canadian-American engineer (d. 1971)
===1901–present===
*[[1901]] &ndash; [[Walter Hallstein]], German academic and politician, first [[President of the European Commission]] (d. 1982)
*  1901   &ndash; [[Lee Strasberg]], Ukrainian-American actor and director (d. 1982)
*[[1902]] &ndash; [[Eugene Wigner]], Hungarian physicist and mathematician, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 1995)
*[[1904]] &ndash; [[Isamu Noguchi]], American sculptor and architect (d. 1988)
*[[1905]] &ndash; [[Astrid of Sweden]] (d. 1935)<ref>{{cite book | last=Commire |first=Anne | title=Women in World History | volume=2 | place=Detroit | publisher=Gale | year=2000 | isbn=978-0-8103-9777-4 | page=582}}</ref>
*  1905   &ndash; [[Mischa Auer]], Russian-American actor (d. 1967)
*  1905   &ndash; [[Arthur Chipperfield]], Australian cricketer (d. 1987)
*[[1906]] &ndash; [[Soichiro Honda]], Japanese engineer and businessman, co-founded the [[Honda|Honda Motor Company]] (d. 1991)
*  1906   &ndash; [[Rollie Stiles]], American baseball player (d. 2007)
*[[1907]] &ndash; [[Israel Regardie]], English occultist and author (d. 1985)
*[[1911]] &ndash; [[Christian Fouchet]], French lawyer and politician, [[List of Interior Ministers of France|French Minister of the Interior]] (d. 1974)
*[[1916]] &ndash; [[Shelby Foote]], American historian and author (d. 2005)
*[[1917]] &ndash; [[Ruth Aaronson Bari]], American mathematician (d. 2005)<ref>{{cite book | last1=Grinstein | first1=Louise S. | last2=Campbell | first2=Paul J. | title=Women of Mathematics : a Biobibliographic Sourcebook | place=New York | publisher=Greenwood Press | year=1987 | isbn=978-0-3132-4849-8 | page=[https://archive.org/details/womenofmathemati0000unse/page/13 13] | url=https://archive.org/details/womenofmathemati0000unse/page/13 }}</ref>
*[[1919]] &ndash; [[Kim Heungsou]], Korean painter and educator (d. 2014)
*[[1920]] &ndash; [[Camillo Felgen]], Luxembourgian singer-songwriter (d. 2005)
*  1920   &ndash; [[Gemini Ganesan]], Indian actor and director (d. 2002)
*[[1921]] &ndash; [[Albert Bertelsen]], Danish painter and illustrator (d. 2019)
*[[1922]] &ndash; [[Stanley Cohen (biochemist)|Stanley Cohen]], American biochemist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 2020)
*  1922   &ndash; [[Jack Froggatt]], English footballer (d. 1993)
*[[1923]] &ndash; [[Hubertus Brandenburg]], Swedish bishop (d. 2009)
*  1923   &ndash; [[Mike Garcia (baseball, born 1923)|Mike Garcia]], American baseball player (d. 1986)
*  1923   &ndash; [[Aristides Pereira]], Cape Verdean politician, first [[President of Cape Verde]] (d. 2011)
*  1923   &ndash; [[Bert Sutcliffe]], New Zealand cricketer and coach (d. 2001)
*[[1925]] &ndash; [[Jean Faut]], American baseball player and bowler (d. 2023)
*  1925   &ndash; [[Rock Hudson]], American actor (d. 1985)<ref name="UPI">{{cite web |title=Famous birthdays for Nov. 17: Martin Scorsese, Lorne Michaels |url=https://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/2022/11/17/Famous-birthdays-for-Nov-17-Martin-Scorsese-Lorne-Michaels/7751668643622/#:~:text=Famous%20birthdays%20for%20Nov.,%2C%20Lorne%20Michaels%20%2D%20UPI.com |publisher=[[UPI]] |access-date=14 November 2023 |date=17 November 2022}}</ref>
*  1925   &ndash; [[Charles Mackerras]], American-Australian [[oboe]] player and conductor (d. 2010)
*[[1927]] &ndash; [[Robert Drasnin]], American clarinet player and composer (d. 2015)
*  1927   &ndash; [[Fenella Fielding]], English actress (d. 2018)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Coveney |first=Michael |date=2018-09-12 |title=Fenella Fielding obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2018/sep/12/fenella-fielding-obituary |access-date=2024-11-16 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref>
*  1927   &ndash; [[Nicholas Taylor (politician)|Nicholas Taylor]], Canadian geologist, businessman, and politician (d. 2020) <ref>{{cite news |last1=Babych |first1=Stephanie |title='Funny, fearless, deeply committed to making the world a better place': Former Alberta Liberal Party leader and senator Nick Taylor dies at 92 |url=https://calgaryherald.com/news/local-news/funny-fearless-deeply-committed-to-making-the-world-a-better-place-former-alberta-liberal-party-leader-and-senator-nick-taylor-dies-at-92|work=[[Calgary Herald]] |date=October 7, 2020}}</ref>
*[[1928]] &ndash; [[Arman]], French-American painter and sculptor (d. 2005)
*  1928   &ndash; [[Rance Howard]], American actor, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2017)
*  1928   &ndash; [[Colin McDonald (Australian cricketer)|Colin McDonald]], Australian cricketer (d. 2021)
*[[1929]] &ndash; [[Gorō Naya]], Japanese actor and director (d. 2013)
*  1929   &ndash; [[Norm Zauchin]], American baseball player (d. 1999)
*[[1930]] &ndash; [[Bob Mathias]], American decathlete, actor, and politician (d. 2006)
*[[1932]] &ndash; [[Jeremy Black (Royal Navy officer)|Jeremy Black]], English admiral (d. 2015)
*[[1933]] &ndash; [[Dan Osinski]], American baseball player (d. 2013)
