November 17 in history: • 1592 – Sigismund III Vasa, who was already King of Poland, succeeded his father John III as King of Sweden. → go there • 1921 – Rioting broke out in Bombay, India, during the visit of Edward, Prince of Wales, leading to at least 58 deaths. → go there • 1943 – World War II: Australian forces launched an assault on Sattelberg, New Guinea, against Japanese forces, initiating the Battle of Sattelberg. → go there • 1950 – The 14th Dalai Lama (pictured) assumed full temporal power as ruler of Tibet at the age of 15. → go there • 2013 – Tatarstan Airlines Flight 363 crashed during an aborted landing at Kazan International Airport, Russia, killing all 50 people on board and leading to the revocation of the airline's operating certificate. → go there Born 1412: Zanobi Strozzi Wiki link Died 1780: Bernardo Bellotto Wiki link Born 1990: Ng On-yee Wiki link Died 2017: Rikard Wolff Wiki link Pictured: 14th Dalai Lama.