What Day of the Week

November 17, 2018 was the 321^st day of the year 2018 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 44 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Saturday.

If you are trying to learn Spanish then this day of the week in Spanish is sábado.

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Here’s the November calendar. You can also browse the full year monthly calendar.

Scorpio is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Topaz is the modern birthstone for this month. Pearl is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.

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• 1558

  Elizabethan era begins: Queen Mary I of England dies and is succeeded by her half-sister Elizabeth I of England.
• 1796

  Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Arcole – French forces defeat the Austrians in Italy.
• 1810

  Sweden declares war on its ally the United Kingdom to begin the Anglo-Swedish War, although no fighting ever takes place.
• 1811

  José Miguel Carrera, Chilean founding father, is sworn in as President of the executive Junta of the government of Chile.
• 1820

  Captain Nathaniel Palmer becomes the first American to see Antarctica (the Palmer Peninsula is later named after him).
• 1869

  In Egypt, the Suez Canal, linking the Mediterranean Sea with the Red Sea, is inaugurated.
• 1903

  The Russian Social Democratic Labor Party splits into two groups; the Bolsheviks (Russian for “majority”) and Mensheviks (Russian for “minority”).
• 1939

  Nine Czech students are executed as a response to anti-Nazi demonstrations prompted by the death of Jan Opletal. In addition, all Czech universities are shut down and over 1200 Czech students sent to concentration camps. Since this event, International Students’ Day is celebrated in many countries, especially in the Czech Republic.
• 1957

  Vickers Viscount G-AOHP of British European Airways crashes at Ballerup after the failure of three engines on approach to Copenhagen Airport. The cause is a malfunction of the anti-icing system on the aircraft.
• 1973

  The Athens Polytechnic Uprising against the military regime ends in a bloodshed in the Greek capital.

• 1816

  August Wilhelm Ambros, Austrian composer (d. 1876)
• 1906

  Rollie Stiles, American baseball player (d. 2007)
• 1911

  Christian Fouchet, French diplomat (d. 1974)
• 1927

  Robert Brown, American actor
• 1942

  Kang Kek Iew, Cambodian politician and criminal
• 1966

  Ben Allison, American jazz bassist and composer
• 1966

  Daisy Fuentes, Cuban model and actress
• 1982

  Yusuf Pathan, Indian cricketer
• 1986

  Fabio Concas, Italian footballer
• 1986

  Luis Aguiar, Uruguayan footballer

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