*  1933   &ndash; [[Orlando Peña]], Cuban-American baseball player and scout
*[[1934]] &ndash; [[Jim Inhofe]], American soldier and politician, senior senator of Oklahoma (d. 2024)
*  1934   &ndash; [[Anthony King (professor)|Anthony King]], Canadian-English [[Psephology|Psephologist]] and academic (d. 2017)
*  1934   &ndash; [[Terry Rand]], American basketball player (d. 2014)
*[[1935]] &ndash; [[Bobby Joe Conrad]], American football player
*  1935   &ndash; [[Toni Sailer]], Austrian skier and actor (d. 2009)
*1935 – [[Masatoshi Sakai]], Japanese record producer (d. 2021)<ref>[https://news.1242.com/article/107044 11/17は日本歌謡史の流れを変えた名ディレクター・酒井政利の誕生日【大人のMusic Calendar】]. News Online. Nippon Broadcasting System. 17 November 2016.</ref><ref>[https://hochi.news/articles/20210719-OHT1T51066.html?page=1 音楽プロデューサー・酒井政利さん、死去 85歳]. Sports Hochi. 19 July 2021.</ref>
*[[1936]] &ndash; [[Crispian Hollis]], English Roman Catholic bishop
*[[1937]] &ndash; [[Peter Cook]], English comedian, actor, and screenwriter (d. 1995)
*[[1938]] &ndash; [[Charles Guthrie, Baron Guthrie of Craigiebank]], Scottish general
*  1938   &ndash; [[Gordon Lightfoot]], Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2023)<ref>{{Cite news |date=May 1, 2023 |title=Canadian folk music icon Gordon Lightfoot dead at 84 |work=CBC News |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/gordon-lightfoot-dead-1.6828991 |access-date=May 1, 2023}}</ref>
*[[1939]] &ndash; [[Auberon Waugh]], English journalist and author (d. 2001)
*[[1940]] &ndash; [[Luke Kelly]], Irish singer, [[folk music]]ian and actor (d. 1984)<ref name="Irish Central">{{cite web|url= https://www.irishcentral.com/culture/entertainment/remembering-luke-kelly-the-dubliners-songs | publisher = Irish Central |title = Remembering The Dubliners' Luke Kelly with his most loved songs | access-date= 3 March 2019 |quote = "''Remembering The Dubliners' Luke Kelly with his most loved songs''"}}</ref>
*[[1942]] &ndash; [[Derek Clayton]], English-Australian runner
*  1942   &ndash; [[Partha Dasgupta]], Bangladeshi economist and academic
*  1942   &ndash; [[Bob Gaudio]], American singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer 
*  1942   &ndash; [[Lesley Rees]], English endocrinologist and academic
*  1942   &ndash; [[István Rosztóczy]], Hungarian-Japanese microbiologist and physician (d. 1993)
*  1942   &ndash; [[Martin Scorsese]], American director, producer, screenwriter, and actor<ref name="AP">{{cite web |last1=Rose |first1=Mike |title=Today's famous birthdays list for November 17, 2022 includes celebrities Rachel McAdams, Martin Scorsese |url=https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2022/11/todays-famous-birthdays-list-for-november-17-2022-includes-celebrities-rachel-mcadams-martin-scorsese.html |website=[[The Plain Dealer]] |publisher=[[Associated Press]] |access-date=14 November 2023 |date=17 November 2022}}</ref>
*[[1943]] &ndash; [[Lauren Hutton]], American model and actress<ref name="AP"></ref> 
*[[1944]] &ndash; [[Jim Boeheim]], American basketball player and coach<ref name="UPI"></ref>
*  1944   &ndash; [[Malcolm Bruce]], English-Scottish journalist, academic, and politician
*  1944   &ndash; [[Gene Clark]], American singer-songwriter and musician (d. 1991) 
*  1944   &ndash; [[Danny DeVito]], American actor, director, and producer<ref name="AP"></ref>
*  1944   &ndash; [[Rem Koolhaas]], Dutch architect and academic, designed the [[Seattle Central Library]]
*  1944   &ndash; [[Lorne Michaels]], Canadian-American screenwriter and producer, created ''[[Saturday Night Live]]''<ref name="AP"></ref>
*  1944   &ndash; [[Tom Seaver]], American baseball pitcher (d. 2020)<ref name="UPI"></ref>
*  1944   &ndash; [[Sammy Younge Jr.]], American civil rights activist (d. 1966)
*[[1945]] &ndash; [[Lesley Abdela]], English journalist and activist<ref>{{Cite web |title=Abdela, Lesley Julia, (born 17 Nov. 1945), journalist and broadcaster, since 1986; Chief Executive: Project Parity, 1996–99; Project Parity Partnerships for Peace, since 2005; Senior Partner: Eyecatcher Associates, since 1986; Shevolution, since 1998; specialist in post-conflict reconstruction, since 1999 |url=https://www.ukwhoswho.com/display/10.1093/ww/9780199540884.001.0001/ww-9780199540884-e-4902 |access-date=2024-11-16 |website=WHO'S WHO & WHO WAS WHO |language=en |doi=10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U4902 }}</ref>
*  1945   &ndash; [[Jeremy Hanley]], English accountant and politician, [[Minister of State for Foreign Affairs (United Kingdom)|British Minister of State for Foreign Affairs]]
*  1945   &ndash; [[Elvin Hayes]], American basketball player and sportscaster
*  1945   &ndash; [[Roland Joffé]], English-French director, producer, and screenwriter
*  1945   &ndash; [[Abdelmadjid Tebboune]], Algerian politician, 8th [[President of Algeria]]<ref name="UPI"></ref>
*[[1946]] &ndash; [[Martin Barre]], English guitarist and songwriter 
*  1946   &ndash; [[Terry Branstad]], American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 39th [[Governor of Iowa]]
