November 17H.H. Holmes1796 French Revolutionary Wars: French forces won the Battle of Arcole in a manoeuvre to cut the Austrians' line of retreat.1894 H.H. Holmes (pictured), one of the first modern serial killers, was arrested in Boston after killing at least nine people.1968 NBC controversially cut away from an American football game between the Oakland Raiders and New York Jets to broadcast Heidi, causing viewers in the Eastern United States to miss the game's dramatic ending.1989 Walt Disney Pictures released The Little Mermaid to theatres, beginning the Disney Renaissance.2009 Administrators at the University of East Anglia's Climatic Research Unit discovered that their servers had been hacked, and thousands of emails and files on climate change had been stolen.Nikephoros Melissenos (d.1104)Agnes of Jesus (b.1602)Maria Antonia Ferdinanda of Spain (b.1729)Nicolas Appert (b.1749)More anniversaries: November 16November 17November 18ArchiveBy emailList of days of the yearAbout