November 17
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November 17 is the 322nd day of the year (323rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 43 days remaining until the end of the year.
[change] Events
- 1511 - Spain and England ally against France.
- 1558 - Elizabeth I becomes Queen of England.
- 1800 - The United States Capitol building in Washington, DC holds its first session of the U.S. Congress.
- 1831 - Ecuador and Venezuela were separated from Greater Colombia.
- 1869 - In Egypt, the Suez Canal, linking the Mediterranean Sea with the Red Sea, is inaugurated in an elaborate ceremony.
- 1919 - King George V of the United Kingdom proclaims Armistice Day (later Remembrance Day). The idea was first suggested by Edward George Honey.
- 1933 - United States recognizes Soviet Union.
- 1954 - Colonel Gamal Abdel Nasser becomes president of Egypt.
- 1970 - Vietnam War: Lieutenant William Calley goes on trial for the My Lai massacre.
- 1973 - Watergate scandal: In Orlando, Florida, US President Richard Nixon tells 400 Associated Press managing editors "I am not a crook".
- 2000 - Alberto Fujimori is removed from office as president of Peru.
- 2003 - Arnold Schwarzenegger becomes Governor of California.
[change] Births
- 1502 - Atahualpa, last emperor of the Inca (d. 1533)
- 1925 - Rock Hudson, American actor (d. 1985)
- 1938 - Gordon Lightfoot, Canadian singer
- 1942 - Martin Scorsese, American film director
- 1954 - Chopper Read, Australian mobster
- 1973 - Bernd Schneider, German footballer