*  1946   &ndash; [[Petra Burka]], Dutch-Canadian figure skater and coach<ref>{{Cite web |date=2013-05-12 |title=Petra Burka |url=http://www.jewishsports.net/BioPages/Petra-Burka.htm |access-date=2024-11-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130512114318/http://www.jewishsports.net/BioPages/Petra-Burka.htm |archive-date=12 May 2013 }}</ref>
*[[1947]] &ndash; [[Rod Clements]], British singer-songwriter, guitarist, and multi-instrumentalist
*[[1948]] &ndash; [[Howard Dean]], American physician and politician, 79th [[Governor of Vermont]]
*  1948   &ndash; [[East Bay Ray]], American guitarist
*  1948   &ndash; [[Howard Fineman]], American journalist and television commentator (d. 2024)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2024/06/12/howard-fineman-newsweek-dead/|title=Howard Fineman, political correspondent with analytical eye, dies at 75|first=Emily|last=Langer|newspaper=Washington Post|date=June 12, 2024|accessdate=June 12, 2024|archive-date=June 12, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240612185412/https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2024/06/12/howard-fineman-newsweek-dead/|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1949]] &ndash; [[John Boehner]], American businessman and politician, 53rd [[Speaker of the United States House of Representatives]]<ref name="UPI"></ref>
*  1949   &ndash; [[Nguyễn Tấn Dũng]], Vietnamese soldier and politician, eighth [[List of Prime Ministers of Vietnam|Prime Minister of Vietnam]]
*  1949   &ndash; [[Michael Wenden]], Australian swimmer
*[[1950]] &ndash; [[Roland Matthes]], German swimmer (d. 2019)
*[[1951]] &ndash; [[Butch Davis]], American football player and coach
*  1951 &ndash; [[Werner Hoyer]], German economist and politician
*  1951 &ndash; [[Dean Paul Martin]], American singer, actor, and pilot (d. 1987)
*  1951 &ndash; [[Stephen Root]], American actor<ref name="AP"></ref>
*  1951 &ndash; [[Jack Vettriano]], Scottish painter and philanthropist (d. 2025)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Deb |first=Sopan |date=March 3, 2025 |title=Jack Vettriano, 'Singing Butler' Painter, Dies at 73 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/03/arts/jack-vettriano-dead-the-singing-butler.html |access-date=March 6, 2025 |work=[[The New York Times]] |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
*[[1952]] &ndash; [[David Emanuel (fashion designer)|David Emanuel]], Welsh fashion designer
*  1952   &ndash; [[Ties Kruize]], Dutch field hockey player
*  1952   &ndash; [[Runa Laila]], Bangladeshi singer
*  1952   &ndash; [[Cyril Ramaphosa]], South African businessman and politician, fifth [[President of South Africa]]
*[[1953]] &ndash; [[Babis Tennes]], Greek footballer and manager
*[[1954]] &ndash; [[Chopper Read]], Australian criminal and author (d. 2013)
*[[1955]] &ndash; [[Peter Cox (musician)|Peter Cox]], English singer-songwriter
*  1955   &ndash; [[Yolanda King]], American actress and activist (d. 2007)<ref>{{cite book | last=Smith | first=Jessie Carnie | title=Notable Black American Women | place=New York | publisher=Gale Research | year=1996 | isbn=9780810391772 | page=383 | url=https://archive.org/details/notableblackamer00jess }}</ref>
*  1955   &ndash; [[Dennis Maruk]], [[Ukrainian-Canadian]] ice hockey player
*[[1956]] &ndash; [[Angelika Machinek]], German glider pilot (d. 2006)<ref name=probst11>{{cite book|last=Probst|first=Ernst|title=Angelika Machinek – Eine Segelfliegerin der Weltklasse|trans-title=Angelika Machinek – A World Class Glider Pilot|place=Munich|publisher=Grin-Verl|year=2010|language=de|isbn=978-3-6407-3630-0|page=11}}</ref>
*  1956   &ndash; [[Jim McGovern (British politician)|Jim McGovern]], Scottish politician
*[[1957]] &ndash; [[Jim Babjak]], American guitarist and songwriter
*[[1958]] &ndash; [[Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio]], American actress and singer<ref name="AP"></ref>
*[[1959]] &ndash; [[Terry Fenwick]], English footballer and manager
*  1959   &ndash; [[William R. Moses]], American actor and producer<ref name="AP"></ref>
*  1959   &ndash; [[Jaanus Tamkivi]], Estonian politician
*[[1960]] &ndash; [[Michael Hertwig]], German footballer and manager
*  1960   &ndash; [[Jonathan Ross]], English actor and talk show host
*  1960   &ndash; [[RuPaul]], American [[drag queen]] performer, actor, and singer<ref name="AP"></ref>
*  1960   &ndash; [[Steve Stipanovich]], American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Steve Stipanovich |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/78257/career |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=14 November 2023}}</ref>
*[[1961]] &ndash; [[Robert Stethem]], American soldier (d. 1985)
*  1961   &ndash; [[Pat Toomey]], American businessman and politician
*[[1962]] &ndash; [[Dédé Fortin]], Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2000)
*[[1963]] &ndash; [[Adrian Branch]], American basketball player and sportscaster<ref>{{cite web |title=Adrian Branch |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/76237/career |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=14 November 2023}}</ref>
