What happend on 17th November

16.11
18.11
2003

Arnold Schwarzenegger is inaugurated Governor of California.

2000

Alberto Fujimori is removed from office as president of Peru.

2000

Catastrophical landslide in Log pod Mangartom,Slovenia, kills 7, and causes millions of SIT of damage. It is one of the worst catastrophies in Slovenia in the past 100 years.

1997

In Luxor, Egypt, 62 people are killed by 6 Islamic militants outside the Temple of Hatshepsut (police killed the assailants).

1995

Public Radio International's radio program This American Life broadcasts its first episode, "New Beginnings".

1993

Annie Proulx wins the National Book Award for her novel The Shipping News.

1990

Fugendake, part of the Mount Unzen volcanic complex, Nagasaki prefecture, Japan became active again and erupted.

1989

Cold War: Velvet Revolution begins

1985

The first edition of Phrack is released. It became the oldest computer underground magazine still running after its 20 years of existence.

1983

The Zapatista Army of National Liberation founded.