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Old 11-17-2016, 01:09 PM   #410
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November 17

Today is observed as World Prematurity Day, raising awareness of preterm birth and the concerns of preterm babies and their families worldwide.

There are 44 days remaining in 2016.

There are 37 days until Christmas.

Events

474 – Emperor Leo II dies after a reign of ten months. He is succeeded by his father Zeno, who becomes sole ruler of the Byzantine Empire.

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.

1777 – Articles of Confederation (United States) are submitted to the states for ratification.

1800 – The United States Congress holds its first session in Washington, D.C.

1820 – Captain Nathaniel Palmer becomes the first American to see Antarctica. (The Palmer Peninsula is later named after him.)

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.

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 premiere performance in Moscow, Russia.

1894 – H. H. Holmes, one of the first modern serial killers, is arrested in Boston, Massachusetts.

1962 – President John F. Kennedy dedicates Washington Dulles International Airport, serving the Washington, D.C., region.

1963 - John Weightman, the Headmaster of a Surrey grammar school, banned all pupils from having Beatle haircuts saying, "This ridiculous style brings out the worst in boys physically. It makes them look like morons."

1968 – British European Airways introduces the BAC One-Eleven into commercial service.

1968 – Viewers of the Raiders–Jets football game in the eastern United States are denied the opportunity to watch its exciting finish when NBC broadcasts Heidi instead, prompting changes to sports broadcasting in the U.S.

1970 – Vietnam War: Lieutenant William Calley goes on trial for the My Lai Massacre.

1973 – Watergate scandal: In Orlando, Florida, U.S. President Richard Nixon tells 400 Associated Press managing editors "I am not a crook."

1978 – The Star Wars Holiday Special airs on CBS, receiving negative reception from critics, fans, and even Star Wars creator George Lucas.

1990 - David Crosby from Crosby Stills Nash & Young was admitted to hospital after breaking a leg, shoulder and ankle after crashing his Harley Davidson.

1993 – United States House of Representatives passes a resolution to establish the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).

1997 – In Luxor, Egypt, 62 people are killed by six Islamic militants outside the Temple of Hatshepsut, known as Luxor massacre.

2003 - American country music legend Don Gibson died of natural causes aged 75.

2011 - Sheriff's deputies in South Los Angeles charged 61-year-old Bonnie Pointer of The Pointer Sisters for possessing rock cocaine after the car she was driving in was pulled over for a mechanical malfunction.

2012 – At least 50 schoolchildren are killed in an accident at a railway crossing near Manfalut, Egypt.

2013 – A rare late-season tornado outbreak strikes the Midwest. Illinois and Indiana are most affected with tornado reports as far north as lower Michigan. In all around six dozen tornadoes touch down in approximately an 11-hour time period, including seven EF3 and two EF4 tornadoes.

Births

9 – Vespasian; 1887 – Bernard Montgomery; 1901 – Lee Strasberg; 1906 – Soichiro Honda (co-founded the Honda Motor Company); 1916 – Shelby Foote (author, American Civil War historian); 1925 – Rock Hudson; 1928 – Rance Howard (Ron's & Clint's pappy); 1938 – Gordon Lightfoot (sang "The Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald"); 1942 – Martin Scorsese; 1943 – Lauren Hutton; 1944 – Danny DeVito; 1944 – Lorne Michaels (creator SNL); 1945 – Roland Joffé; 1946 – Martin Barre(Jethro Tull); 1948 – Howard Dean; 1948 – East Bay Ray(The Dead Kennedys); 1949 – John Boehner; 1951 – Dean Paul Martin (F-4 Phantom pilot, Dean Martin's son); 1951 – Stephen Root ('Jimmy James' on NewsRadio, voice of 'Bill Dauterive' on King Of The Hill); 1954 – Mark 'Chopper' Read; 1957 – Jim Babjak(The Smithereens); 1958 – Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio; 1960 – Jonathan Ross; 1960 – RuPaul; 1966 – Jeff Buckley; 1966 – Richard Fortus(Guns N' Roses, Thin Lizzie); 1966 – Daisy Fuentes; 1966 – Sophie Marceau; 1967 – Ronnie DeVoe♪ ♫(Bell Biv DeVoe); 1976 – Diane Neal (Law & Order, NCIS); 1980 – Isaac Hanson♪ ♫(Hanson)

Deaths

474 – Leo II; 1558 – Mary I of England; 1796 – Catherine the Great; 1812 – John Walter (founder of The Times newspaper); 1917 – Auguste Rodin; 1979 - John Glascock(Jethro Tull); 1998 – Esther Rolle ('Florida Evans' on Good Times); 2003 - Don Gibson (wrote "I Can't Stop Loving You")
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