*  1963   &ndash; [[Daniel Scott (writer)|Daniel Scott]], American novelist and short story writer
*  1963   &ndash; [[Dylan Walsh]], American actor<ref name="AP"></ref>
*[[1964]] &ndash; [[Susan Rice]], American academic and politician, 24th [[National Security Advisor (United States)|United States National Security Advisor]]<ref name="UPI"></ref>
*  1964   &ndash; [[Mitch Williams]], American baseball player and sportscaster
*[[1965]] &ndash; [[Darren Beadman]], Australian jockey
* 1965 &ndash; [[Pam Bondi]], American politician and attorney, 87th U.S. Attorney General<ref>https://www.cnn.com/politics/pam-bondi-fast-facts/index.html</ref>
*  1965   &ndash; [[Amanda Brown (musician)|Amanda Brown]], Australian violinist and composer 
*[[1966]] &ndash; [[Ben Allison]], American bassist and composer
*  1966   &ndash; [[Jeff Buckley]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1997)<ref name="UPI"></ref>
*  1966   &ndash; [[Kate Ceberano]], Australian singer-songwriter and actress 
*  1966   &ndash; [[Richard Fortus]], American guitarist, songwriter, and producer 
*  1966   &ndash; [[Daisy Fuentes]], Cuban-American model and actress<ref name="AP"></ref>
*  1966   &ndash; [[Sophie Marceau]], French actress, director, and screenwriter<ref name="AP"></ref>
*  1966   &ndash; [[Alvin Patrimonio]], Filipino basketball player and manager
*[[1967]] &ndash; [[Tab Benoit]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist
*  1967   &ndash; [[Ronnie DeVoe]], American singer, producer, and actor<ref name="AP"></ref> 
*[[1968]] &ndash; [[Sean Miller]], American basketball player and coach
*[[1969]] &ndash; [[Ryōtarō Okiayu]], Japanese voice actor and singer
*  1969   &ndash; [[Jean-Michel Saive]], Belgian table tennis player
*  1969   &ndash; [[Rebecca Walker]], American author
*[[1970]] &ndash; [[Paul Allender]], English guitarist and songwriter 
*  1970   &ndash; [[Tania Zaetta]], Australian actress
*[[1971]] &ndash; [[David Ramsey]], American actor<ref name="AP"></ref>
*  1971   &ndash; [[Tonje Sagstuen]], Norwegian handball player, journalist, newspaper editor, and gambling executive<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|title=Tonje Sagstuen |first1=Thomas |last1=Aune |first2=Olav |last2=Garvik |encyclopedia=[[Store norske leksikon]] |date=24 January 2023 |editor-last=Bolstad | editor-first=Erik |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=https://snl.no/Tonje_Sagstuen |language=no|access-date=21 March 2024}}</ref>
*[[1972]] &ndash; [[Kimya Dawson]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist 
*  1972   &ndash; [[Joanne Goode]], English badminton player
*  1972   &ndash; [[Lorraine Pascale]], English model and chef
*  1972   &ndash; [[Leonard Roberts]], American actor
*[[1973]] &ndash; [[Andreas Hedlund]], Swedish singer-songwriter and producer
*  1973   &ndash; [[Eli Marrero]], Cuban baseball player, coach, and manager
*  1973   &ndash; [[Bernd Schneider (footballer)|Bernd Schneider]], German footballer
*  1973   &ndash; [[Alexei Urmanov]], Russian figure skater and coach
*[[1974]] &ndash; [[Eunice Barber]], Sierra Leonean-French heptathlete and long jumper
*  1974   &ndash; [[Leslie Bibb]], American actress and producer
*  1974   &ndash; [[Berto Romero]], Spanish comedian and actor
*[[1975]] &ndash; [[Kinga Baranowska]], Polish mountaineer
*  1975   &ndash; [[Lee Carseldine]], Australian cricketer
*  1975   &ndash; [[Jerome James]], American basketball player
*[[1976]] &ndash; [[Brandon Call]], American actor<ref name="AP"></ref>
*  1976   &ndash; [[Diane Neal]], American actress and director<ref>{{cite web|title = Big D|website = DianeNeal.com  |access-date = 26 December 2015|url = http://www.dianeneal.com/Diane_Neal/About_Me.html|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090603044949/http://www.dianeneal.com/Diane_Neal/About_Me.html|archive-date = June 3, 2009|url-status = unfit}}</ref>
*[[1977]] &ndash; [[Ryk Neethling]], South African swimmer
*[[1978]] &ndash; [[Glen Air]], Australian rugby league player
*  1978   &ndash; [[Zoë Bell]], New Zealand actress and stuntwoman
*  1978   &ndash; [[Tom Ellis (actor)|Tom Ellis]], Welsh actor<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-11-17|title=Today is the Birthday of Lucifer's Tom Ellis – News|url=https://tvserieswelove.com/today-is-the-birthday-of-lucifers-tom-ellis/|access-date=2021-07-16|language=en-US}}</ref>
*  1978   &ndash; [[Rachel McAdams]], Canadian actress<ref name="AP"></ref>
*  1978   &ndash; [[Reggie Wayne]], American football player
*[[1979]] &ndash; [[Matthew Spring]], English footballer
*[[1980]] &ndash; [[Jay Bradley]], American wrestler
*[[1981]] &ndash; [[Sarah Harding]], English singer, dancer, and actress (d. 2021)<ref>{{cite web |title=Girls Aloud star Sarah Harding dies aged 39 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-58456170 |website=BBC News |access-date=5 September 2021 |date=5 September 2021}}</ref>
