Page 20: Historical Events In 2017
Tuesday, 10 February 2026
Nov 10 Louis C.K. admits the stories of sexual misconduct about him are true 


Nov 11 Largest Singles Day sales ever - Alibaba says its sales alone were $25.3 billion 


Nov 11 Nationalist march in Warsaw, Poland, draws 60000, to coincide with country's independence day. 


Nov 12 7.3 earthquake hits near Halabjal, Iraq, on border with Iran, killing over 500 people, with 7000 injured. 


Nov 12 A magnitude 7.3 earthquake strikes the border region between Iraq and Iran leaving at least 530 dead and over 70000 homeless. 


Nov 12 For the inaugural time Prince Charles lays the wreath to Great Britain's war dead, replacing Queen Elizabeth 


Nov 13 inaugural Barbie doll to wear a hijab, modeled on Olympic fencer Ibtihaj Muhammad unveiled in New York. 


Nov 13 Italy fails to qualify for 2018 Football World Cup (inaugural time since 1958), after play-off defeat against Sweden. 


Nov 13 World's earliest wine-making uncovered from Khramis Didi Gora, Georgia, in clay pots from 6000BC. 


Nov 14 Armed forces drive through streets of Harare, Zimbabwe a day after military says its prepared to step in after removal of vice-president Emmerson Mnangagwa. 


Nov 15 3 UCLA basketball players suspended after admitting shoplifting in China, only released at President Trump's request 


Nov 15 A Leonardo da Vinci painting, Salvator Mundi, sells for US$450 million at Christie's in New York, a new record price for any work of art. 


Nov 15 Argentine submarine San Juan goes missing in the Atlantic after reporting mechanical failure. 


Nov 15 Australian postal vote on same-sex marriage revealed - 61% vote yes 


Nov 15 In this year, Country singer Blake Shelton claims People Magazine's sexiest man alive award 


Nov 15 Isabel Dos Santos, Africa's richest woman, fired as head of Angola state oil company Sonangol 


Nov 15 Pakistan unveils remains of 1700 year-old sleeping Buddha in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province 


Nov 15 The Zimbabwean Army detains Robert Mugabe and the inaugural family and appoints sacked Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa as interim president. 


Nov 15 Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe is placed under house arrest, as the military take control of the country. He steps down six days later, after 37 years of rule. 


Nov 16 19 countries pledge to phase out coal at UN Climate Summit in Bonn, Germany 


Nov 16 Cambodian court rules to dissolve the country's main opposition party Cambodia National Rescue party (CNRP). 


Nov 16 Leonardo da Vinci 's painting "Salvator Mundi" sells for $450.3 million at auction in New York, world record price for any artwork. 


Nov 16 US senator Al Franken accused of groping and forcibly kissing a woman 


Nov 19 Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe refuses to resign in a TV speech after being ousted as leader of ruling ZANU-PF party 


Nov 20 Atlanta's Georgia Dome, once the world's largest covered stadium, is destroyed in a controlled implosion. 


Nov 20 German Chancellor Angela Merkel announces that coalition talks to form a government have collapsed 


Nov 20 In this year, Nature publishes an article recognising the high velocity asteroid ʻOumuamua as originating from outside the Solar System i.e. the inaugural known interstellar object 


Nov 20 Investment corporation Tencent's market value hits $511 billion, - inaugural Asian company to join the $500 billion club. 


Nov 21 CBS TV host Charlie Rose is fired after allegations of sexual harassment by eight women. 


Nov 21 Mt Agung on the Indonesian island of Bali begins erupting 


Nov 21 Oumuamua comet, 400 meters and reddish, inaugural known comet from another star system revealed by scientists. 


Nov 21 Pixar animation head John Lasseter takes 6 month leave of absence amid sexual misconduct claims 


Nov 21 Robert Mugabe 's resignation after 37 years in power is read out in Zimbabwe's parliaments during impeachment proceedings. 


Nov 22 Ratko Mladic the "Butcher of Bosnia" is convicted of genocide and other atrocities during the Bosnian war and jailed for life in The Hague. 


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