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This Date in History - November 17th
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* 284 Diocletian is proclaimed emperor by his soldiers.
* 473 The future Leo II is named associate emperor by Leo I.
* 1183 The Battle of Mizushima.
* 1292 (O.S.) John Balliol becomes King of Scotland.
* 1511 Spain and England ally against France.
* 1558 Elizabethan era begins: Queen Mary I of England dies and is succeeded by her half-sister Elizabeth I of England.
* 1603 English explorer, writer and courtier Sir Walter Raleigh goes on trial for treason.
* 1659 The Peace of the Pyrenees is signed between France and Spain.
* 1777 Articles of Confederation are submitted to the states for ratification.
* 1796 Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Arcole French forces defeat the Austrians in Italy.
* 1800 The United States Congress holds its first session in Washington, D.C.
* 1811 Josι Miguel Carrera, Chilean founding father, is sworn in as President of the executive Junta of the government of Chile.
* 1812 Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Krasnoi.
* 1820 Captain Nathaniel Palmer becomes the first American to see Antarctica (the Palmer Peninsula is later named after him).
* 1827 The Delta Phi fraternity, America's oldest continuous social fraternity, is founded at Union College in Schenectady, New York.
* 1831 Ecuador and Venezuela are separated from Greater Colombia.
* 1855 David Livingstone becomes the first European to see the Victoria Falls in what is now present-day Zambia-Zimbabwe.
* 1856 American Old West: On the Sonoita River in present-day southern Arizona, the United States Army establishes Fort Buchanan in order to help control new land acquired in the Gadsden Purchase.
* 1858 Modified Julian Day zero.
* 1863 American Civil War: Siege of Knoxville begins Confederate forces led by General James Longstreet place Knoxville, Tennessee under siege.
* 1869 In Egypt, the Suez Canal, linking the Mediterranean Sea with the Red Sea, is inaugurated.
* 1871 The National Rifle Association is granted a charter by the state of New York.
* 1876 Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's Slavonic March is given its premiθre performance in Moscow.
* 1878 First assassination attempt against Umberto I of Italy.
* 1903 The Russian Social Democratic Labor Party splits into two groups; the Bolsheviks (Russian for "majority") and Mensheviks (Russian for "minority").
* 1905 The Eulsa Treaty is signed between Japan and Korea.
* 1911 The Omega Psi Phi fraternity, the first African-American fraternity at an historically black college or university, is founded at Howard University in Washington, D.C.
* 1919 King George V of the United Kingdom proclaims Armistice Day (later Remembrance Day). The idea is first suggested by Edward George Honey.
* 1922 Former Ottoman sultan Mehmed VI goes into exile in Italy.
* 1933 United States recognizes Soviet Union.
* 1939 Nine Czech students are executed as a response to anti-Nazi demonstrations prompted by the death of Jan Opletal. In addition, all Czech universities are shut down and over 1200 Czech students sent to concentration camps. Since this event, International Students' Day is celebrated in many countries, especially in the Czech Republic.
* 1947 The U.S. Screen Actors Guild implements an anti-Communist loyalty oath.
* 1947 American scientists John Bardeen and Walter Brattain observe the basic principles of the transistor, a key element for the electronics revolution of the 20th Century.
* 1950 Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama, is enthroned as the leader of Tibet at the age of fifteen.
* 1953 The remaining human inhabitants of the Blasket Islands, Kerry, Ireland are evacuated to the mainland.
* 1957 G-AOHP of British European Airways crashes at Ballerup after the failure of three engines on approach to Copenhagen Airport. The cause was a malfunction of the anti-icing system on the aircraft.
* 1962 President John F. Kennedy dedicates Dulles International Airport, serving the Washington, D.C. region.
* 1967 Vietnam War: Acting on optimistic reports that he had been given on November 13, US President Lyndon B. Johnson tells the nation that, while much remained to be done, "We are inflicting greater losses than we're taking...We are making progress."
* 1968 Alexandros Panagoulis is condemned to death for attempting to assassinate Greek dictator George Papadopoulos.
* 1968 British European Airways introduces the BAC One-Eleven into commercial service.
* 1969 Cold War: Negotiators from the Soviet Union and the United States meet in Helsinki to begin SALT I negotiations aimed at limiting the number of strategic weapons on both sides.
