What Happened in November 2017

August 29, 2024

November2017 Calendar

Historical Events

World Series

Nov 1 Baseball World Series: Houston Astros win their first ever title; beat LA Dodgers, 5-1 in Game 7 at Dodger Stadium; MVP: Astros outfielder George Springer III

Nov 1 Boiler explosion at a NTPC government-run coal-fired power plant in Rae Bareli, India, kills 29
Nov 1 UK Defense Secretary Michael Fallon resigns due to his behavior towards women, part of wider scandal of sexual harassment by UK politicians

Event of Interest

Nov 2 Jerome Powell nominated by US President Donald Trump to be next Chair of the Federal Reserve

Event of Interest

Nov 2 On This Day and Xiaomi launch a content partnership to display today in history content in Xiaomi's calendar app to users in India

Nov 3 Breeders' Cup Horse Racing, Del Mar Racetrack; Day 1 winners: Rushing Fall, Battle of Midway, Mendelssohn, Forever Unbridled

Music History

Nov 3 Jason Mraz makes his Broadway debut in the musical "Waitress"

Nov 3 Pakistani woman charged with poisoning 17 members of husband's family in attempt to escape forced marriage in Punjab Province
Nov 4 Breeders' Cup Horse Racing, Del Mar Racetrack; Day 2 winners: Caledonia Road, Stormy Liberal, Bar of Gold, Wuheida, Roy H, World Approval, Good Magic, Talismanic, Gunrunner
Nov 4 Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri resigns in a shock TV broadcast from Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, amid concerns he is being forcibly detained
Nov 4 Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art in Nusantara opens in Jakarta with items from the collection of Indonesian tycoon Haryanto Adikoesoemo
Nov 4 Saudi Arabia arrests 11 princes and other ministers on corruption charges, including billionaire investor Prince Alwaleed bin Talal
Nov 4 Scottish champions Celtic sets new all-time British record (63) for matches undefeated in all domestic football competitions beating St. Johnstone, 4-0 at McDiarmid Park
Nov 5 Bodies of 26 migrant teenage girls recovered from the Mediterranean, another 400 migrants rescued
Nov 5 Brooke Raboutou wins a gold medal in bouldering at the Pan American Youth Championship in Montreal, Canada
Nov 5 Brooke Raboutou wins a gold medal in lead climbing at the Pan American Youth Championship in Montreal, Canada
Nov 5 Brooke Raboutou wins a gold medal in the combined climbing event at the Pan American Youth Championship in Montreal, Canada
Nov 5 Gunman shoots 26 dead and injures 20 at a church in Sunderland Springs, Texas
Nov 5 New York City Marathon: Geoffrey Kamworor of Kenya wins men's race in 2:10:53, 3 seconds ahead of Wilson Kipsang; Shalane Flanagan (2:26:53) first American to win women's race since 1977
Nov 5 Paradise Papers are leaked; 13.4 million documents from offshore investment firm Appleby, mentioning Queen Elizabeth and Wilbur Ross US Secretary of Commerce
Nov 5 Typhoon Damrey strikes Vietnam's south-central coast killing at least 27, leaving others missing
Nov 5 US President Donald Trump begins a 12-day trip to Asia in Toyko, Japan
Nov 7 Danica Roem becomes the first US transgender person to be elected to a state legislature in the US in North Virginia
Nov 7 Extreme smog in Delhi, India, leads Indian Medical Association to declare "a state of medical emergency"
Nov 7 Melbourne Cup: Joseph O’Brien at 24 is the youngest trainer to win with Rekindling jockeyed by Corey Brown
Nov 7 Opera soprano Audrey Luna sings highest-ever note at Met Opera in New York, A above high C
Nov 7 South Korean golfer Park Sung-hyun becomes the first LPGA rookie to be ranked no. 1
Nov 7 US Democrats dominate off-year elections; Ralph Northam wins Governor of Virginia, Philip Murphy Governor of New Jersey

