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Here are some interesting facts ih history happened on 17 November.

1. Elizabeth I ascends English throne upon death of Queen Mary
2. John Peter Zenger newspaper editor arrested for libel against NY colonial governor; later acquitted
3. Congress held 1st session in Washington
4. Street signs authorized at SF intersections
5. Suez Canal opens
6. Cops arrest John L Sullivan in 2nd round for being "cruel"
7. Panama Canal opens
8. Sculptor August Rodin died in Meudon France
9. Lyndon B Johnson marries Claudia Alta Taylor
10. Green Bay Packers become 1st NFL team to travel by plane
11. Britain's House of Commons voted to nationalize steel industry
12. fullback Jim Brown Syracuse scores 43 pts (NCAA rec) vs. Colgate
13. Dulles Intl Airport outside Wash DC dedicated by Pres Kennedy
14. Heidi bowl-NBC misses Oakland rally to beat Jets 43-32
15. Russia lands unmanned remote-controlled vehicle on Moon
16. Pres Nixon told AP "...people have got to know whether or not their pres is a crook. Well I'm not a crook."
17. Egyptian Pres Sadat formally accepts invitation to visit Israel
18. S Korean boxer Duk Koo Kim was legally declared dead
19. Islanders scored 20 assists against Rangers

These famous people were born on 17 November.

1. 1503 - Il Bronzino, Florentine painter
2. 1587 - Joost van den Vondel, Dutch poet, dramatist
3. 1717 - Jean d'Alembert, French mathematician, scientist, philosopher
4. 1755 - Louis XVIII, 1st post-revolutionary king of France (1814-24)
5. 1790 - August Ferdinand Mobius, mathematician, inventor of Mobius strip
6. 1799 - Titian Ramsey Peale, American artist, naturalist
7. 1887 - Viscount Montgomery, Field Marshal of Alamein in Moville, Ireland
8. 1890 - Jack Cusack, pioneer in pro football, with Canton Bulldogs
9. 1904 - Isamu Noguchi, sculptor
10. 1925 - Rock Hudson, in Winnetka, Ill, (Pillow Talk, A Farewell to Arms)
11. 1930 - Bob Mathias, Olympian-turned-politician
12. 1937 - Peter Cook, British Actor, comedian
13. 1938 - Gordon Lightfoot, folksinger
14. 1942 - Martin Scorsese, director (Mean Streets, NY, NY)
15. 1943 - Lauren Hutton, in SC, model, Actress (American Gigolo, Lassiter)
16. 1944 - Tom Seaver, (NY Met Pitcher)
17. 1944 - Danny DeVito, Actor (Taxi, Ruthless People)
18. 1945 - Elvin Hayes, NBA star
19. 1961 - Merette Von Kemp, in Denmark