*  1981   &ndash; [[Doug Walker (comedian)|Doug Walker]], American actor, comedian, film critic, internet personality, and filmmaker
*[[1982]] &ndash; [[Katie Feenstra-Mattera]], American basketball player<ref>[http://www.wnba.com/playerfile/katie_feenstra/bio.html?nav=page WNBA Profile] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929124402/http://www.wnba.com/playerfile/katie_feenstra/bio.html?nav=page |date=2007-09-29 }}</ref>
*  1982   &ndash; [[Yusuf Pathan]], Indian cricketer
*  1982   &ndash; [[Hollie Smith]], New Zealand singer-songwriter and guitarist
*[[1983]] &ndash; [[Viva Bianca]], Australian actress, producer, and screenwriter
*  1983   &ndash; [[Ioannis Bourousis]], Greek basketball player
*  1983   &ndash; [[Ryan Bradley]], American figure skater
*  1983   &ndash; [[Ryan Braun]], American baseball player
*  1983   &ndash; [[Trevor Crowe]], American baseball player
*  1983   &ndash; [[Jodie Henry]], Australian swimmer
*  1983   &ndash; [[Harry Lloyd]], English actor, producer, and screenwriter
*  1983   &ndash; [[Nick Markakis]], American baseball player
*  1983   &ndash; [[Scott Moore (baseball)|Scott Moore]], American baseball player
*  1983   &ndash; [[Christopher Paolini]], American author<ref name="UPI"></ref>
*[[1984]] &ndash; [[Amanda Evora]], American figure skater
*  1984   &ndash; [[Park Han-byul]], South Korean model and actress
*[[1985]] &ndash; [[Luis Aguiar]], Uruguayan footballer
*  1985   &ndash; [[Sékou Camara (footballer, born 1985)|Sékou Camara]], Malian footballer (d. 2013)
*  1985   &ndash; [[Carolina Neurath]], Swedish journalist
*[[1986]] &ndash; [[Everth Cabrera]], Nicaraguan baseball player
*  1986   &ndash; [[Fabio Concas]], Italian footballer
*  1986   &ndash; [[Aaron Finch]], Australian cricketer<ref>{{cite web |title=Aaron Finch |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/5334.html |work=espncricinfo.com |publisher=[[ESPN Cricinfo]] |access-date=18 January 2014}}</ref>
*  1986   &ndash; [[Nani (footballer)|Nani]], Portuguese footballer
*  1986   &ndash; [[Greg Rutherford]], English long jumper
*[[1987]] &ndash; [[Justine Michelle Cain]], English actress
*  1987   &ndash; [[Craig Noone]], English footballer
*  1987   &ndash; [[Gemma Spofforth]], English swimmer<ref>{{Cite web |title=Gemma Spofforth {{!}} Team GB |url=https://www.teamgb.com/athlete/gemma-spofforth/6OS090ZijKMLkytW59ZOxI |access-date=2024-11-17 |website=www.teamgb.com |language=en-gb}}</ref>
*[[1988]] &ndash; [[Justin Cooper (actor)|Justin Cooper]], American actor<ref name="AP"></ref>
*[[1989]] &ndash; [[Ryan Griffin (quarterback)|Ryan Griffin]], American football player
*  1989   &ndash; [[Seth Lugo]], American baseball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Seth Lugo |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/seth-lugo-607625 |publisher=[[Major League Baseball]] |access-date=14 November 2023}}</ref>
*  1989   &ndash; [[Roman Zozulya]], Ukrainian footballer
*[[1990]] &ndash; [[Elías Díaz]], Venezuelan baseball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Elias Díaz |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/elias-diaz-553869 |publisher=[[Major League Baseball]] |access-date=14 November 2023}}</ref>
*[[1992]] &ndash; [[Damiris Dantas]], Brazilian basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Damiris Dantas |url=https://www.wnba.com/player/203024/damiris-dantas |publisher=[[WNBA]] |access-date=14 November 2023}}</ref>
*  1992   &ndash; [[Katarzyna Kawa]], Polish tennis player<ref>{{Cite web |title=Katarzyna Kawa {{!}} Player Stats & More – WTA Official |url=https://www.wtatennis.com/players/315806/katarzyna-kawa |access-date=2022-10-19 |website=Women's Tennis Association |language=en}}</ref>
*  1992   &ndash; [[Danielle Kettlewell]], Australian synchronised swimmer
*[[1993]] &ndash; [[Taylor Gold]], American snowboarder
*[[1994]] &ndash; [[Raquel Castro]], American actress and singer<ref name="AP"></ref>
* 1994 &ndash; [[Rose Ayling-Ellis]], British actress<ref>{{Cite web |title=Rose Ayling-Ellis discovers her ancestor lost his hand in a railway accident on Who Do You Think You Are? |url=https://www.whodoyouthinkyouaremagazine.com/tv-series/episodes/rose-ayling-ellis-who-do-you-think-you-are |access-date=2024-11-17 |website=www.whodoyouthinkyouaremagazine.com |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1995]] &ndash; [[Elise Mertens]], Belgian tennis player<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wtatennis.com/players/317964/elise-mertens|title=WTAtennis.com Profile: Elise Mertens|publisher=[[Women's Tennis Association]]|access-date=16 October 2022}}</ref>
*  1995   &ndash; [[Panashe Muzambe]], Scottish rugby union player<ref>{{cite web |title=Panashe Muzambe |url=https://www.scottishrugby.org/squads/scotland-women/panashe-muzambe |website=Scottish Rugby Union |access-date=28 August 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1996]] &ndash; [[Minkah Fitzpatrick]], American football player<ref>{{cite web |title=Minkah Fitzpatrick |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/3925345/minkah-fitzpatrick |publisher=[[ESPN]] |access-date=14 November 2023}}</ref>