* 1970 Vietnam War: Lieutenant William Calley goes on trial for the My Lai massacre.
* 1970 Luna program: The Soviet Union lands Lunokhod 1 on Mare Imbrium (Sea of Rains) on the Moon. This is the first roving remote-controlled robot to land on another world and is released by the orbiting Luna 17 spacecraft.
* 1970 Douglas Engelbart receives the patent for the first computer mouse.
* 1973 Watergate scandal: In Orlando, Florida, US President Richard Nixon tells 400 Associated Press managing editors "I am not a crook".
* 1973 The Athens Polytechnic Uprising against the military regime ends in a bloodshed in the Greek capital.
* 1974 The Alianηa Operαrio-Camponesa (Worker-Peasant Alliance) is founded in Portugal, as a front of PCP(m-l).
* 1979 Brisbane Suburban Railway Electrification. The first stage from Ferny Grove to Darra is commissioned.
* 1982 Duk Koo Kim dies unexpectedly from injuries sustained during a 14-round match against Ray Mancini in Las Vegas, Nevada, prompting reforms in the sport of boxing.
* 1983 The Zapatista Army of National Liberation is founded.
* 1989 Cold War: Velvet Revolution begins: In Czechoslovakia, a student demonstration in Prague is quelled by riot police. This sparks an uprising aimed at overthrowing the communist government (it succeeds on December 29).
* 1990 Fugendake, part of the Mount Unzen volcanic complex, Nagasaki prefecture, Japan becomes active again and erupts.
* 1997 In Luxor, Egypt, 62 people are killed by 6 Islamic militants outside the Temple of Hatshepsut, known as Luxor massacre (The police then kill the assailants).
* 2000 A catastrophic landslide in Log pod Mangartom, Slovenia, kills 7, and causes millions of SIT of damage. It is one of the worst catastrophes in Slovenia in the past 100 years.
* 2000 Alberto Fujimori is removed from office as president of Peru.
* 2004 Kmart Corp. announces that it is buying Sears, Roebuck and Co. for $11 billion USD and naming the newly merged company Sears Holdings Corporation.
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This Date in History - November 17th
c/p from Wikipedia
* 284 Diocletian is proclaimed emperor by his soldiers.
* 473 The future Leo II is named associate emperor by Leo I.
* 1183 The Battle of Mizushima.
* 1292 (O.S.) John Balliol becomes King of Scotland.
* 1511 Spain and England ally against France.
* 1558 Elizabethan era begins: Queen Mary I of England dies and is succeeded by her half-sister Elizabeth I of England.
* 1603 English explorer, writer and courtier Sir Walter Raleigh goes on trial for treason.
* 1659 The Peace of the Pyrenees is signed between France and Spain.
* 1777 Articles of Confederation are submitted to the states for ratification.
* 1796 Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Arcole French forces defeat the Austrians in Italy.
* 1800 The United States Congress holds its first session in Washington, D.C.
* 1811 Josι Miguel Carrera, Chilean founding father, is sworn in as President of the executive Junta of the government of Chile.
* 1812 Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Krasnoi.
* 1820 Captain Nathaniel Palmer becomes the first American to see Antarctica (the Palmer Peninsula is later named after him).
* 1827 The Delta Phi fraternity, America's oldest continuous social fraternity, is founded at Union College in Schenectady, New York.
* 1831 Ecuador and Venezuela are separated from Greater Colombia.
* 1855 David Livingstone becomes the first European to see the Victoria Falls in what is now present-day Zambia-Zimbabwe.
* 1856 American Old West: On the Sonoita River in present-day southern Arizona, the United States Army establishes Fort Buchanan in order to help control new land acquired in the Gadsden Purchase.
* 1858 Modified Julian Day zero.
* 1863 American Civil War: Siege of Knoxville begins Confederate forces led by General James Longstreet place Knoxville, Tennessee under siege.
* 1869 In Egypt, the Suez Canal, linking the Mediterranean Sea with the Red Sea, is inaugurated.
* 1871 The National Rifle Association is granted a charter by the state of New York.
* 1876 Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's Slavonic March is given its premiθre performance in Moscow.
* 1878 First assassination attempt against Umberto I of Italy.
