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A few events that happened on this day in history     [ 17 November ]

On This Day in History

17-Nov-1917 - U-Boat Taken
    United States

The US Navy destroyers USS Fanning and USS Nicholson captured the German U-boat SM U-58 off the coast of Ireland.  This was the first time that US ships had captured a submarine.

Births


Chelsea Butler     17-Nov-1993
Justin Cooper     17-Nov-1988
          in Los Angeles, California, USA
Alexandra Kotcheff     17-Nov-1986
          in California, USA
Arthur Bridgers     17-Nov-1984
          in Wilmington, North Carolina, USA
Christopher Paolini     17-Nov-1983
          in Los Angeles County, California, USA
Zoe Bell     17-Nov-1978
          in New Zealand
Brandon Call     17-Nov-1976
          in Torrance, California, USA
Jason Audette     17-Nov-1975
          in Massachusetts, USA
David Jackson     17-Nov-1975
          in Lake Forest, Illinois, USA
Leslie Bibb     17-Nov-1974
          in Bismarck, North Dakota, USA
Harris Goldberg     17-Nov-1972
          in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Leonard Roberts     17-Nov-1972
          in St. Louis, Missouri, USA
Jayson Argento     17-Nov-1971
          in Burlington, Vermont, USA
Ryoko Tachikawa     17-Nov-1970
          in Fukuoka, Japan
Roxanne Beckford     17-Nov-1969
          in Kingston, Jamaica
Sue Flaxman     17-Nov-1969
          in USA
Ryotaro Okiayu     17-Nov-1969
          in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka, Japan
Cecilia Zwick-Nash     17-Nov-1968
          in Denmark
Sheila Lussier     17-Nov-1967
          in La Mesa, California, USA
Ed Brubaker     17-Nov-1966
          in Bethesda, Maryland, USA
Douglas M Griffin     17-Nov-1966
          in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Sophie Marceau     17-Nov-1966
          in Paris, France
Ron Marz     17-Nov-1965
          in Kingston, New York, USA
Silvia Moore     17-Nov-1965
          in Rockford, Illinois, USA
Ralph Garman     17-Nov-1964
          in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Felice Schachter     17-Nov-1963
          in Queens, New York, USA
Dylan Walsh     17-Nov-1963
          in Los Angeles, California, USA
Eric Olson     17-Nov-1962
          in Santa Monica, California, USA
David Price     17-Nov-1961
          in Los Angeles, California, USA
Merete Van Camp     17-Nov-1961
          in Kolding, Denmark
Jose Villarrubia     17-Nov-1961
          in Madrid, Spain
Vince Giarrano     17-Nov-1960
          in Buffalo, New York, USA
Kiyomitsu Mizuuchi     17-Nov-1960
          in Osaka, Japan
RuPaul     17-Nov-1960
          in San Diego, California, USA
Michael C Mahon     17-Nov-1959
          in Montclair, New Jersey, USA
William R Moses     17-Nov-1959
          in Los Angeles, California, USA
Miyuki Ono     17-Nov-1959
Alvin Powell     17-Nov-1959
          in Panama
Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio     17-Nov-1958
          in Lombard, Illinois, USA
James Owsley     17-Nov-1957
          in New York, New York, USA
Shend     17-Nov-1957
          in Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, England, UK
Kelly Ward     17-Nov-1956
          in San Diego, California, USA
Dean Paul Martin     17-Nov-1951
          in Santa Monica, California, USA
Stephen Root     17-Nov-1951
          in Sarasota, Florida, USA
Yoshito Yasuhara     17-Nov-1949
Bill Lancaster     17-Nov-1947
          in Los Angeles County, California, USA
James Warwick     17-Nov-1947
          in Broxbourne, Hertfordshire, England, UK
Roland Joffé     17-Nov-1945
          in London, England, UK
Danny DeVito     17-Nov-1944
          in Asbury Park, New Jersey, USA
Lorne Michaels     17-Nov-1944
          in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
James O'Sullivan     17-Nov-1944
Lauren Hutton     17-Nov-1943
          in Charleston, South Carolina, USA
Donna Garrett     17-Nov-1942
          in Santa Ana, California, USA
Martin Scorsese     17-Nov-1942
          in Queens, New York, USA
David Warbeck     17-Nov-1941
          in Christchurch, New Zealand
Harry Humphries     17-Nov-1940
William Simons     17-Nov-1940
          in Mumbles, South Wales, UK
Yuya Uchida     17-Nov-1939
          in Kobe, Hyogo, Japan
Gordon Lightfoot     17-Nov-1938
          in Orillia, Ontario, Canada
Peter Cook     17-Nov-1937
          in Torquay, Devon, England, UK
John Wells     17-Nov-1936
          in Ashford, Kent, England, UK
George Morgan     17-Nov-1932
          in Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
Fenella Fielding     17-Nov-1930
          in London, England, UK
Goro Naya     17-Nov-1929
          in Hokkaido, Japan
Rance Howard     17-Nov-1928
          in Oklahoma, USA
Robert Brown     17-Nov-1927
          in Trenton, New Jersey, USA
Robert Butler     17-Nov-1927
          in Los Angeles, California, USA
Nelson Dantas     17-Nov-1927
          in Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Hal Taft     17-Nov-1926
Rusty Burrell     17-Nov-1925
          in Metropolis, Illinois, USA
Rock Hudson     17-Nov-1925
          in Winnetka, Illinois, USA
Curt Lowens     17-Nov-1925
          in Allenstein, East Prussia, Germany [now Olsztyn, Po
Ofelia Guilmáin     17-Nov-1921
          in Madrid, Spain
Frank Maxwell     17-Nov-1916
          in The Bronx, New York, USA
Robert C Dennis     17-Nov-1915
          in Courtright, Ontario, Canada
William Tannen     17-Nov-1911
          in New York, New York, USA
Teru Shimada     17-Nov-1905
          in Japan
Jean Harvey     17-Nov-1900
          in Ohio, USA
Jean Del Val     17-Nov-1891
          in France
Crane Wilbur     17-Nov-1886
          in Athens, New York, USA

