Sunday November 17, 2024
A date scroll with Latin text from “The Extremes of Good and Evil” by Cicero, written in 45 BC.

: Day of the Week

was the of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There were until the end of the year. The day of the week was .

If you are trying to learn French then this day of the week in French is dimanche.

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Zodiac & Birthstone

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.

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by the Numbers

  • days since
  • year, month, and days ago
  • month since then
  • is in the th week of the year (ISO 8601)
  • The year is a leap year

Historical Event(s)

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The future Leo II is named associate emperor by Leo I.
1511
Spain and England ally against France.
The Peace of the Pyrenees is signed between France and Spain.
Oberto, Giuseppe Verdi’s first opera, opens at the Teatro alla Scala in Milan,
The Russian Social Democratic Labor Party splits into two groups; the Bolsheviks (Russian for “majority”) and Mensheviks (Russian for “minority”).
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.
Douglas Engelbart receives the patent for the first computer mouse.
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.
Watergate scandal: In Orlando, Florida, US President Richard Nixon tells 400 Associated Press managing editors “I am not a crook”.
A catastrophic landslide in Log pod Mangartom, Slovenia, kills 7, and causes millions of SIT of damage. It is one of the worst catastrophes in Slovenia in the past 100 years.

Who were born on ?

Pierre Gaultier, French-Canadian trader and explorer (d. 1749)
Grace Abbott, American social worker (d. 1939)
Fenella Fielding, English actress
Luke Kelly, Irish folk music singer and banjo player (d. 1984)
Graham Jones, British author and psychologist
Ryotaro Okiayu, Japanese voice actor
Kimya Dawson, American singer
Leonard Roberts, American actor
Hollie Smith, New Zealand singer
Yiannis Bourousis, Greek basketball player

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