* 1903 The Russian Social Democratic Labor Party splits into two groups; the Bolsheviks (Russian for "majority") and Mensheviks (Russian for "minority").
* 1905 The Eulsa Treaty is signed between Japan and Korea.
* 1911 The Omega Psi Phi fraternity, the first African-American fraternity at an historically black college or university, is founded at Howard University in Washington, D.C.
* 1919 King George V of the United Kingdom proclaims Armistice Day (later Remembrance Day). The idea is first suggested by Edward George Honey.
* 1922 Former Ottoman sultan Mehmed VI goes into exile in Italy.
* 1933 United States recognizes Soviet Union.
* 1939 Nine Czech students are executed as a response to anti-Nazi demonstrations prompted by the death of Jan Opletal. In addition, all Czech universities are shut down and over 1200 Czech students sent to concentration camps. Since this event, International Students' Day is celebrated in many countries, especially in the Czech Republic.
* 1947 The U.S. Screen Actors Guild implements an anti-Communist loyalty oath.
* 1947 American scientists John Bardeen and Walter Brattain observe the basic principles of the transistor, a key element for the electronics revolution of the 20th Century.
* 1950 Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama, is enthroned as the leader of Tibet at the age of fifteen.
* 1953 The remaining human inhabitants of the Blasket Islands, Kerry, Ireland are evacuated to the mainland.
* 1957 G-AOHP of British European Airways crashes at Ballerup after the failure of three engines on approach to Copenhagen Airport. The cause was a malfunction of the anti-icing system on the aircraft.
* 1962 President John F. Kennedy dedicates Dulles International Airport, serving the Washington, D.C. region.
* 1967 Vietnam War: Acting on optimistic reports that he had been given on November 13, US President Lyndon B. Johnson tells the nation that, while much remained to be done, "We are inflicting greater losses than we're taking...We are making progress."
* 1968 Alexandros Panagoulis is condemned to death for attempting to assassinate Greek dictator George Papadopoulos.
* 1968 British European Airways introduces the BAC One-Eleven into commercial service.
* 1969 Cold War: Negotiators from the Soviet Union and the United States meet in Helsinki to begin SALT I negotiations aimed at limiting the number of strategic weapons on both sides.
* 1970 Vietnam War: Lieutenant William Calley goes on trial for the My Lai massacre.
* 1970 Luna program: The Soviet Union lands Lunokhod 1 on Mare Imbrium (Sea of Rains) on the Moon. This is the first roving remote-controlled robot to land on another world and is released by the orbiting Luna 17 spacecraft.
* 1970 Douglas Engelbart receives the patent for the first computer mouse.
* 1973 Watergate scandal: In Orlando, Florida, US President Richard Nixon tells 400 Associated Press managing editors "I am not a crook".
* 1973 The Athens Polytechnic Uprising against the military regime ends in a bloodshed in the Greek capital.
* 1974 The Alianηa Operαrio-Camponesa (Worker-Peasant Alliance) is founded in Portugal, as a front of PCP(m-l).
* 1979 Brisbane Suburban Railway Electrification. The first stage from Ferny Grove to Darra is commissioned.
* 1982 Duk Koo Kim dies unexpectedly from injuries sustained during a 14-round match against Ray Mancini in Las Vegas, Nevada, prompting reforms in the sport of boxing.
* 1983 The Zapatista Army of National Liberation is founded.
* 1989 Cold War: Velvet Revolution begins: In Czechoslovakia, a student demonstration in Prague is quelled by riot police. This sparks an uprising aimed at overthrowing the communist government (it succeeds on December 29).
* 1990 Fugendake, part of the Mount Unzen volcanic complex, Nagasaki prefecture, Japan becomes active again and erupts.
* 1997 In Luxor, Egypt, 62 people are killed by 6 Islamic militants outside the Temple of Hatshepsut, known as Luxor massacre (The police then kill the assailants).
* 2000 A catastrophic landslide in Log pod Mangartom, Slovenia, kills 7, and causes millions of SIT of damage. It is one of the worst catastrophes in Slovenia in the past 100 years.
* 2000 Alberto Fujimori is removed from office as president of Peru.
* 2004 Kmart Corp. announces that it is buying Sears, Roebuck and Co. for $11 billion USD and naming the newly merged company Sears Holdings Corporation.
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