Deaths


Suzanne Shepherd     17-Nov-2023
          in Manhattan, New York, USA
Glenn Robards     17-Nov-2005
Regina Waldon     17-Nov-2001
          in San Rafael, California, USA.
Dick O'Neill     17-Nov-1998
          in Santa Monica, California, USA
Esther Rolle     17-Nov-1998
          in Los Angeles, California, USA
Charles Gordone     17-Nov-1995
          in College Station, Texas, USA.
Todd Armstrong     17-Nov-1992
          in Butte, California, USA.
Paul Reid Roman     17-Nov-1991
          in Los Angeles, California, USA
Marian Beeler     17-Nov-1990
          in Hollywood, California, USA
Mark Murray-Mazwi     17-Nov-1989
Joseph Golland     17-Nov-1987
          in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Gladys Cooper     17-Nov-1971
          in Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, England, UK
Mervyn Peake     17-Nov-1968
          in Burcot, Oxfordshire, England, UK
Jack Richardson     17-Nov-1957
          in Santa Barbara, California, USA.

Books published / printed

The Big Bad Wolf (17-Nov-2003)
[ United States Book on CD ]
The Burning God (17-Nov-2020)
[ United States Audiobook ]
The Crystal Bucephalus (17-Nov-1994)
[ United Kingdom ]
Doctor Who - The Smugglers (17-Nov-1988)
[ United Kingdom ]
Doctor Who Discovers Prehistoric Animals (17-Nov-1977)
[ United Kingdom ]
Doctor Who Discovers Space Travel (17-Nov-1977)
[ United Kingdom ]
Doctor Who The Handbook: The First Doctor (17-Nov-1994)
[ United States ]
Falls the Shadow (17-Nov-1994)
[ United Kingdom ]
The Great Hunt (17-Nov-2009)
[ United States Kindle e-Book ]
A Little Hatred (17-Nov-2019)
[ United States Book on CD ]
Rhythm of War (17-Nov-2020)
[ United States Kindle e-Book ]
The Holy Bible: King James Version (17-Nov-2020)
[ United States Audiobook ]

Shows released

17-Nov-2006 Casino Royale
17-Nov-2006 Happy Feet
17-Nov-2000 How the Grinch Stole Christmas
17-Nov-2000 The 6th Day
17-Nov-1999 Diplomatic Siege
17-Nov-1999 Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade
17-Nov-1995 The American President
17-Nov-1995 GoldenEye
17-Nov-1989 The Little Mermaid
17-Nov-1979 Salem's Lot
17-Nov-1972 Dracula A.D. 1972

Stamps issued

Berlin 17-Nov-1967 20pf Gate Hall, Lorsch
Brazil 17-Nov-1965 100Cr$ Interamerican Conference - RJ
Ecuador 17-Nov-1948 1S/. Pedro Vicente Maldonado (1704-1748)
Fiji 17-Nov-1992 12¢ God so loved the World
France 17-Nov-1930 15c Woman of the Fachi Tribe
Germany 17-Nov-1956 10pf Crosses
Germany 17-Nov-1967 20pf Gatehouse of Lorsch/Hessen
Grenada Grenadines 17-Nov-1977 ½¢ “The Virgin Adoring the Child” (Correggio)
Grenada Grenadines 17-Nov-1977 "Virgin and Child" (Giorgione)
Grenada Grenadines 17-Nov-1977 "Virgin and Child" (Morales)
Grenada Grenadines 17-Nov-1977 18¢ "Madonna della Tenda" (Raphael)
Grenada Grenadines 17-Nov-1977 35¢ "Rest on the Flight into Egypt" (Van Dyck)
Grenada Grenadines 17-Nov-1977 50¢ "Madonna and Child" (Lippi)
Grenada Grenadines 17-Nov-1977 2EC$ "Virgin and Child" (Lippi)
Ireland 17-Nov-1987 21p Birds; illustration song "The Twelve Days of Christmas"
Ireland 17-Nov-1998 30p Common Blackbird (Turdus merula)
Israel 17-Nov-1989 Noneº Greetings Stamps- Good luck
Israel 17-Nov-1989 Noneº Greetings Stamps- With love
Israel 17-Nov-1989 Noneº Greetings Stamps- See you again
Kiribati 17-Nov-1983 30¢ Battle Maps
United States 17-Nov-1938 $5.00 Calvin Coolidge (1872-1933), 30th President of the U.S.A.
United States 17-Nov-1961 General John J. Pershing
United States 17-Nov-1966 "The Boating Party"
United States 17-Nov-1972 Stamp Collecting - U.S. No. 1 under Magnifying Glass
United States 17-Nov-1977 10¢ Contemplation of Justice by J.E. Fraser







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