What day of the week was November 17, 2012?

The day of the week November 17th, 2012 fell on was a Saturday.

There were 38 days until Christmas.

Armand Desmet the Belgian cyclist (b. 1931) died on this day in 2012. As did Lea Gottlieb the Hungarian-Israeli fashion designer, founded the Gottex Company (b. 1918) , Arnaud Maggs the Canadian photographer (b. 1926) , Freddy Schmidt the American baseball player (b. 1916) , Billy Scott the American singer-songwriter (b. 1942) , Bal Thackeray the Indian politician (b. 1926) , Margaret Yorke the English author (b. 1924) .

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