17th of November 2018
17th of November 2018 is the 321st day of the year.
This day in history:
1292: John de Balliol proclaimed King of Scotland - ...more
1558: Death of Mary Tudor - ...more
1606: Trial of Walter Raleigh - ...more
1837: Pickwick Papers Published - ...more
1855: Livingstone reaches Victoria Falls - ...more
1869: Suez Canal Inaugurated - ...more
1953: Channel Collision Kills 20 - ...more
1997: The Luxor Massacre - ...more
More dates from British history.
British quote for the day:
O, what a tangled web we weave when first we practise to deceive! - Walter Scott.
Born today:
Roger L'Estrange - 1616, George Grote - 1794, George Beilby - 1850, Bernard Montgomery - 1887, Philip Christison - 1893, Peter Cook - 1937, Auberon Waugh - 1939, Jack Vettriano - 1951, Jonathan Ross - 1960, Greg Rutherford - 1986.
Died today:
Mary Tudor - 1558, Reginald Pole - 1558, Robert Owen - 1858, Richard Shaw - 1912, Henry Bastian - 1915, Eric Gill - 1940, Mervyn Peake - 1968, Dame Gladys Cooper - 1971.
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