Notable Historical Events on November 17th
November 17th Historical Events
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
473 |
The future Zeno I is named associate emperor by Emperor Leo I. |
1183 |
Battle of Mizushima. |
1278 |
680 Jews arrested (293 hanged) in England for counterfeiting coins |
1292 |
(O.S.) John Balliol becomes King of Scots. |
1511 |
England, Spain and the Holy Roman Empire sign anti-French covenant The Treaty of Westminster |
1555 |
William of Orange becomes member of Council of State |
1558 |
Elizabeth I aged 42 ascends English throne upon death of her half sister "Bloody" Mary |
1603 |
English explorer, writer and courtier Sir Walter Raleigh goes on trial for treason. |
1659 |
Peace of the Pyrenees is signed between France and Spain. |
1734 |
John Zenger, arrested for libel against NY col gov; later acquitted |
1785 |
Church of England organizes in New England |
1796 |
Battle of Arcole-Napoleon I's French forces beat Austrians in Italy |
1798 |
-21) Snow storms in New England, hundreds die |
1800 |
Congress held 1st session in Wash DC in incompleted Capitol building |
1812 |
Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Krasnoi during Napoleon's retreat from Moscow |
1827 |
The Delta Phi fraternity, America's oldest continuous social fraternity, was founded at Union College in Schenectady, New York. |
1831 |
Ecuador and Venezuela were separated from Greater Colombia. |
1839 |
Giuseppe Verdi's opera "Oberte Conti Di" premieres in Milan |
1842 |
Fugitive slave George Latimer captured in Boston |
1842 |
Opera "Linda di Chamounix" is produced (London) |
1853 |
Street signs authorized at San Francisco intersections |
1855 |
David Livingstone becomes the first European to see Victoria Falls in what is now Zambia and Zimbabwe. |
1856 |
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 |
Origin of Modified Julian Period |
1862 |
Confederate Sec of War George B Randolph resigns |
1863 |
-Dec 4th) Battle of Knoxville, TN |
1863 |
Lincoln begins 1st draft of his Gettysburg Address |
1866 |
Opera "Mignon" is produced (Paris) |
1869 |
Englishman James Moore wins 1st bicycle race (13K Paris-Rouen) |
1869 |
Suez Canal (Egypt) opens, links Mediterranean & Red seas |
1874 |
Emigrant ship Cospatrick catches fire & sinks off Auckland, NZ |
1875 |
Amer Theosophical Society founded by Mme Blavatsky & Col Olcott |
1876 |
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's patriotic Slavonic March made its premiere in Moscow to a warm reception by the Russian people. |
1877 |
Gilbert and Sullivan's operette "Sorcerer" premieres in London |
1878 |
First assassination attempt against Umberto I of Italy. |
1884 |
Cops arrest John L Sullivan in 2nd round for being "cruel" |
1888 |
Tchaikovsky's 5th Symphony premieres in St Petersburg |
1889 |
Union Pacific begins daily through service, Chicago-Portland & SF |
1894 |
Daily Racing Form founded |
1894 |
Serial killer H. H. Holmes is arrested in Boston after being tracked there from Philadelphia by the Pinkertons |
1903 |
Dahomey (Benin) becomes a French protectorate. |
1903 |
In the Treaty of Petropolis, Bolivia cedes the territory of Arce to Brazil; Bolivia gains rail and water outlets in the east |
1904 |
George Cohan's musical "Little Johnny Jones" premieres in NYC |
1905 |
The Eulsa Treaty is signed between Japan and Korea. |
1913 |
1st US dental hygienists course forms, Bridgeport, Ct |
1914 |
US declares Panama Canal Zone neutral |
1917 |
Lenin defends "temporary" removal of freedom of the press |
1918 |
Social Democratic Party becomes Communistc Party Holland: CPH |
1922 |
The last sultan of the Ottoman Empire Mehmed VI is expelled to Malta on British warship |
1926 |
NHL's Chicago Black Hawks play their 1st game, beat Tor St Pats 4-1 |
1927 |
Tornado hits Washington DC |
1928 |
Boston Garden officially opens |
1928 |
Notre Dame finally lost a football game after nearly 25 years |
1929 |
Pascual Ortiz Rubio elected president of Mexico |
1929 |
Stalin throws Nicolai Bucharin out of Politburo |
1930 |
Musical "Sweet & Low" with Fanny Brice premieres in NYC |
1931 |
Bradman scores 135 NSW v South Africa, 128 mins, 15 fours |
1932 |
German government of von Papen resigns |
1933 |
United States recognizes Soviet Union, opens trade |
1936 |
Edgar Bergen & Charlie McCarthy become overnight success on radio |
1937 |
