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, 2024 is the 322nd day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 44 days remaining until the end of 2024. The day of the week is Sunday.
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
- 1800 –The United States Congress holds its first session in Washington, D.C.
- 1810 –Sweden declares war on its ally the United Kingdom to begin the Anglo-Swedish War, although no fighting ever takes place.
- 1876 –Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s Slavonic March is given its première performance in Moscow.
- 1903 –The Russian Social Democratic Labor Party splits into two groups; the Bolsheviks (Russian for “majority”) and Mensheviks (Russian for “minority”).
- 1933 –United States recognizes Soviet Union.
- 1967 –Vietnam War: Acting on optimistic reports that he had been given on November 13, US 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 –British European Airways introduces the BAC One-Eleven into commercial service.
- 1969 –Cold War: Negotiators from the Soviet Union and the United States meet in Helsinki to begin SALT I negotiations aimed at limiting the number of strategic weapons on both sides.
- 1973 –The Athens Polytechnic Uprising against the military regime ends in a bloodshed in the Greek capital.
- 1983 –The Zapatista Army of National Liberation is founded in Mexico.
Who were born on November 17?
- 1576 –Roque Gonzales, Paraguayan missionary (d. 1628)
- 1765 –Étienne-Jacques-Joseph-Alexandre MacDonald, French marshal (d. 1840)
- 1887 –Bernard Montgomery, British World War II commander (d. 1976)
- 1899 –Douglas Shearer, Canadian film sound engineer (d. 1971)
- 1927 –Robert Drasnin, American musician and composer
- 1955 –Yolanda King, daughter of Martin Luther King, Jr. (d. 2007)
- 1959 –William R. Moses, American actor
- 1960 –Mandy Yachad, former South African cricketer
- 1968 –Sean Miller, American basketball coach
- 1973 –Alexei Urmanov, Russian figure skater
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