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The Aurora of November 17, 1882 was a geomagnetic storm and associated aurora event
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t55595203/aurora-of-november-17-1882/



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Mount Unzen erupted on the 17th November, 1990.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t49430011/mount-unzen/

Lunokhod 1 landed on the Moon on the 17th November 1970.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunokhod_1

Soyuz 20 was an unmanned spacecraft launched on the 17th November 1967.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soyuz_20

Surveyor 6 performs a "hop" maneuver on the lunar surface on the 17th November 1967.
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/history/60s/Surveyor6_1967_2.htm



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John-David Francis Bartoe (November 17, 1944) is an American astrophysicist.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John-David_F._Bartoe

Henry Gellibrand (1597-1637) was an English mathematician.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Gellibrand

August Ferdinand Möbius (November 17, 1790 - September 26, 1868) was a German mathematician
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t46232290/august-ferdinand-mbius-1790-1868/

John Stanley Plaskett (November 17, 1865 - October 17, 1941) was a Canadian astronomer.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Stanley_Plaskett

Michael Francis A'Hearn (November 17, 1940 - May 29, 2017) was an American astronomer 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_A%27Hearn

Claes-Ingvar Lagerkvist (born 1944) is a Swedish astronomer at the Uppsala Astronomical Observatory.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claes-Ingvar_Lagerkvist

Ethel Frances Butwell Bellamy (17 November 1881 - 7 December 1960) was an English astronomical computer
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethel_Bellamy

Eugene Paul Wigner (November 17, 1902 - January 1, 1995) was a Hungarian American physicist 
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t46232262/eugene-wigner-1902-1995/

Lhamo Dondrub was formally recognised as the 14th Dalai Lamaon 17 November 1950
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t43771801/14th-dalai-lama/



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Star Trek: "Journey to Babel" was first broadcast on November 17, 1967 

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Star Trek: "The Menagerie" was broadcast on November 17, 1966
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NGC 529 was discovered by John Herschel on the 17th November 1827. 
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t55601355/ngc-529/

NGC 2139 was discovered by William Herschel on the 17th November 1784. 
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t49176682/ngc-2139/

NGC 7137 was discovered by William Herschel on the 17th November 1784. 
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t55601250/ngc-7137/



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Asteroid (107) Camilla was discovered by N. R. Pogson on November 17, 1868
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/107_Camilla



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Meteorites

The Sena (H4) meteorite fell in Aragon, Spain, on the 17th November 1773.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t46232268/sena-meteorite/

The Raco (H5) meteorite fell in Tucuman, Argentina, on the 17th November 1957.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t46232257/raco-meteorite/

The Chiang Khan (H6) meteorite fell in Loei, Thailand, on the 17th November 1981.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t46232254/chiang-khan-meteorite/



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