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Events on the 17th of November in history

Events
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17 Nov 1278 680 Jews arrested (293 hanged) in England for counterfeiting coins
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17 Nov 1511 England and Spain sign anti-French covenant
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17 Nov 1555 William of Orange becomes member of Council of State
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17 Nov 1558 Elizabeth I ascends English throne upon death of Queen Mary
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17 Nov 1734 John Zenger, arrested for libel against New York col gov; later acquitted
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17 Nov 1785 Church of England organizes in New England
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17 Nov 1796 Battle of Arcole-Napoleon I's French forces beat Austrians in Italy
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17 Nov 1800 Congress held 1st session in Washington DC in incompleted Capitol Building
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17 Nov 1800 John Adams is 1st President to move into the White House
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17 Nov 1800 Congress held 1st session in Washington DC
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17 Nov 1842 Opera "Linda di Chamounix" is produced (London)
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17 Nov 1842 Fugitive slave George Latimer, captured in Boston
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17 Nov 1842 The opera "Linda di Chamounix" is produced (London)
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17 Nov 1853 Street signs authorized at San Francisco intersections
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17 Nov 1858 Origin of Modified Julian Period
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17 Nov 1862 Confederate Secretary of War George B Randolph resigns
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17 Nov 1863 Lincoln begins 1st draft of his Gettysburg Address
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17 Nov 1866 Opera "Mignon" is produced (Paris)
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17 Nov 1866 The opera "Mignon" is produced (Paris)
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17 Nov 1869 Englishman James Moore wins 1st bicycle race (13K Paris-Rouen)
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17 Nov 1869 Suez Canal (Egypt) opens, links Mediterranean and Red seas
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17 Nov 1869 Suez Canal opens (Egypt)
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17 Nov 1874 Emigrant ship Cospatrick catches fire and sinks off Auckland, New Zealand
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17 Nov 1875 American Theosophical Society founded by Mme Blavatsky and Col Olcott
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17 Nov 1877 Gilbert / Sullivans operette "Sorcerer, " premieres in London
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17 Nov 1884 Cops arrest John L Sullivan in 2nd round for being "cruel"
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17 Nov 1889 Union Pacific begins daily through service, Chicago to Portland and San Francisco
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17 Nov 1894 Daily Racing Form founded
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17 Nov 1904 George Cohans musical "Little Johnny Jones, " premieres in New York City
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17 Nov 1913 1st US dental hygienists course forms, Bridgeport, Connecticut
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17 Nov 1913 1st US dental hygienists course established, Bridgeport, Ct
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17 Nov 1913 Panama Canal opens
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17 Nov 1914 US declares Panama Canal Zone neutral
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17 Nov 1917 Lenin defended "temporary" removal of freedom of the press
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17 Nov 1918 Social Democratic Party becomes Communistc Party Holland: CPH
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17 Nov 1922 Turkish Sultan Mehmed VI flees to Malta on British warship
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17 Nov 1926 NHL's Chicago Black Hawks play their 1st game, beat Toronto St Pats 4-1
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17 Nov 1927 Tornado hit Washington DC
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17 Nov 1928 Boston Garden officially opens
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17 Nov 1928 Notre Dame finally lost a football game after nearly 25 years
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17 Nov 1929 Pascual Ortiz Rubio elected President of Mexico
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17 Nov 1929 Stalin throws Nicolai Bucharin out of Politburo
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17 Nov 1930 Musical "Sweet & Low" with Fanny Brice premieres in New York City
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17 Nov 1931 Bradman scores 135 NSW vs. South Africa, 128 mins, 15 fours
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17 Nov 1932 German government of von Papen, resigns
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17 Nov 1933 US recognizes USSR, opens trade
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17 Nov 1934 Lyndon B Johnson marries Claudia Alta Taylor
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17 Nov 1936 Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy become overnight success on radio
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17 Nov 1937 Britain's Lord Halifax visits Germany, beginning of appeasement
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17 Nov 1938 Italy passes their own version of the anti-Jewish Nuremberg laws
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17 Nov 1939 German U-boat torpedoes passenger ship
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17 Nov 1940 Green Bay Packers become 1st NFL team to travel by plane
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17 Nov 1945 "Girl from Nantucket" closes at Adelphi Theater NYC after 12 performances
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17 Nov 1945 New world air speed record 606 mph (975 kph) set by HJ Wilson of RAF
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17 Nov 1948 Britain's House of Commons votes to nationalize steel industry
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17 Nov 1953 St. Louis Browns officially become the Baltimore Baseball Club Inc
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17 Nov 1956 Syracuse fullback Jim Brown, scores NCAA record of 43 pts (vs. Colgate)
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17 Nov 1956 USSR performs atmospheric nuclear test
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17 Nov 1956 Fullback Jim Brown, Syracuse, scores 43 pts (NCAA rec) vs Colgate
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17 Nov 1957 WBOY TV channel 12 in Clarksburg, WV (NBC / ABC) begins broadcasting
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17 Nov 1958 KAII TV channel 7 in Wailuku, HI (NBC) begins broadcasting
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17 Nov 1959 Giants slugger Willie McCovey wins NL Rookie of Year
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17 Nov 1959 William Shea shows proposed NYC stadium with transparent roof
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17 Nov 1959 De Beers firm of South Africa announces synthetic diamond
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17 Nov 1960 New Washington franchise is awarded to Elwood Quesada
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17 Nov 1962 "Little Me" opens at Lunt-Fontanne Theater NYC for 257 performances
