On This Day: November 17th

The first known case of COVID-19 is traced to a 55-year-old man who had visited a market in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China.

Fifty people are killed when Tatarstan Airlines Flight 363 crashes at Kazan Airport, Russia.

A rare late-season tornado outbreak strikes the Midwest. Illinois and Indiana are most affected with tornado reports as far north as lower Michigan. In all around six dozen tornadoes touch down in approximately an 11-hour time period, including seven EF3 and two EF4 tornadoes.

At least 50 schoolchildren are killed in an accident at a railway crossing near Manfalut, Egypt.

Actor Arnold Schwarzenegger's tenure as the governor of California begins.

A catastrophic landslide in Log pod Mangartom, Slovenia, kills seven, and causes millions of SIT of damage. It is one of the worst catastrophes in Slovenia in the past 100 years.

Alberto Fujimori is removed from office as president of Peru.

In Luxor, Egypt, 62 people are killed by six Islamic militants outside the Temple of Hatshepsut, known as Luxor massacre.

United States House of Representatives passes a resolution to establish the North American Free Trade Agreement.

In Nigeria, General Sani Abacha ousts the government of Ernest Shonekan in a military coup.