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The following events took place on November 17. The list is arranged in chronological order.

Found 60 events. Showing 31 - 60.

• 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.
• 1947

  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

  Lhamo Dondrub is officially named the 14th Dalai Lama.
• 1953

  The remaining human inhabitants of the Blasket Islands, Kerry, Ireland, are evacuated to the mainland.
• 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.
• 1962

  President John F. Kennedy dedicates Washington Dulles International Airport, serving the Washington, D.C., region.
• 1967

  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

  Alexandros Panagoulis is condemned to death for attempting to assassinate Greek dictator Georgios Papadopoulos.
• 1968

  British European Airways introduces the BAC One-Eleven into commercial service.
• 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, Finland to begin SALT I negotiations aimed at limiting the number of strategic weapons on both sides.
• 1970

  Vietnam War: Lieutenant William Calley goes on trial for the My Lai Massacre.
• 1970

  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

  Watergate scandal: In Orlando, Florida, U.S. President Richard Nixon tells 400 Associated Press managing editors “I am not a crook.”
• 1973

  The Athens Polytechnic uprising against the military regime ends in a bloodshed in the Greek capital.
• 1979

  Brisbane Suburban Railway Electrification. The first stage from Ferny Grove to Darra is commissioned.
• 1982

  Duk Koo Kim dies from injuries sustained during a 14-round match against Ray Mancini in Las Vegas, prompting reforms in the sport of boxing.
• 1983

  The Zapatista Army of National Liberation is founded in Mexico.
• 1988

  The National Revival Day - in Baku, Azerbaijan SSR, a demonstration starts against the Soviets, the perceived ignorance of the inflaming tension around Nagorno-Karabakh. The demonstration forcibly dispersed 17 days later would become the largest of its kind held in the USSR
• 1989

  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

  Fugendake, part of the Mount Unzen volcanic complex, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan, becomes active again and erupts.
• 1993

  United States House of Representatives passes resolution to establish the North American Free Trade Agreement after greater authority in trade negotiations was granted to President George Bush in 1991.
• 1993

  In Nigeria, General Sani Abacha ousts the government of Ernest Shonekan in a military coup.
• 1997

  In Luxor, Egypt, 62 people are killed by six Islamic militants outside the Temple of Hatshepsut, known as Luxor massacre (The police then kill the assailants).
• 2000

  A catastrophic landslide in Log pod Mangartom, Slovenia, kills seven, and causes millions of SIT of damage. It is one of the worst catastrophes in Slovenia in the past 100 years.
• 2000

  Alberto Fujimori is removed from office as president of Peru.
• 2012

  At least 50 schoolchildren are killed in an accident at a railway crossing near Manfalut, Egypt.
• 2013

  Fifty people are killed when Tatarstan Airlines Flight 363 crashes at Kazan Airport, Russia.
• 2013

  A rare late-season 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.

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