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Events from History on November 17

1278 : 680 Jews arrested (293 hanged) in England for counterfeiting coins
1511 : England & Spain sign anti-French covenant
1555 : William of Orange becomes member of Council of State
1558 : Elizabeth I ascends English throne upon death of Queen Mary
1734 : John Zenger, arrested for libel against NY col gov; later acquitted
1785 : Church of England organizes in New England
1796 : Battle of Arcole-Napolean I's French forces beat Austrians in Italy
1798 : -21) Snow storms in New England, 100s die
1800 : Congress held 1st session in Wash DC in incompleted Capitol building
1800 : John Adams is 1st pres to move into the White House
1839 : Giuseppe Verdi's opera "Oberte Conti Di," premieres in Milan
1842 : Fugitive slave George Latimer, captured in Boston
1842 : Opera "Linda di Chamounix" is produced (London)
1853 : Street signs authorized at San Francisco intersections
1858 : Origin of Modified Julian Period
1862 : Confederate Sec of War George B Randolph resigns
1863 : -Dec 4th) Battle of Knoxville, TN
1863 : Lincoln begins 1st draft of his Gettysburg Address
1866 : Opera "Mignon" is produced (Paris)
1868 : N R Pogson discovers asteroid #107 Camilla
1869 : Englishman James Moore wins 1st bicycle race (13K Paris-Rouen)
1869 : Suez Canal (Egypt) opens, links Mediterranean & Red seas
1874 : Emigrant ship Cospatrick catches fire & sinks off Auckland, NZ
1875 : Amer Theosophical Society founded by Mme Blavatsky & Col Olcott
1877 : Gilbert/Sullivans operette "Sorcerer," premieres in London
1884 : Cops arrest John L Sullivan in 2nd round for being "cruel"
1888 : St Tsjaikovsky's 5th Symphony premieres in Petersburg
1889 : Union Pacific begins daily through service, Chicago-Portland & SF
1894 : Daily Racing Form founded
1904 : George Cohans musical "Little Johnny Jones," premieres in NYC
1913 : 1st US dental hygienists course forms, Bridgeport, Ct
1913 : Panama Canal opens
1914 : H Thiele discovers asteroid #797 Montana
1914 : US declares Panama Canal Zone neutral
1917 : Lenin defended "temporary" removal of freedom of the press
1918 : Social Democratic Party becomes Communistc Party Holland: CPH
1922 : Turkish sultan Mehmed VI flees to Malta on British warship
1924 : K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #1047 Geisha
1925 : E Buchar discovers asteroid #1055 Tynka
1926 : NHL's Chicago Black Hawks play their 1st game, beat Tor St Pats 4-1
1927 : O Oikawa discovers asteroids #1088 Mitaka, #1089 Tama & #1185 Nikko
1927 : Tornado hits Washington DC
1928 : A Schaumasse discovers asteroid #1114 Lorraine
1928 : Boston Garden officially opens
1928 : Notre Dame finally lost a football game after nearly 25 years
1929 : Pascual Ortiz Rubio elected president of Mexico
1929 : Stalin throws Nicolai Bucharin out of Politburo
1930 : Musical "Sweet & Low" with Fanny Brice premieres in NYC
1931 : Bradman scores 135 NSW v South Africa, 128 mins, 15 fours
1932 : German govt of von Papen, resigns
1933 : G Neujmin discovers asteroid #1316 Kasan
1933 : US recognizes USSR, opens trade
1934 : Lyndon B Johnson marries Claudia Alta Taylor
1936 : Edgar Bergen & Charlie McCarthy become overnight success on radio
1936 : L Boyer discovers asteroid #1400 Tirela
1937 : Britains Lord Halifax visits Germany, beginning of appeasement
1938 : Italy passes their own version of anti-Jewish Nuremberg laws
1938 : K Reinmuth discovers asteroids #1487 Boda, #1502 Arenda & #3008 Nojiri
1939 : German U-boat torpedoes passenger ship
1939 : Jerome Kern/Hammerstein II's "Very Warm for May," premieres in NYC
1941 : I Polit discovers asteroid #4298
1941 : Virgil Thomson's 2nd Symphony, premieres
1944 : -Nov 19] Nazi raids in Dutch NE Polder
1945 : "Girl from Nantucket" closes at Adelphi Theater NYC after 12 perfs
1945 : New world air speed record 606 mph (975 kph) set by HJ Wilson of RAF
1948 : Britain's House of Commons votes to nationalize steel industry
1950 : L Boyer discovers asteroid #1599 Giomus
1953 : St Louis Browns officially become the Baltimore Baseball Club Inc
1955 : M Laugier discovers asteroid #2393 Suzuki
1956 : Syracuse fullback Jim Brown, scores NCAA record of 43 pts (vs Colgate)
1956 : USSR performs atmospheric nuclear test
1957 : WBOY TV channel 12 in Clarksburg, WV (NBC/ABC) begins broadcasting
1958 : KAII TV channel 7 in Wailuku, HI (NBC) begins broadcasting
1959 : De Beers firm of South Africa announces synthetic diamond
1959 : Giants slugger Willie McCovey wins NL Rookie of Year