Britain's Lord Halifax visits Germany, beginning of appeasement |
1938 |
Italy passes its own version of anti-Jewish Nuremberg laws |
1939 |
German U-boat torpedoes passenger ship |
1939 |
Jerome Kern/Hammerstein II's "Very Warm for May" premieres in NYC |
1939 |
The Rome-Rio de Janeiro air connection is created. |
1940 |
Green Bay Packers become 1st NFL team to travel by plane |
1941 |
Virgil Thomson's 2nd Symphony, premieres |
1944 |
-Nov 19] Nazi raids in Dutch NE Polder |
1945 |
"Girl from Nantucket" closes at Adelphi Theater NYC after 12 perfs |
1945 |
New world air speed record 606 mph (975 kph) set by HJ Wilson of RAF |
1947 |
The U.S. Screen Actors Guild implements an anti-Communist loyalty oath. |
1948 |
Britain's House of Commons votes to nationalize steel industry |
1953 |
St Louis Browns officially become the Baltimore Baseball Club Inc |
1953 |
The remaining human inhabitants of the Blasket Islands, Kerry, Ireland are evacuated to the mainland. |
1953 |
The United States join the UN in condemning Israel's raid on Jordon on October 4, 1953 |
1956 |
Syracuse fullback Jim Brown, scores NCAA record of 43 pts (vs Colgate) |
1956 |
USSR performs atmospheric nuclear test |
1957 |
WBOY TV channel 12 in Clarksburg, WV (NBC/ABC) begins broadcasting |
1958 |
KAII TV channel 7 in Wailuku, HI (NBC) begins broadcasting |
1959 |
De Beers firm of South Africa announces synthetic diamond |
1959 |
Giants slugger Willie McCovey wins NL Rookie of Year |
1959 |
William Shea shows proposed NYC stadium with transparent roof |
1960 |
New Washington franchise is awarded to Elwood Quesada |
1962 |
"Nowhere to Go, But Up" closes at Winter Garden NYC after 9 perfs |
1962 |
President Kennedy dedicates Dulles Intl Airport outside Wash DC |
1962 |
Simon/Coleman/Leigh's musical "Little Me" opens at Lunt-Fontanne Theater NYC for 257 performances |
1962 |
USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR |
1963 |
Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Mary Mills Miss Gulf Coast Golf Invitational |
1964 |
British Labour Party installs weapon embargo against South Africa |
1965 |
General Meeting of UN refuses admittance of China PR |
1965 |
William Eckert is unanimously elected commissioner of baseball |
1966 |
Leonids meteor shower peaks (150,000+ per hour) |
1967 |
Beatles Ltd & Apple Music Ltd swap names |
1967 |
French author Régis Debray sentenced to 30 years in Bolivia |
1967 |
Surveyor 6 becomes 1st man-made object to lift off Moon |
1967 |
Davey Jones of the Monkees opens a boutique, Zilch I, in Greenwich Village, NY |
1968 |
John Kander/Fred Ebbs' musical "Zorba" opens at Imperial Theater NYC for 305 performances |
1968 |
KHNE TV channel 29 in Hastings, NB (PBS) begins broadcasting |
1968 |
Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Pensacola Ladies' Golf Invitational |
1968 |
"Heidi Game", NBC cuts to show "Heidi" and misses Raider's rally to beat Jets, 43-32 |
1968 |
Alexandros Panagoulis is condemned to death for attempting to assassinate Greek dictator George Papadopoulos. |
1969 |
SALT-discussions open in Helsinki Finland |
1970 |
British newspaper Sun puts 1st pinup girl on page 3 (Stephanie Rahn) |
1970 |
Russia lands Lunokhod 1 unmanned remote-controlled vehicle on Moon |
1970 |
Douglas Engelbart receives the patent for the first computer mouse. |
1972 |
Juan Peron returns to Argentina |
1973 |
Greek regime attacks students with tanks, 100s killed |
1973 |
Teri Garr plays role of a stripper on "The Nurse" |
1973 |
US President Richard Nixon tells AP "...people have got to know whether or not their president is a crook. Well, I'm not a crook" |
1974 |
Bonnie Bryant wins Bill Branch LPGA Golf Classic |
1974 |
Union of Banana Exporting Countries (UPEB) forms |
1974 |
Aliança Operário-Camponesa (Worker-Peasant Alliance) founded in Portugal as a front of PCP(m-l). |
1976 |
China performs nuclear test at Lop Nor, PRC |
1977 |
Bernard Pomerance's "Elephant Man" premieres in London |
1977 |
Egyptian Pres Sadat formally accepts invitation to visit Israel |
1977 |
Miss World Contest - Miss UK wears $9,500 platinum bikini |
1979 |
Daniel Okrent sketches out 1st draft rules for Rotisserie Baseball on a flight to Austin, TX |
1979 |
Ayatollah Khomeini frees most black & female US hostages |
1979 |
NY Stars (WBL) home opener at Madison Square Garden in NYC |
1980 |
