Are you asking the question “What day of the week was I born?” Continue reading to find out what day of the week you were born.
Day Of The Week: November 17
November 17, 2025 is the 321st day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 44 days remaining until the end of 2025. The day of the week is Monday.
If you are into daily horoscope then Scorpio is your zodiac sign. Topaz is your modern birthstone. Pearl is your mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
Historical Events: November 17
- 1511 –Spain and England ally against France.
- 1855 –David Livingstone becomes the first European to see the Victoria Falls in what is now present-day Zambia-Zimbabwe.
- 1856 –American Old West: On the Sonoita River in present-day southern Arizona, the United States Army establishes Fort Buchanan in order to help control new land acquired in the Gadsden Purchase.
- 1911 –Omega Psi Phi Fraternity Incorporated, which is the first black Greek-lettered organization founded at an HBCU, was founded on the campus of Howard University in Washington,DC.
- 1922 –Former Ottoman sultan Mehmed VI goes into exile in Italy.
- 1922 –The first executions during the Irish Civil War take place when five Irish Republican Army members are sent to the firing squad by the Irish Free State.
- 1947 –American scientists John Bardeen and Walter Brattain observe the basic principles of the transistor, a key element for the electronics revolution of the 20th Century.
- 1953 –The remaining human inhabitants of the Blasket Islands, Kerry, Ireland are evacuated to the mainland.
- 1968 –Alexandros Panagoulis is condemned to death for attempting to assassinate Greek dictator George Papadopoulos.
- 1997 –In Luxor, Egypt, 62 people are killed by 6 Islamic militants outside the Temple of Hatshepsut, known as Luxor massacre (The police then kill the assailants).
Who were born on November 17?
- 1576 –Roque Gonzales, Paraguayan missionary (d. 1628)
- 1925 –Charles Mackerras, Australian-born conductor (d. 2010)
- 1949 –John Boehner, American politician, Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio & 61st Speaker of the United States House of Representatives
- 1949 –Nguyễn Tấn Dũng, Prime Minister of Vietnam
- 1950 –Tom Walkinshaw, Scottish race car driver and race team owner (d. 2010)
- 1954 –Mark Brandon Read, Australian criminal
- 1983 –Harry Lloyd, English actor
- 1983 –Ryan Braun, American baseball player
- 1983 –Trevor Crowe, American baseball player
- 1984 –Park Han-byul, South Korean actress
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