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<p><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/November_17" title="November 17">November 17</a></b>
</p><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1292" title="1292">1292</a><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Balliol" title="John Balliol">John Balliol</a></b> was chosen to be <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Scottish_monarchs" title="List of Scottish monarchs">King of Scots</a> over <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_de_Brus,_5th_Lord_of_Annandale" title="Robert de Brus, 5th Lord of Annandale">Robert de Brus</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1943" title="1943">1943</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>: Australian forces launched an assault on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sattelberg" title="Sattelberg">Sattelberg</a>, New Guinea, against Japanese forces, initiating the <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Sattelberg" title="Battle of Sattelberg">Battle of Sattelberg</a></b>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1989" title="1989">1989</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walt_Disney_Pictures" title="Walt Disney Pictures">Walt Disney Pictures</a> released <i><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Little_Mermaid_(1989_film)" title="The Little Mermaid (1989 film)">The Little Mermaid</a></b></i> to theatres, starting the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disney_Renaissance" title="Disney Renaissance">Disney Renaissance</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1997" title="1997">1997</a> – Sixty-two people <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luxor_massacre" title="Luxor massacre">were killed</a></b> by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_terrorism" title="Islamic terrorism">Islamist terrorists</a> outside <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deir_el-Bahari" title="Deir el-Bahari">Deir el-Bahari</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luxor" title="Luxor">Luxor</a>, one of Egypt's top tourist attractions.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2013" title="2013">2013</a><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tornado_outbreak_of_November_17,_2013" title="Tornado outbreak of November 17, 2013">An outbreak of 77 confirmed tornadoes</a></b> occurred in seven U.S. states; it became the largest November tornado outbreak in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illinois" title="Illinois">Illinois</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indiana" title="Indiana">Indiana</a>.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chen_Jinfeng" title="Chen Jinfeng">Chen Jinfeng</a></b>  (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 935); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikephoros_Melissenos" title="Nikephoros Melissenos">Nikephoros Melissenos</a></b>  (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1104); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grace_Abbott" title="Grace Abbott">Grace Abbott</a></b>  (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1878); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyril_Ramaphosa" title="Cyril Ramaphosa">Cyril Ramaphosa</a></b>  (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1952)</p>