*  1996   &ndash; [[Jamayne Taunoa-Brown]], Australian rugby league player<ref>[https://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/jamayne-taunoa-brown/summary.html Rugby League Project]</ref>
*[[1997]] &ndash; [[Dragan Bender]], Croatian basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Dragan Bender |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/1627733/career |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=14 November 2023}}</ref>
* 1997 &ndash; [[Julian Ryerson]], Norwegian footballer<ref>{{cite web| title=Julian Ryerson |url=https://www.bundesliga.com/en/bundesliga/player/julian-ryerson |publisher=[[Bundesliga]] |access-date= 17 November 2023}}</ref>
*  1997   &ndash; [[Yugyeom]], South Korean singer<ref>{{cite web|title='AOMG行' 갓세븐 유겸, 11일·17일 연이어 신곡 발표(공식)|url=https://m.newsen.com/news_view.php?uid=202106070652382410|work=뉴스엔|date=7 June 2021|access-date=27 February 2025|language=ko}}</ref>
*[[2000]] &ndash; [[Joanne Züger]], Swiss tennis player<ref>{{Cite web |title=Joanne Zuger {{!}} Player Stats & More – WTA Official |url=https://www.wtatennis.com/players/324411/joanne-zuger |access-date=2022-10-18 |website=Women's Tennis Association |language=en}}</ref>
*[[2004]] &ndash; [[Linda Nosková]], Czech tennis player<ref>{{Cite web |title=Linda Noskova {{!}} Player Stats & More – WTA Official |url=https://www.wtatennis.com/players/329668/linda-noskova |access-date=2022-10-17 |website=Women's Tennis Association |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Linda Nosková – Player Profile – Tennis |url=https://www.eurosport.co.uk/tennis/linda-noskova_prs553802/person.shtml |access-date=2022-10-18 |website=Eurosport UK |language=en}}</ref>
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==Deaths==
===Pre-1600===
* [[375]] &ndash; [[Valentinian I]], Roman emperor (b. 321)<ref>{{cite book|author1=H. E. L. Mellersh|author2=Neville Williams|title=Chronology of World History|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PCcOAQAAMAAJ|year=1999|publisher=ABC-CLIO|isbn=978-1-57607-155-7|page=201}}</ref>
* [[594]] &ndash; [[Gregory of Tours]], Roman bishop and saint (b. 538)<ref>{{cite book|author1=Frank Northen Magill|author2=Alison Aves|title=Dictionary of World Biography: The Middle Ages|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CurSh3Sh_KMC&pg=PA403|year=1998|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-57958-041-4|pages=403}}</ref>
* [[641]] &ndash; [[Emperor Jomei]] of Japan (b. 593)
* [[885]] &ndash; [[Liutgard of Saxony (died 885)|Liutgard of Saxony]] (b. 845)
* [[935]] &ndash; [[Empress Chen Jinfeng|Chen Jinfeng]], empress of [[Min (Ten Kingdoms)|Min]] (b. 893)
*   935   &ndash; [[Wang Yanjun]], emperor of Min ([[Ten Kingdoms]])
*[[1104]] &ndash; [[Nikephoros Melissenos]], Byzantine general (b. 1045)
*[[1188]] &ndash; [[Usama ibn Munqidh]], Arab chronicler (b. 1095)
*[[1231]] &ndash; [[Elizabeth of Hungary]] (b. 1207)<ref>{{cite book | last=Finlay | first=Mitch | title=The Patron Saints Handbook | place=Ijamsville | publisher=Word Among Us Press | year=2010 | isbn=978-1-5932-5169-7 | page=12}}</ref>
*[[1307]] &ndash; [[Hethum II, King of Armenia]] (b. 1266)
*  1307   &ndash; [[Leo III, King of Armenia]] (b. 1289)
*[[1326]] &ndash; [[Edmund FitzAlan, 9th Earl of Arundel]], English politician (b. 1285)
*[[1417]] &ndash; [[Gazi Evrenos]], Ottoman general (b. 1288)
*[[1492]] &ndash; [[Jami]], Persian poet and saint (b. 1414)
*[[1494]] &ndash; [[Giovanni Pico della Mirandola]], Italian philosopher and author (b. 1463)
*[[1525]] &ndash; [[Eleanor of Viseu]], queen of [[João II of Portugal]] (b. 1458)
*[[1558]] &ndash; [[Mary I of England]] (b. 1516)
*  1558   &ndash; [[Reginald Pole]], English cardinal and academic (b. 1500)
*  1558   &ndash; [[Hugh Aston]], English composer (b. 1485)
*[[1562]] &ndash; [[Antoine of Navarre]] (b. 1518)
*[[1592]] &ndash; [[John III of Sweden]] (b. 1537)
*[[1600]] &ndash; [[Kuki Yoshitaka]], Japanese commander (b. 1542)
===1601–1900===
*[[1624]] &ndash; [[Jakob Böhme]], [[German mystic]] (b. 1575)
*[[1632]] &ndash; [[Gottfried Heinrich Graf zu Pappenheim]], Bavarian field marshal (b. 1594)
*[[1643]] &ndash; [[Jean-Baptiste Budes, Comte de Guébriant]], French general (b. 1602)
*[[1648]] &ndash; [[Thomas Ford (composer)|Thomas Ford]], English viol player, composer, and poet (b. 1580)
*[[1665]] &ndash; [[John Earle (bishop)|John Earle]], English bishop (b. 1601)
*[[1668]] &ndash; [[Joseph Alleine]], English pastor and author (b. 1634)
*[[1690]] &ndash; [[Charles de Sainte-Maure, duc de Montausier]], French general and politician (b. 1610)
*[[1708]] &ndash; [[Ludolf Bakhuizen]], German-Dutch painter (b. 1631)
*[[1713]] &ndash; [[Abraham van Riebeeck]], South African-Indonesian merchant and politician, [[Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies]] (b. 1653)
*[[1747]] &ndash; [[Alain-René Lesage]], French author and playwright (b. 1668)