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17 Nov 1962 "Nowhere to Go, But Up" closes at Winter Garden NYC after 9 performances
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17 Nov 1962 President Kennedy dedicates Dulles International Airport outside Washington DC
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17 Nov 1963 Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Mary Mills Miss Gulf Coast Golf Invitational
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17 Nov 1964 British Labour Party installs weapon embargo against South Africa
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17 Nov 1965 General Meeting of the UN refuses admittance of China PR
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17 Nov 1965 William Eckert is unanimously elected commissioner of baseball
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17 Nov 1966 Leonids meteor shower peaks (150,000+ per hour)
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17 Nov 1967 Beatles Ltd & Apple Music Ltd swap names
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17 Nov 1967 Surveyor 6 becomes 1st man-made object to lift off the Moon
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17 Nov 1968 "Zorba" opens at Imperial Theater NYC for 305 performances
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17 Nov 1968 John Kander / Fred Ebbs musical "Zorba, " premieres in New York City
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17 Nov 1968 KHNE TV channel 29 in Hastings, NB (PBS) begins broadcasting
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17 Nov 1968 Heidi bowl-NBC misses Oakland's rally to beat Jets, 43-32
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17 Nov 1969 SALT-discussions open in Helsinki Finland
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17 Nov 1970 British newspaper Sun puts 1st pinup girl on pg 3 (Stephanie Rahn)
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17 Nov 1970 Russia lands Lunokhod 1 unmanned remote-controlled vehicle on Moon
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17 Nov 1973 Greek regime attacks students with tanks, 100s killed
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17 Nov 1973 Teri Garr plays role of a stripper on "The Nurse"
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17 Nov 1973 Teri Garr plays the role of a stripper on "The Nurse"
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17 Nov 1973 President Nixon told AP "...people have got to know whether or not their President is a crook. Well, I'm not a crook"
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17 Nov 1974 Bonnie Bryant wins Bill Branch LPGA Golf Classic
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17 Nov 1974 Union of Banana Exporting Countries (UPEB) forms
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17 Nov 1977 Egyptian President Sadat formally accepts invitation to visit Israel
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17 Nov 1977 Miss World Contest - Miss UK wears $9,500 platinum bikini
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17 Nov 1978 Gerald Lascelles (under English Princess Mary) weds Elizabeth Colvin
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17 Nov 1979 Daniel Okrent sketches out 1st draft rules for Rotisserie Baseball
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17 Nov 1979 Khomeini frees most black and female US hostages
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17 Nov 1979 New York Stars (WBL) home opener at Madison Square Garden in New York City
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17 Nov 1979 On a flight to Austin, TX, Daniel Okrent sketches out the first
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17 Nov 1979 NY Stars (WBL) home opener at MSG in NYC
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17 Nov 1980 John Lennon releases "Double Fantasy" album in the UK
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17 Nov 1980 John Lennon releases "Double Fantasy" album in UK
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17 Nov 1981 "1st" opens at Martin Beck Theater NYC for 37 performances
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17 Nov 1981 NBA New York Knick Bill Cartwright, ties record of 19 of 19 free throws
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17 Nov 1982 Dale Murphy wins NL MVP
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17 Nov 1983 "La Tragedie de Carmen" opens at Beaumont Theater NYC for 187 performances
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17 Nov 1983 Harm Wiersma retains checkers world championship
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17 Nov 1983 Philadelphia Flyers win 13th straight NHL game
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17 Nov 1984 Golden State Warrior scores 59 points losing to New Jersey Nets 124-110
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17 Nov 1984 Islanders score 20 assists against Rangers
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17 Nov 1985 Howard Stern begins broadcasting on 92.3 WXRK FM, New York
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17 Nov 1985 New York Jets best offensive production beating Tampa Bay 62-28
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17 Nov 1986 "Oh Coward!" opens at Helen Hayes Theater NYC for 56 performances
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17 Nov 1987 George Bell is 1st Blue Jay ever to win the AL MVP
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17 Nov 1988 Linda Petursdottir of Iceland, 18, crowned 38th Miss World
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17 Nov 1988 Benzir Bhutto wins election in Pakistan
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17 Nov 1989 Bret Saberhagen signs record $2,966,667 per year Kansas City Royal contract
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17 Nov 1991 "Brigadoon" closes at New York State Theater NYC after 12 performances
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17 Nov 1991 1st TV condom ad aired (FOX- TV)
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17 Nov 1991 Detroit Lion Mike Utley is paralyzed in a game vs Los Angeles Rams
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17 Nov 1992 "Gypsy Passion" opens at Plymouth Theater NYC for 55 performances
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17 Nov 1992 Blue Jay Nigel Wilson is 1st pick of Marlins in expansion draft
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17 Nov 1992 Dateline NBC airs a demonstration show General Motors trucks, blowing up on impact, later revealed NBC rigged test
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17 Nov 1992 Erling Kagge begins successful exploration at South pole
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17 Nov 1993 "Grand Night For Singing" opens at Criterion Theater NYC for 52 performances
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17 Nov 1993 Antonov AN-124 flies in South Iran against mountain: 17 killed
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17 Nov 1993 US House of Representatives approve Nafta
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17 Nov 1993 US Congress votes for NAFTA
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17 Nov 1994 "Sunset Boulevard" opens at Minskoff Theater NYC for 977 performances
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17 Nov 1994 3rd Germany government of Kohl forms
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17 Nov 1994 Irish government of Reynolds resigns
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17 Nov 1994 Irish Taoiseach, Albert Reynolds resigns
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17 Nov 1996 "Present Laughter" opens at Walter Kerr Theater, New York City
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17 Nov 1997 Mario Lemieux enters NHL Hall of Fame
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