Today in History...Nov 17th

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Events:
1777 – Articles of Confederation 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.
1863 – American Civil War: Siege of Knoxville begins – Confederate forces led by General James Longstreet place Knoxville, Tennessee under siege.
1871 – The National Rifle Association is granted a charter by the state of New York.
1947 – American scientists John Bardeen and Walter Brattain observed the basic principles of the transistor, a key element for the electronics revolution of the 20th Century.
1962 – President John F. Kennedy dedicates Dulles International Airport, serving the Washington, D.C. region.
1967 – Vietnam War: Acting on optimistic reports he is given on November 13, US President Lyndon B. Johnson tells his nation that, while much remained to be done, "We are inflicting greater losses than we're taking...We are making progress."
1970 – Vietnam War: Lieutenant William Calley goes on trial for the My Lai massacre.
1970 – Luna program: The Soviet Union lands Lunokhod 1 on Mare Imbrium (Sea of Rains) on the Moon. This is the first roving remote-controlled robot to land on another world and is released by the orbiting Luna 17 spacecraft.
1970 – Douglas Engelbart receives the patent for the first computer mouse.
1973 – Watergate scandal: In Orlando, Florida, US President Richard Nixon tells 400 Associated Press managing editors "I am not a crook".
2004 – Kmart Corp. announces it is buying Sears, Roebuck and Co. for $11 billion USD and naming the newly merged company Sears Holdings Corporation

Birthdays:
1923 – Mike Garcia, American baseball player (d. 1986)
1925 – Rock Hudson, American actor (d. 1985)
1927 – Robert Brown, American actor
1927 – Robert Drasnin, American musician and composer
1928 – Rance Howard, American actor
1930 – Bob Mathias, American decathlete (d. 2006)
1935 – Bobby Joe Conrad, American football player
1942 – Martin Scorsese, American film director
1943 – Lauren Hutton, American actress
1944 – Danny DeVito, American actor
1944 – Gene Clark, American singer and songwriter (The Byrds) (d. 1991)
1945 – Elvin Hayes, American basketball player
1946 – Martin Barre, English rock musician (Jethro Tull)
1948 – East Bay Ray, American musician
1951 – Stephen Root, American actor
1951 – Dean Paul Martin, American singer and actor (d. 1987)
1951 – Butch Davis, American football coach
1958 – Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, American actress
1960 – Kirk Fogg, American actor
1960 – RuPaul, American drag entertainer
1961 – Robert Stethem, U.S. Navy Seabee diver murdered by terrorists on TWA Flight 847 (d. 1985)
1964 – Ralph Garman, American actor and radio personality
1964 – Mitch Williams, Baseball player
1966 – Jeff Buckley, American musician (d. 1997)
1966 – Daisy Fuentes, Cuban model and actress
1966 – Richard Fortus, American guitarist (Guns N' Roses)
1968 – Amber Michaels, German pornographic actress
1968 – Sean Miller, American basketball coach
1972 – Leonard Roberts, American actor
1972 – Kimya Dawson, American singer
1973 – Eli Marrero, American baseball player
1974 – Leslie Bibb, American actress
1976 – Diane Neal, American actress
1976 – Brandon Call, American actor
1978 – Reggie Wayne, American football player
1980 – Brad Bradley, American professional wrestler
1980 – Isaac Hanson, American musician (Hanson)
1980 – Mercedes Martinez, American professional wrestler
1982 – Katie Feenstra, American basketball player
1983 – Ryan Braun, American baseball player
1983 – Trevor Crowe, American baseball player
1983 – Scott Moore, American baseball player
1983 – Nick Markakis, American baseball player
1987 – Kat DeLuna, American singer
1990 – Shanica Knowles, American actress
1992 – Darian Weiss, American actor
1994 – Raquel Castro, American actress

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