*[[1768]] &ndash; [[Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle]], English lawyer and politician, [[Prime Minister of Great Britain]] (b. 1693)<ref>{{cite web |title=History of Thomas Pelham-Holles 1st Duke of Newcastle – GOV.UK |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/history/past-prime-ministers/thomas-pelham-holles-1st-duke-of-newcastle |website=www.gov.uk |access-date=19 June 2023 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1776]] &ndash; [[James Ferguson (Scottish astronomer)|James Ferguson]], Scottish astronomer and instrument maker (b. 1710)
*[[1780]] &ndash; [[Bernardo Bellotto]], Italian painter and illustrator (b. 1720)
*[[1796]] &ndash; [[Catherine the Great]], of Russia (b. 1729)
*[[1808]] &ndash; [[David Zeisberger]], Czech-American pastor and missionary (b. 1721)
*[[1812]] &ndash; [[John Walter (publisher)|John Walter]], English Insurance underwriter and founder of ''[[The Times]]'' newspaper (b. 1738/1739)
*[[1818]] &ndash; [[Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz]] (b. 1744)
*[[1835]] &ndash; [[Carle Vernet]], French painter and lithographer (b. 1758)
*[[1865]] &ndash; [[James McCune Smith]], American physician and author (b. 1813)
*[[1897]] &ndash; [[George Hendric Houghton]], American pastor and theologian (b. 1820)

===1901–present===
*[[1902]] &ndash; [[Hugh Price Hughes]], Welsh theologian and educator (b. 1847)
*[[1905]] &ndash; [[Adolphe, Grand Duke of Luxembourg]], (b. 1817)
*[[1910]] &ndash; [[Ralph Johnstone]], American pilot (b. 1886)
*[[1917]] &ndash; [[Auguste Rodin]], French sculptor and illustrator (b. 1840)
*[[1922]] &ndash; [[Robert Comtesse]], Swiss lawyer and politician, 29th [[List of Presidents of the Swiss Confederation|President of the Swiss Confederation]] (b. 1847)
*[[1923]] &ndash; [[Eduard Bornhöhe]], Estonian author (b. 1862)
*[[1924]] &ndash; [[Gregory VII of Constantinople]] (b. 1850)
*[[1928]] &ndash; [[Lala Lajpat Rai]], Indian author and politician (b. 1865)
*[[1929]] &ndash; [[Herman Hollerith]], American statistician and businessman (b. 1860)
*[[1932]] &ndash; [[Charles W. Chesnutt]], American lawyer, author, and activist (b. 1858)
*[[1936]] &ndash; [[Ernestine Schumann-Heink]], German-American singer (b. 1861)
*[[1937]] &ndash; [[Jack Worrall]], Australian footballer, cricketer, and coach (b. 1860)
*[[1938]] &ndash; [[Ante Trumbić]], Croatian lawyer and politician, 20th [[Mayor of Split]] (b. 1864)
*[[1940]] &ndash; [[Eric Gill]], English sculptor and typeface designer (b. 1882)
*  1940   &ndash; [[Raymond Pearl]], American biologist and academic (b. 1879)
*[[1947]] &ndash; [[Victor Serge]], Russian historian and author (b. 1890)
*[[1954]] &ndash; [[Yitzhak Lamdan]], Russian-Israeli poet and journalist (b. 1899)
*[[1955]] &ndash; [[James P. Johnson]], American pianist and composer (b. 1894)
*[[1958]] &ndash; [[Mort Cooper]], American baseball player (b. 1913)
*[[1959]] &ndash; [[Heitor Villa-Lobos]], Brazilian guitarist and composer (b. 1887)
*[[1968]] &ndash; [[Mervyn Peake]], English poet, author, and illustrator (b. 1911)
*  1968   &ndash; [[Abdul Wahed Bokainagari]], Bengali politician (b. 1876)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.valuka.com/news/NewsDetail/2366|title=৪৪ তম মৃত্যুবার্ষিকী আবদুল ওয়াহেদ বোকাইনগরী|work=Valuka.com|lang=bn-bd|access-date=2019-01-08}}</ref>
*[[1971]] &ndash; [[Gladys Cooper]], English actress (b. 1888)
*[[1973]] &ndash; [[Mirra Alfassa]], French-Indian spiritual leader (b. 1878)
*[[1976]] &ndash; [[Abdul Hamid Khan Bhashani]], Bangladeshi scholar and politician (b. 1880)
*[[1979]] &ndash; [[John Glascock]], English singer and bass player  (b. 1951)
*[[1982]] &ndash; [[Eduard Tubin]], Estonian composer and conductor (b. 1905)
*[[1986]] &ndash; [[Georges Besse]], French businessman (b. 1927)
*[[1987]] &ndash; [[Paul Derringer]], American baseball player (b. 1906)
*[[1988]] &ndash; [[Sheilah Graham Westbrook]], English-American actress, author, and journalist (b. 1904)
*[[1989]] &ndash; [[Costabile Farace]], American criminal (b. 1960)
*[[1990]] &ndash; [[Robert Hofstadter]], American physicist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1915)
*[[1992]] &ndash; [[Audre Lorde]], American poet, essayist, memoirist, and activist (b. 1934)
*[[1993]] &ndash; [[Gérard D. Levesque]], Canadian lawyer and politician, fifth [[Deputy Premier of Quebec]] (b. 1926)
*[[1995]] &ndash; [[Alan Hull]], English singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1945)
*[[1998]] &ndash; [[Kea Bouman]], Dutch tennis player (b. 1903)
*  1998   &ndash; [[Esther Rolle]], American actress (b. 1920)
*[[2000]] &ndash; [[Louis Néel]], French physicist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1904)<ref>{{cite web |title=The Nobel Prize in Physics 1970 |url=https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/1970/neel/facts/ |website=NobelPrize.org |access-date=22 November 2021}}</ref>
*[[2001]] &ndash; [[Michael Karoli]], German guitarist and songwriter (b. 1948)
*  2001   &ndash; [[Harrison A. Williams]], American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician (b. 1919)
