This Day in History
17 Nov 1913
The first ship sails through the Panama Canal which connects the Atlantic and Pacific oceans
17 Nov 1918
Social Democratic Party becomes Communistc Party Holland CPH
17 Nov 1926
NHLs Chicago Black Hawks play their 1st game beat Tor St Pats 4-1
17 Nov 1928
Notre Dame finally loses a football game at home after 23 years
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Suez Canal opens
The Suez Canal connecting the Mediterranean and the Red seas is inaugurated in an elaborate ceremony attended by French Empress Eugnie wife of Napoleon I...
Elizabethan Age begins
Queen Mary I the monarch of England and Ireland since 1553 dies and is succeeded by her 25-year-old half-sister Elizabeth.The two half-sisters both daughter...
My Lai trial begins
The court-martial of 1st Lt. William Calley begins. Calley a platoon leader in Charlie Company 1st Battalion 20th Infantry 11th Infantry Brigade (Light) of ...
1st Cavalry unit ambushed in the Ia Drang Valley
During part of what would become known as the Battle of the Ia Drang Valley a battalion from the 1st Cavalry Division is ambushed by the 8th Battalion of the N...
The Heidi Bowl
On November 17 1968 the Oakland Raiders score two touchdowns in nine seconds to beat the New York Jetsand no one sees it because theyre watch...
Nixon insists that he is not a crook
On this day in 1973 in the midst of the Watergate scandal that eventually ended his presidency President Richard Nixon tells a group of newspaper editors gath...
U.S. establishes Fort Buchanan
On this day the United States buttresses its control over the Gadsden Purchase with the establishment of Fort Buchanan. Named for recently elected President Ja...
The Kingston Trio brings folk music to the top of the U.S. pop charts
On November 17 1958 the Kingston Trios Tom Dooley hits 1 on the Billboard pop chart.While they might not have wanted to acknowledge it...
The Shipping News, by Annie Proulx, wins the National Book Award
On this day in 1993 Annie Proulx wins the National Book Award for her novel The Shipping News.Proulx was born in 1935 in Norwich Connect...
“The Terminator†becomes “The Governator†of California
On this day in 2003 the actor and former bodybuilder Arnold Schwarzenegger is sworn in as the 38th governor of California at the State Capitol in Sacramento. S...
Thousands die in massive flood
On this day in 1421 a storm in the North Sea batters the European coastline. Over the next several days approximately 10000 people in what is now the Netherl...
Washington, D.C., sniper John Muhammad convicted
On this day in 2003 ex-soldier John Muhammad is found guilty of one of a series of sniper shootings that terrorized the metropolitan Washington D.C. area and...
A wealthy heiress is murdered by her son
Wealthy socialite Barbara Baekeland is stabbed to death with a kitchen knife by her 25-year-old son Antony in her London England penthouse. When police arri...
SALT I negotiations begin
Soviet and U.S. negotiators meet in Helsinki to begin the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT). The meeting was the climax of years of discussions between th...
Siege of Knoxville, Tennessee, begins
On this day in 1863 Confederate General James Longstreet places the city of Knoxville Tennessee under siege. After two weeks and one failed attack he abando...
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