Nov 8 Brazilian surfer Rodrigo Koxa breaks the world record for surfing the biggest-ever wave at 24.4m at Nazaré, Portugal
Nov 8 In unprecedented move, Indian officials close all Delhi schools for rest of the week due to smog
Nov 8 Louvre Abu Dhabi is inaugurated, largest art museum on Arabian peninsula
Nov 8 UK Minister Priti Patel resigns after secret meetings revealed with Israeli officials
Nov 9 Alabama Republican Senate candidate Roy Moore accused of sexual misconduct with teenage girls in "Washington Post" report
Nov 9 Five women detail sexual misconduct by comedian Louis C.K. in "New York Times" report
Nov 9 Saudi Arabia's attorney general Sheikh Saud al-Mojeb says 201 more people have been held for questioning in anti-corruption drive
Nov 10 BBC removes drama from Christmas line-up after one of its stars, Ed Westwick, accused of rape by two women
Nov 10 Louis C.K. admits the stories of sexual misconduct about him are true
Nov 11 Largest Singles Day sales ever - Alibaba says its sales alone were $25.3 billion
Nov 11 Nationalist march in Warsaw, Poland, draws 60,000, to coincide with country's independence day
Nov 12 7.3 earthquake hits near Halabjal, Iraq, on border with Iran, killing over 500 people, with 7,000 injured
Nov 12 Federation Cup Women's Tennis, Minsk, Belarus: American pair Shelby Rogers & Coco Vandeweghe beats Aryna Sabalenka & Aliaksandra Sasnovich of Belarus 6-3, 7-6 to wrap up 3-2 win and record extending 18th title for the US

Prince Charles Steps Up

Nov 12 For the first time Prince Charles lays the wreath to Great Britain's war dead, replacing Queen Elizabeth

Nov 13 First Barbie doll to wear a hijab, modeled on Olympic fencer Ibtihaj Muhammad unveiled in New York
Nov 13 Italy fails to qualify for 2018 Football World Cup (first time since 1958), after play-off defeat against Sweden
Nov 13 World's earliest wine-making uncovered from Khramis Didi Gora, Georgia, in clay pots from 6,000BC

Nov 15 3 UCLA basketball players suspended after admitting shoplifting in China, only released at President Trump's request

Bennett Gershwin Prize

Nov 15 American jazz and standards singer Tony Bennett receives Library of Congress Gershwin Prize at the Thomas Jefferson Building in Washington, D.C.

Nov 15 Argentine submarine San Juan goes missing in the Atlantic after reporting mechanical failure
Nov 15 Australian postal vote on same-sex marriage revealed - 61% vote yes

Shelton Sexiest Man

Nov 15 Country singer Blake Shelton wins People Magazine's sexiest man alive award

Nov 15 Isabel Dos Santos, Africa's richest woman, fired as head of Angola state oil company Sonangol

Salvator Mundi

Nov 15 Leonardo da Vinci's painting "Salvator Mundi" sells for $450.3 million at auction in New York, world record price for any artwork

Nov 15 Pakistan unveils remains of 1,700 year-old sleeping Buddha in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province

Nov 16 19 countries pledge to phase out coal at UN Climate Summit in Bonn, Germany
Nov 16 Cambodian court rules to dissolve the country's main opposition party Cambodia National Rescue party (CNRP)
Nov 16 US senator Al Franken accused of groping and forcibly kissing a woman

Shawn Mendes' First

Nov 18 Shawn Mendes is the first singer under 18 to get three No. 1 singles on Billboard's Adult Contemporary chart

Nov 19 Bulgarian tennis star Gregor Dimitrov breaks through for a first season-ending ATP World Tour Finals title with a 7–5, 4–6, 6–3 win in London over David Goffin of Belgium

Truex NASCAR Cup

Nov 19 Martin Truex Jr., driving for Furniture Row Racing, wins Ford EcoBoost 400 at Homestead-Miami Speedway, Florida to claim Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series by 5 points from Kyle Busch

Nov 19 Oumuamua first detected by scientists, 400 meters long and reddish, first known interstellar object in our solar system, thought to be of possible alien origin (since thought to be slice of small planet)

Mugabe TV Speech

Nov 19 Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe refuses to resign in a TV speech after being ousted as leader of ruling ZANU-PF party

Nov 20 Atlanta's Georgia Dome, once the world's largest covered stadium, is destroyed in a controlled implosion

Coalition Talks Collapse

Nov 20 German Chancellor Angela Merkel announces that coalition talks to form a government have collapsed

Nov 20 Investment corporation Tencent's market value hits $511 billion, - first Asian company to join the $500 billion club
Nov 21 CBS TV host Charlie Rose is fired after allegations of sexual harassment by eight women
Nov 21 Mt Agung on the Indonesian island of Bali begins erupting
Nov 21 Pixar animation head John Lasseter takes 6 month leave of absence amid sexual misconduct claims
Nov 21 Robert Mugabe's resignation after 37 years in power is read out in Zimbabwe's parliaments during impeachment proceedings

Craig Coley Pardoned

Nov 22 Californian man Craig Coley pardoned for a double murder after serving 39 years by Governor Jerry Brown. Longest prison term to be overturned in the state.

