November 17th (2013) was a Sunday. It's the 320th day of the year (321st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 45 days left to the end of the year.
Historical Events for 17th November, 2013
» Fifty people are killed when Tatarstan Airlines Flight 363 crashes at Kazan Airport, Russia.
» A rare late-season tornado outbreak strikes the Midwest. Illinois and Indiana are most affected with tornado reports as far north as lower Michigan. In all around six dozen tornadoes touch down in approximately an 11-hour time period, including seven EF3
November 17th Famous Deaths for 2013
» Zeke Bella, American baseball player (b. 1930)
» Alfred Blake, English colonel (b. 1915)
» Frank Chamberlin, American football player (b. 1978)
» Syd Field, American screenwriter and producer (b. 1935)
» Doris Lessing, Iranian-English author, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize in Literature called Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1919)
» Alex Marques, Portuguese footballer (b. 1993)
» Nicholas Mevoli, American diver (b. 1981)
» Mary Nesbitt Wisham, American baseball player (b. 1925)
November 17th Holidays in History
» Christian Feast Day:
» Acisclus
» Aignan of Orleans
» Elisabeth of Hungary
» Gennadius of Constantinople (Greek Orthodox Church)
» Gregory of Tours (Roman Catholic Church)
» Gregory Thaumaturgus
» Hilda of Whitby
» Hugh of Lincoln
» November 17 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
» Earliest day on which National Survivors of Suicide Day can fall, while November 23 is the latest; celebrated on Saturday before Thanksgiving. (United States)