1959 : William Shea shows proposed NYC stadium with transparent roof
1960 : New Washington franchise is awarded to Elwood Quesada
1962 : "Little Me" opens at Lunt-Fontanne Theater NYC for 257 performances
1962 : "Nowhere to Go, But Up" closes at Winter Garden NYC after 9 perfs
1962 : Pres Kennedy dedicates Dulles Intl Airport outside Wash DC
1962 : Simon/Coleman/Leigh's musical "Little Me," premieres in NYC
1962 : USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1964 : British Labour Party installs weapon embargo against South Africa
1965 : General Meeting of UN refuses admittance of China PR
1965 : William Eckert is unanimously elected commissioner of baseball
1966 : Leonids meteor shower peaks (150,000+ per hour)
1967 : Beatles Ltd & Apple Music Ltd swap names
1967 : French author R‚gis Debray sentenced to 30 years in Bolivia
1967 : Surveyor 6 becomes 1st man-made object to lift off Moon
1968 : "Zorba" opens at Imperial Theater NYC for 305 performances
1968 : John Kander/Fred Ebbs musical "Zorba," premieres in NYC
1968 : KHNE TV channel 29 in Hastings, NB (PBS) begins broadcasting
1968 : NBC cuts to show "Heidi," misses Raider's rally to beat Jets, 43-32
1969 : SALT-discussions open in Helsinki Finland
1970 : British newspaper Sun puts 1st pinup girl on pg 3 (Stephanie Rahn)
1970 : Russia lands Lunokhod 1 unmanned remote-controlled vehicle on Moon
1972 : Juan Per¢n returns to Argentina
1973 : Greek regime attacks students with tanks, 100s killed
1973 : Pres Nixon tells AP "...people have got to know whether or not their
1973 : Teri Garr plays role of a stripper on "The Nurse"
1973 : pres is a crook. Well, I'm not a crook"
1974 : Union of Banana Exporting Countries (UPEB) forms
1976 : China PR performs nuclear test at Lop Nor PRC
1977 : Bernard Pomerance's "Elephant Man," premieres in London
1977 : Egyptian Pres Sadat formally accepts invitation to visit Israel
1977 : Miss World Contest - Miss UK wears $9,500 platinum bikini
1978 : Gerald Lascelles (under English princess Mary) weds Elizabeth Colvin
1979 : Daniel Okrent sketches out 1st draft rules for Rotisserie Baseball
1979 : Khomeini frees most black & female US hostages
1979 : NY Stars (WBL) home opener at MSG in NYC
1979 : On a flight to Austin, TX, Daniel Okrent sketches out the first
1980 : John Lennon releases "Double Fantasy" album in UK
1981 : "1st" opens at Martin Beck Theater NYC for 37 performances
1981 : A Mrkos discovers asteroid #2889 & #3791 Marci
1982 : Centro Astronomico discovers asteroid #4661
1982 : Dale Murphy wins NL MVP
1983 : "La Tragedie de Carmen" opens at Beaumont Theater NYC for 187 perfs
1983 : Harm Wiersma retains checkers world championship
1983 : Phila Flyers win 13th straight NHL game
1984 : Golden State Warrior scores 59 points losing to NJ Nets 124-110
1984 : Islanders score 20 assists against Rangers
1985 : Howard Stern begins broadcasting on 92.3 WXRK FM NY
1985 : NY Jets best offensive production beating Tampa Bay 62-28
1986 : "Oh Coward!" opens at Helen Hayes Theater NYC for 56 performances
1987 : CERGA discovers asteroid #8080
1987 : George Bell is 1st Blue Jay ever to win the AL MVP
1988 : Linda Petursdottir of Iceland, 18, crowned 38th Miss World
1988 : Neil Simon's "Rumors," premieres in NYC
1989 : Bret Saberhagen signs record $2,966,667 per year KC Royal contract
1989 : K Endate & K Watanabe discover asteroid #4773 Hayakawa
1991 : "Brigadoon" closes at New York State Theater NYC after 12 performances
1991 : 1st TV condom ad aired (FOX- TV)
1991 : Detroit Lion Mike Utley is paralized in a game vs LA Rams
1992 : "Gypsy Passion" opens at Plymouth Theater NYC for 55 performances
1992 : A Sugie discovers asteroid #6657 & #8186
1992 : Blue Jay Nigel Wilson is 1st pick of Marlins in expansion draft
1992 : Dateline NBC airs a demonstration show General Motors trucks,
1992 : Erling Kagge begins successful exploration at South pole
1992 : blowing up on impact, later revealed NBC rigged test
1993 : "Grand Night For Singing" opens at Criterion Theater NYC for 52 perfs
1993 : Antonov AN-124 flies in South Iran against mountain: 17 killed
1993 : US House of Representatives approve Nafta
1994 : "Sunset Boulevard" opens at Minskoff Theater NYC for 977 performances
1994 : 3rd Germany government of Kohl forms
1994 : Irish government of Reynolds resigns
1995 : S Otomo discovers asteroid #7143
1996 : "Present Laughter" opens at Walter Kerr Theater NYC
1996 : Sam's Town Bowling Invitational
1997 : Mario Lemieux enters NHL Hall of Fame

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