Butcher of Bosnia Convicted

Nov 22 Ratko Mladic the "Butcher of Bosnia" is convicted of genocide and other atrocities during the Bosnian war and jailed for life in The Hague

Nov 22 Uber admits hackers stole personal information affecting 57 million people worldwide and paid $100,00 to keep quiet
Nov 22 Vanellope Wilkins, born with her heart outside her body, is first UK baby to survive birth and operations to reinsert her heart
Nov 23 Brazilian footballer Robinho sentenced to nine years in prison for rape in Italy
Nov 23 Papua New Guinea Police storm Manus Island refugee camp, forcibly removing asylum seekers
Nov 24 18 women accuse Jean-Claude Arnault with ties to the Nobel Prize Committee of sexual assault and harassment in Swedish Dagens Nyheter newspaper
Nov 24 Former First Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa is sworn in as President of Zimbabwe, replacing Robert Mugabe's 30-year tenure
Nov 24 Militant gunmen attack a Sufi mosque in Bir al-Abed on the Sinai Peninsula, Egypt, killing 305 people, government retaliates bombing the area
Nov 25 Actress Naya Rivera arrested on a domestic battery charge in Kanawha County, West Virginia
Nov 25 Longest known frozen embryo to be successfully born is delivered in Tennessee - Emma Wren Gibson, frozen 24 years ago

Nov 26 CFL Grey Cup, TD Place Stadium, Ottawa: Toronto Argonauts win 17th Championship with 27-24 victory over Calgary Stampede
Nov 26 Factory explosion in Chinese port city Ningbo kills at least 2, injuries 30, flattens buildings
Nov 26 Presidential elections held in Honduras with allegations of electoral fraud and resulting violent protests
Nov 27 8 Donkeys freed from jail after 4 days in Orai, Uttar Pradesh, India for eating plants
Nov 27 Bangkok Fire and Rescue Department confirm it has had 31,801 call outs to deal with snakes this year
Nov 27 Freight trains kills more than 100 reindeer over three days in Norway

Nov 27 North Korean ghost ship washes up Akita prefecture beach, Japan with 8 skeletons on board, 4th boat in a month

Francis Visits Myanmar

Nov 27 Pope Francis begins a three-day trip to Myanmar, amid the Rohingya refugee crisis

Nov 28 India's Supreme Court rejects appeal to block global release of controversial film "Padmavati"

Nov 29 American TV host Matt Lauer is fired from NBC's "Today" show after an allegation of sexual misconduct
Nov 29 Bosnian war criminal Slobodan Praljak commits suicide by poison in court at The Hague after 20 year prison term read out
Nov 30 Def Jam founder Russell Simmons steps down from his companies after allegations of sexual misconduct
Nov 30 Disney announces it has cast Chinese actress Liu Yifei to play Mulan in up-coming live action film
Nov 30 World's longest recorded rainbow lasts for 8 hours and 58 minutes in Taipei's Yangmingshan mountain range

Famous Weddings

Nov 4 NLB player Justin Verlander and model Kate Upton marry in Tuscany, Italy

Famous Deaths

Nov 1 Katie Lee, American folk singer, environmentalist and author (Colorado River Songs), dies at 98
Nov 1 Ray Robinson, American magazine editor and biographer (Lou Gehrig), dies of a stroke at 96
Nov 3 Abdur Rahman Biswas, President of Bangladesh, 1991-96, dies at 91
Nov 4 Gilbert Rogin, American journalist and author (The New Yorker, Sports Illustrated), dies at 87
Nov 5 Robert Knight, American pop singer ("Everlasting Love"), dies at 79
Nov 6 Richard F. Gordon, Jr., American naval officer and astronaut (Gemini 11; Apollo 12), dies at 88
Nov 7 Paul Buckmaster, British Grammy Award-winning artist, arranger, conductor and composer, dies at 71
Nov 7 Pentti "Whitey" Glan, Finnish-Canadian touring and session drummer (Lou Reed; Alice Cooper - "Welcome To My Nightmare"), dies of cancer at 71
Nov 7 Robert De Cormier, American conductor and musical director (The Belafonte Folk Singers), dies at 95
Nov 7 Roy Halladay, American Baseball HOF pitcher (8 x MLB All-Star, Cy Young Award 2003, 10; perfect game 2010; postseason no-hitter 2010; Toronto Blue Jays, Philadelphia Phillies), died when piloting a plane under influence of painkillers, sleeping pills at 40
Nov 9 Fred Cole, American rock artist (The Lollipop Shoppe, Dead Moon, Pierced Arrows), dies from cancer at 69
Nov 9 Hans Vermeulen, Dutch singer and guitarist (Sandy Coast), dies at 70
Nov 9 John Hillerman, American actor (Magnum PI; Chinatown; Blazing Saddles), dies at 84
Nov 10 A. G. Milkha Singh, Indian cricket batsman (4 Tests, HS 35; Madras), dies at 75
Nov 11 Bobby Matos, American session percussionist, Latin jazz timbalero, and bandleader, dies at 76
Nov 11 Francesco "Frank" Corsaro, American opera director (The Night of the Iguana, Play of the Week), dies at 92

