Famous Birthdays — November 17 — Danny DeVito & More

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FAMOUS BIRTHDAYS

100 famous birthdays born on this day

Danny DeVito

🇺🇸Danny DeVito

American actor

Bernard Montgomery

🇬🇧Bernard Montgomery

British Army officer

Cyril Ramaphosa

🇿🇦Cyril Ramaphosa

President of South Africa since 2018

Dean Paul Martin

🇺🇸Dean Paul Martin

American actor and singer

Christopher Paolini

🇺🇸Christopher Paolini

American writer

Abdelmadjid Tebboune

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Abdelmadjid Tebboune

President of Algeria since 2019

Bob Gaudio

🇺🇸Bob Gaudio

American songwriter and musician (b. 1942)

Astrid of Sweden

Astrid of Sweden

Queen of the Belgians from 1934 to 1935

East Bay Ray

🇺🇸East Bay Ray

Musical artist

Aaron Finch

🇦🇺Aaron Finch

Australian cricketer

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Auberon Waugh

🇬🇧Auberon Waugh

British journalist and novelist

Charles Guthrie, Baron Guthrie of Craigiebank

🇬🇧Charles Guthrie, Baron Guthrie of Craigiebank

British army officer

Alexei Urmanov

🇷🇺Alexei Urmanov

Russian figure skater and coach

Bob Mathias

🇺🇸Bob Mathias

American decathlete and politician

Bronzino

🇮🇹Bronzino

Italian Mannerist painter

Butch Davis

🇺🇸Butch Davis

American football player and coach

August Ferdinand Möbius

🇩🇪August Ferdinand Möbius

German mathematician and astronomer

Alvin Patrimonio

🇵🇭Alvin Patrimonio

Filipino basketball player

Sima Guang

🇨🇳Sima Guang

Song dynasty scholar

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📅 On This Day

Actor Arnold Schwarzenegger's tenure as the governor of California begins.

American Civil War: Siege of Knoxville begins: During the Knoxville campaign, Confederate forces under General James Longstreet besiege the city of Knoxville, Tennessee and its Union defenders led by General Ambrose Burnside.

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

Cold War: Negotiators from the Soviet Union and the United States meet in Helsinki, Finland to begin SALT I negotiations aimed at limiting the number of strategic weapons on both sides.

🕊️Remembering

Catherine the Great

Catherine the Great, of Russia (born 1729)

Audre Lorde

Audre Lorde, American poet, essayist, memoirist, and activist (born 1934)

Bal Thackeray

🌍Holidays & Observances

Elizabeth of Hungary

Christian feast days: Elizabeth of Hungary

Athens Polytechnic uprising

Athens Polytechnic Uprising Remembrance Day (Greece)

Acisclus

Christian feast days: Acisclus

TopazBirthstone

♏ScorpioSun Sign

🌻ChrysanthemumBirth Flower

📅 On This Day

Actor Arnold Schwarzenegger's tenure as the governor of California begins.

American Civil War: Siege of Knoxville begins: During the Knoxville campaign, Confederate forces under General James Longstreet besiege the city of Knoxville, Tennessee and its Union defenders led by General Ambrose Burnside.

🕊️Remembering

Catherine the Great

Catherine the Great, of Russia (born 1729)

Audre Lorde

Audre Lorde, American poet, essayist, memoirist, and activist (born 1934)

Bal Thackeray

🌍Holidays & Observances

Elizabeth of Hungary

Christian feast days: Elizabeth of Hungary

Athens Polytechnic uprising

Athens Polytechnic Uprising Remembrance Day (Greece)

Acisclus

Christian feast days: Acisclus

Bal Thackeray, Indian cartoonist and politician (born 1926)

2012

Auguste Rodin

Auguste Rodin, French sculptor and illustrator (born 1840)

Elizabeth of Hungary

Elizabeth of Hungary (born 1207)

Abba Eban

Abba Eban, South African-Israeli soldier and politician, third Israeli Minister of Foreign Affairs (born 1915)

Adolphe, Grand Duke of Luxembourg

Adolphe, Grand Duke of Luxembourg, (born 1817)

Alan Hull

Alan Hull, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1945)

Aignan of Orleans

Christian feast days: Aignan of Orleans

Gennadius of Constantinople

Christian feast days: Gennadius of Constantinople (Greek Orthodox Church)

Gregory of Tours

Christian feast days: Gregory of Tours (Roman Catholic Church)

Gregory Thaumaturgus

Christian feast days: Gregory Thaumaturgus

Hilda of Whitby

Christian feast days: Hilda of Whitby

Hugh of Lincoln

Christian feast days: Hugh of Lincoln

November 17 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Christian feast days: November 17 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

International Students' Day

Martyrs' Day (India)

Martyrs' Day (Odisha, India)

Public holidays in the Marshall Islands

Presidents Day (Marshall Islands)

World Prematurity Day

Bal Thackeray, Indian cartoonist and politician (born 1926)

2012

Auguste Rodin

Auguste Rodin, French sculptor and illustrator (born 1840)

Aignan of Orleans

Christian feast days: Aignan of Orleans