November 17th

1866: Opera "Mignon" is produced (Paris)

1869: Suez Canal (Egypt) opens, links Mediterranean & Red seas

1888: St Tsjaikovsky's 5th Symphony premieres in Petersburg

1914: US declares Panama Canal Zone neutral

1917: Lenin defended "temporary" removal of freedom of the press

1922: Turkish sultan Mehmed VI flees to Malta on British warship

1927: Tornado hits Washington DC

1928: Boston Garden officially opens

1929: Pascual Ortiz Rubio elected president of Mexico

1929: Stalin throws Nicolai Bucharin out of Politburo

1932: German govt of von Papen, resigns

1933: US recognizes USSR, opens trade

1938: Italy passes their own version of anti-Jewish Nuremberg laws

1939: German U-boat torpedoes passenger ship

1944 -Nov 19]: Nazi raids in Dutch NE Polder

1945: New world air speed record 606 mph (975 kph) set by HJ Wilson of RAF

1956: USSR performs atmospheric nuclear test

1958: KAII TV channel 7 in Wailuku, HI (NBC) begins broadcasting

1959: De Beers firm of South Africa announces synthetic diamond

1962: Pres Kennedy dedicates Dulles Intl Airport outside Wash DC

1962: USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR

1964: British Labour Party installs weapon embargo against South Africa

1965: General Meeting of UN refuses admittance of China PR

1967: Beatles Ltd & Apple Music Ltd swap names

1968: "Zorba" opens at Imperial Theater NYC for 305 performances

1970: Russia lands Lunokhod 1 unmanned remote-controlled vehicle on Moon

1973: Greek regime attacks students with tanks, 100s killed

1973: Pres Nixon tells AP "...people have got to know whether or not their pres is a crook. Well, I'm not a crook"

1976: China PR performs nuclear test at Lop Nor PRC

1977: Bernard Pomerance's "Elephant Man," premieres in London

1979: Khomeini frees most black & female US hostages

1980: John Lennon releases "Double Fantasy" album in UK

1988: Linda Petursdottir of Iceland, 18, crowned 38th Miss World

1991: 1st TV condom ad aired (FOX- TV)

1992: Erling Kagge begins successful exploration at South pole

1993: Antonov AN-124 flies in South Iran against mountain: 17 killed

1994: 3rd Germany government of Kohl forms

1994: Irish government of Reynolds resigns

1997: Mario Lemieux enters NHL Hall of Fame