On this day 17th November |
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Born on this Day
1502 Atahualpa 1755 Louis XVIII of France 1887 Bernard Montgomery 1925 Rock Hudson 1937 Peter Cook 1941 Gene Clark 1934 Fenella Fielding 1942 Martin Scorsese 1943 Lauren Hutton 1944 Danny De Vito 1951 Dean Paul Martin 1957 Debbie Thrower 1960 Jonathan Ross 1981 Sarah Harding Died On This Day 680 Hilda of Whitby 1558 Mary I 1720 Calico Jack 1994 Doris Speed 1995 Alan Hull 2002 Abba Eban 2006 Ruth Brown Music 1960 Ray Charles scored his first US No.1 with 'Georgia On My Mind'. 1979 Dr. Hook reached the No.1 in the UK with 'When You're In Love'. 1984 Nik Kershaw entered the charts at No.17 with 'The Riddle', which eventually peaked at No. 3. 1989 Adamski released his first record, 'Baby Blues' under the name The Stupid Babies on Fast Records. Sport 1869 The first cycle race covering the 83 miles from Paris to Rouen, was won by Englishman James Moore. 1883 The first relay race was run as an experiment at Berkley, California, over 4 half mile laps. The first competetive relay race wasn't run until March 1893. People & Showbiz 1970 Stephanie Rahn became Britain's first topless newspaper pin-up girl on her appearance on Page 3 of the Sun today. 1992 Sony unveiled the MiniDisc format. 1994 Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber's 'Sunset Boulevard' opened on Broadway to break all records for advance ticket sales at £23.4 million. General Events 1558 Elizabethan era begins. Elizabeth I takes to the thrown. 1603 Sir Walter Raleigh went on trial for treason. 1800 The US Congress met for the first time with John Adams becoming the first President to move into the White House. 1855 David Livingston is the first European to see Victoria Falls 1869 The 100 mile Suez canal opened, having taken more than 10 years to complete. 1880 The first 3 women in Britain to graduate received their BA honours degrees at London University. 1919 King George V proclaims Armistice Day 1941 International Students’ Day first marked in London 1950 Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama was enthroned as Tibet’s head of state at the age of 15 1959 Scottish airports Prestwick and Renfrew became the first airports in Britain to offer duty free goods. The shops carried the slogan 'Buy as you fly'. 1987 The government announced the community charge or 'Poll Tax' would be introduced on April Fool's Day, 1990. 2006 Official naming of element 111, Roentgenium (Rg) |
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