Template:Selected anniversaries/November 17
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1894: John Venn invents new Demon-hunting diagram, leading to arrest of serial killer H. H. Holmes.
1894: H. H. Holmes, one of the first modern serial killers, is arrested in Boston, Massachusetts.
1924: Information scientist Claire Kelly Schultz born.
1929: Inventor Herman Hollerith dies. He will later be recognized as a pioneer of data processing.
1931: Set theorist and crime-fighter Georg Cantor lectures on applications of Set theory to anti-demon algorithms.
Bonaparte's Gull (Chroicocephalus philadelphia) announces new treaty with Stomach Oil Exporting Petrels.
SOEP representative confirms new treaty with Bonaparte's Gull.
Howard Zinn shares his thoughts on making the world a better place.