Nov 12 Eric Salzman, American composer (New Musical Theater), dies at 84
Nov 12 Liz Smith [Mary Elizabeth], American journalist and gossip columnist known as "The Grand Dame of Dish" (WNBC, NY Daily News), dies at 94
Nov 12 Michel Chapuis, French classical organist and pedagogue, dies at 87

Nov 13 Janet Lupo, American model, dies at 67
Nov 15 Keith Barron, English actor (At Earth's Core, Baby Love), dies at 83
Nov 15 Lil Peep [Gustav Åhr], American rapper, dies of a drug overdose at 21
Nov 16 Ann Wedgeworth, American Tony Award-winning stage and screen character actress (Chapter Two; Scarecrow; Evening Shade), dies at 83
Nov 16 Ferdie Pacheco, American physician (cornerman for Mohammad Ali) and boxing analyst (NBC, Showtime), dies at 89
Nov 17 Azzedine Alaïa, Tunisian-born fashion designer, dies at 82
Nov 17 Earle Hyman, American stage and screen actor (The Cosby Show - "Russell Huxtable"; ThunderCats; Coriolanus), dies at 91
Nov 17 Salvatore Riina, Italian mobster and chief of the Sicilian Mafia, dies in prison hospital ward at 87
Nov 17 William Mayer, American composer (A Death in the Family; Brief Candle; Octagon), dies from heart failure at 91
Nov 18 Gillian Rolton, Australian equestrian (Summer Olympics 1992, 1996- gold), dies from endometrial cancer at 61
Nov 18 Malcolm Young, Scottish guitarist and songwriter (founding member of AC/DC), dies at 64
Nov 18 Mother Flawless Sabrina [Jack Doroshow], American LGBT activist and drag queen who was a pioneer for transgender people and drag queens, dies at 78

Nov 19 Della Reese [Delloreese Patricia Early], American singer and actress (Della Reese Show; Royal Family), dies at 86

Nov 19 Mel Tillis [Lonnie Melvin Tillis], American country singer (Who's Julie, M-M-Mel), dies of respiratory failure at 85
Nov 21 David Cassidy, American singer and actor (Keith-Partridge Family), dies at 67
Nov 21 Rodney Bewes, English actor (The Likely Lads), dies at 79
Nov 22 Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Russian operatic baritone, dies of brain cancer at 55
Nov 22 John Hendricks, American lyricist and singer (Lambert, Hendricks & Ross), dies at 96
Nov 23 Carol Neblett, American operatic soprano (Metropolitan Opera, 1979-93), dies at 71
Nov 23 Fred van der Spek, Dutch 2nd chamber member (PSP), dies at 93
Nov 24 Carol Neblett, American soprano (New York City and Metropolitan Operas, 1969-83), dies at 71
Nov 24 Mitch Margo, American rocker (The Tokens - "The Lion Sleeps Tonight"), dies of natural causes at 70
Nov 25 Rance Howard, American actor (Splash, Apollo 13, A Beautiful Mind), dies at 89
Nov 26 Julia Mullock, American architect, artist, and (disputed) princess of Korea, dies at 90
Nov 27 Bob Seidemann, American photographer and album cover artist (Blind Faith; Jerry Garcia), dies at 75
Nov 27 Robert Lee "Pops" Popwell, American jazz-funk bass guitarist, dies at 66
Nov 28 Shadia [Fatmah Ahmed Kamal Shaker], Egyptian actress ("Al Maraa Al Maghoula" (The Unknown Woman)), and singer ("Ya Habibti Ya Masr" (Oh Egypt, My Love)), dies from respiratory failure at 86
Nov 29 Slobodan Praljak, Bosnian Croat general and war criminal, commits suicide at 72
Nov 29 William Steinkraus, American equestrian (Olympic gold 1968, 2 silver 1960, 70, bronze 1952), dies at 92
Nov 30 Jim Nabors, American comedian, actor (The Andy Griffith Show; Gomer Pyle, USMC), and singer ("Back Home Again in Indiana"), dies from health complications at 87

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