On this day: 17 November

Selected events and births on 17 November, from Wikipedia’s “On this day”.

Events

• 1292 – John Balliol was chosen to be King of Scots over Robert de Brus. Read more: John Balliol List of Scottish monarchs Robert de Brus, 5th Lord of Annandale
• 1558 – Elizabeth I became Queen of England and of Ireland, marking the beginning of the Elizabethan era. Read more: Elizabeth I List of English monarchs Monarchy of Ireland
• 1592 – Sigismund III Vasa, who was already King of Poland, succeeded his father John III as King of Sweden. Read more: Sigismund III Vasa List of Polish monarchs John III of Sweden
• 1950 – The 14th Dalai Lama assumed full temporal power as ruler of Tibet at the age of 15. Read more: 14th Dalai Lama Tibet
• 1989 – Walt Disney Pictures released The Little Mermaid to theatres, beginning the Disney Renaissance. Read more: Walt Disney Pictures The Little Mermaid (1989 film) Disney Renaissance
• 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. Read more: University of East Anglia Climatic Research Unit Climate change

Born on this day

• 1944 – Rem Koolhaas, Dutch architect and academic, designed the Seattle Central Library Read more: Rem Koolhaas Seattle Central Library
• 1944 – Lorne Michaels, Canadian-American screenwriter and producer, created Saturday Night Live Read more: Lorne Michaels Saturday Night Live
• 1945 – Jeremy Hanley, English accountant and politician, British Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Read more: Jeremy Hanley Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Indo-Pacific
• 1946 – Terry Branstad, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 39th Governor of Iowa and U.S. Ambassador to China (2017-2020) Read more: Terry Branstad List of governors of Iowa
• 1948 – Howard Dean, American physician and politician, 79th Governor of Vermont Read more: Howard Dean Governor of Vermont
• 1949 – John Boehner, American businessman and politician, 53rd Speaker of the United States House of Representatives Read more: John Boehner Speaker of the United States House of Representatives
• 1949 – Nguyễn Tấn Dũng, Vietnamese soldier and politician, eighth Prime Minister of Vietnam Read more: Nguyễn Tấn Dũng List of prime ministers of Vietnam
• 1952 – Cyril Ramaphosa, South African businessman and politician, fifth President of South Africa Read more: Cyril Ramaphosa President of South Africa
• 1955 – Dennis Maruk, Ukrainian-Canadian ice hockey player Read more: Dennis Maruk Ukrainian Canadians
• 1960 – RuPaul, American drag queen performer, actor, and singer Read more: RuPaul Drag queen
• 1964 – Susan Rice, American academic and politician, 24th United States National Security Advisor Read more: Susan Rice United States National Security Advisor
• 2005 – Anna Tanaka, Japanese singer and model Read more: Anna Tanaka

Text from Wikipedia: Selected anniversaries / November 17 and the linked articles, via the Wikimedia “On this day” feed, under CC BY-SA 4.0. We leave out entries about wars, violence and disasters to keep this page family-friendly.