John Lennon releases "Double Fantasy" album in UK |
1981 |
"1st" opens at Martin Beck Theater NYC for 37 performances |
1981 |
NBA NY Knick Bill Cartwright, ties record of 19 of 19 free throws |
1982 |
Dale Murphy wins NL MVP |
1983 |
"La Tragedie de Carmen" opens at Beaumont Theater NYC for 187 perfs |
1983 |
Harm Wiersma retains checkers world championship |
1983 |
Phila Flyers win 13th straight NHL game |
1984 |
Golden State Warrior scores 59 points losing to NJ Nets 124-110 |
1984 |
Islanders score 20 assists against Rangers |
1985 |
Howard Stern begins broadcasting on 92.3 WXRK FM NY |
1985 |
NY Jets best offensive production beating Tampa Bay 62-28 |
1986 |
"Oh Coward!" opens at Helen Hayes Theater NYC for 56 performances |
1987 |
George Bell is 1st Blue Jay ever to win the AL MVP |
1987 |
The Madonna compilation album "You Can Dance" is released |
1988 |
Linda Petursdottir of Iceland, 18, crowned 38th Miss World |
1988 |
Neil Simon's "Rumors" premieres in NYC |
1989 |
Bret Saberhagen signs record $2,966,667 per year KC Royal contract |
1990 |
David Crosby breaks his left leg, ankle and shoulder in a motorcycle accident in Los Angles, CA |
1991 |
"Brigadoon" closes at New York State Theater NYC after 12 performances |
1991 |
1st TV condom ad aired (FOX- TV) |
1991 |
Detroit Lion Mike Utley is paralized in a game vs LA Rams |
1992 |
"Gypsy Passion" opens at Plymouth Theater NYC for 55 performances |
1992 |
Blue Jay Nigel Wilson is 1st pick of Marlins in expansion draft |
1992 |
Dateline NBC airs a demonstration show General Motors trucks, blowing up on impact, later revealed NBC rigged test |
1992 |
Erling Kagge begins successful exploration at South pole |
1993 |
"Grand Night For Singing" opens at Criterion Theater NYC for 52 perfs |
1993 |
Antonov AN-124 flies in South Iran against mountain: 17 killed |
1993 |
US House of Representatives approve Nafta |
1994 |
"Sunset Boulevard" opens at Minskoff Theater NYC for 977 performances |
1994 |
3rd Germany government of Kohl forms |
1994 |
Irish government of Reynolds resigns |
1996 |
"Present Laughter" opens at Walter Kerr Theater NYC |
1996 |
Sam's Town Bowling Invitational |
1996 |
Time White and T. Assebework discover the first fossils of 2.5 million year old Australopithecus garhi, an ancestor on the human family tree, in Bouri, Middle Awash, Ethiopia |
1997 |
Mario Lemieux enters NHL Hall of Fame |
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). |
1997 |
Metallica release the album "ReLoad" |
1998 |
Tori Amos release a compilation of her videos, "Tori Amos: The Complete Collection: 1992-1998" |
1998 |
Whitney Houston releases "My Love is Your Love" |
1998 |
Mariah Carey releases "#1's" |
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. |
2003 |
Britney Spears, at 21 years old, becomes the youngest singer to get a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame |
2004 |
Kmart Corp. announces it is buying Sears, Roebuck and Co. for $11 billion USD and naming the newly merged company Sears Holdings Corporation. |
2005 |
Italy's choice of national anthem, Il Canto degli Italiani, becomes official in law for the first time, almost 60 years after it was provisionally chosen following the birth of the republic. |
2006 |
Official naming of element 111, Roentgenium (Rg). |
2008 |
Japan, the world's second-biggest economy, slides into its first recession in seven years |
2012 |
50 schoolchildren and a bus driver are killed after a train collides with a school bus in Manfalut, Egypt |
2013 |
102nd Davis Cup: Czech Republic beats Serbia in Belgrade (3-2) |
2013 |
Sebastian Vettel wins a record breaking eighth consecutive Formula One race in the 2013 United States Grand Prix |
2013 |
50 people are killed after a Boeing 737 aircraft crashes in Kazan, Russia |
2013 |
Abdulla Yameen becomes the President of the Maldives |
2013 |
Giorgi Margvelashvili becomes the President of Georgia |
2013 |
Jimmie Johnson wins the NASCAR Sprint Cup for the sixth time |
2015 |
Russia bombards Raqqa, ISIS headquarters in Syria |
2015 |
Charlie Sheen says he is HIV-positive |
2015 |
Russia offers $50 million reward in Sinai jet crash case |
2015 |
Charlie Sheen says he is HIV-positive |
2016 |
Cy Young Award: Max Scherzer Wins in NL and Rick Porcello Wins in AL |
2016 |
China to Trump: We didn't make up global warming |
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