*[[2002]] &ndash; [[Abba Eban]], South African-Israeli soldier and politician, third [[Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Israel)|Israeli Minister of Foreign Affairs]] (b. 1915)
*  2002   &ndash; [[Frank McCarthy (artist)|Frank McCarthy]], American painter and illustrator (b. 1924)
*[[2003]] &ndash; [[Surjit Bindrakhia]], Indian singer (b. 1962)
*  2003   &ndash; [[Arthur Conley]], American-Dutch singer-songwriter (b. 1946)
*[[2004]] &ndash; [[Mikael Ljungberg]], Swedish wrestler and manager (b. 1970)
*  2004   &ndash; [[Alexander Ragulin]], Russian ice hockey player (b. 1941)
*[[2005]] &ndash; [[Marek Perepeczko]], Polish actor and director (b. 1942)
*[[2006]] &ndash; [[Ruth Brown]], American singer-songwriter and actress (b. 1928)
*  2006   &ndash; [[Ferenc Puskás]], Hungarian footballer and manager (b. 1927)
*  2006   &ndash; [[Bo Schembechler]], American football player and coach (b. 1929)
*[[2007]] &ndash; [[Aarne Hermlin]], Estonian chess player (b. 1940)
*[[2008]] &ndash; [[George Stephen Morrison]], American admiral (b. 1919)
*  2008   &ndash; [[Pete Newell]], American basketball player and coach (b. 1915)
*[[2011]] &ndash; [[Kurt Budke]], American basketball player and coach (b. 1961)
*[[2012]] &ndash; [[Ponty Chadha]], Indian businessman and philanthropist (b. 1957)
*  2012   &ndash; [[Armand Desmet]], Belgian cyclist (b. 1931)
*  2012   &ndash; [[Lea Gottlieb]], Hungarian-Israeli fashion designer, founded the [[Gottex|Gottex Company]] (b. 1918)
*  2012   &ndash; [[Freddy Schmidt]], American baseball player (b. 1916)
*  2012   &ndash; [[Billy Scott (singer)|Billy Scott]], American singer-songwriter (b. 1942)
*  2012   &ndash; [[Bal Thackeray]], Indian cartoonist and politician (b. 1926)
*  2012   &ndash; [[Margaret Yorke]], English author (b. 1924)
*[[2013]] &ndash; [[Zeke Bella]], American baseball player (b. 1930)
*  2013   &ndash; [[Alfred Blake]], English colonel and lawyer (b. 1915)
*  2013   &ndash; [[Syd Field]], American screenwriter and producer (b. 1935)
*  2013   &ndash; [[Doris Lessing]], British novelist, poet, playwright, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1919)
*  2013   &ndash; [[Alex Marques]], Portuguese footballer (b. 1993)
*  2013   &ndash; [[Mary Nesbitt Wisham]], American baseball player (b. 1925)
*[[2014]] &ndash; [[John T. Downey]], American [[CIA]] agent and judge (b. 1930)
*  2014   &ndash; [[Bill Frenzel]], American lieutenant and politician (b. 1928)
*  2014   &ndash; [[Ray Sadecki]], American baseball player (b. 1940)
*  2014   &ndash; [[Patrick Suppes]], American psychologist and philosopher (b. 1922)
*[[2015]] &ndash; [[John Leahy (diplomat)|John Leahy]], English lawyer and diplomat, [[List of High Commissioners of the United Kingdom to Australia|High Commissioner to Australia]] (b. 1928)
*  2015   &ndash; [[Rahim Moeini Kermanshahi]], Iranian poet and songwriter (b. 1926)
*[[2019]] &ndash; [[Tuka Rocha]], Brazilian race car driver (b. 1982)<ref name=rocha>{{cite news | title = Tuka Rocha succumbs to plane crash injuries in Brazil | publisher = [[Motorsport Network]] | url = https://us.motorsport.com/stockcar-br/news/tuka-rocha-dies-plane-crash-brazil/4598889/ | access-date = 2019-11-17 | archive-date = 2019-11-17 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20191117165104/https://us.motorsport.com/stockcar-br/news/tuka-rocha-dies-plane-crash-brazil/4598889/ | url-status = dead }}</ref>
*[[2021]] &ndash; [[Young Dolph]], American rapper (b. 1985)<ref>{{cite web|title=Rapper Young Dolph shot and killed in Memphis, law enforcement sources confirm| publisher=Fox 13 Memphis| url =https://www.fox13memphis.com/news/local/rapper-young-dolph-shot-killed-memphis-law-enforcement-sources-confirm/Y37EQYI6TJBHHMLLBAR6KSMPNA/ | access-date=2021-11-17}}</ref>
*[[2024]]  &ndash; [[Macoto Takahashi]], Japanese manga artist (b. 1934)<ref>{{cite web |title=少女画家の高橋真琴さん死去 90歳 少女の瞳に星描くスタイル確立...近年は＜アナスイ＞など絵柄が起用され話題 |url=https://news.yahoo.co.jp/pickup/6522980 |website=Yahoo News Japan |access-date=December 16, 2024 |language=Japanese |date=December 16, 2024}}</ref>

==Holidays and observances==
* [[Athens Polytechnic uprising|Athens Polytechnic Uprising Remembrance Day]] (Greece)
* Christian [[feast day]]s:
** [[Acisclus]]
** [[Aignan of Orleans]]
** [[Elizabeth 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)]]
* [[International Students' Day]]
* [[Martyrs' Day (India)#17 November|Martyrs' Day]] ([[Odisha|Odisha, India]]) 
* [[Public holidays in the Marshall Islands|Presidents Day]] ([[Marshall Islands]]) 
* [[World Prematurity Day]]

==References==
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==External links==
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* {{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/november/17 |title=On This Day |publisher=BBC}}
* {{NYT On this day|month=11|day=17}}
* {{cite web |url=https://www.onthisday.com/events/november/17 |title=Historical Events on November 17 |publisher=OnThisDay.com}}

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