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This Day in History – November 17, 2011

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1429 – Joan of Arc liberates Saint-Pierre-le-Moûtier. 1558 – Elizabeth I ascends English throne upon death of Queen Mary 1677 – The future Mary II of England marries William, Prince of Orange. They would later jointly reign as William and Mary. 1791 – The Western Confederacy of American Indians wins a major victory over the United States in the Battle of the Wabash. 1800 – Congress held First session in Washington DC 1861 – The University of Washington opens in Seattle, Washington as the Territorial University. 1869 – Suez Canal opens (Egypt) 1884 – Cops arrest John L Sullivan in 2nd round for being “cruel” 1913 – First US dental hygienists course established, Bridgeport, CT 1913 – Panama Canal opens 1922 – British archaeologist Howard Carter and his men find the entrance to Pharaoh Tutankhamun’s tomb in Egypt’s Valley of the Kings. 1924 – Nellie Tayloe Ross of Wyoming is elected the first female governor in the United States. 1952 – The United States government establishes the National Security Agency. 1962 – President Kennedy dedicates Dulles International Airport outside Washington DC 1970 – Genie, a 13-year-old feral child is found in Los Angeles, California having been locked in her bedroom for most of her life. 1973 – President Nixon told AP “…people have got to know whether or not their President is a crook. Well, I’m not a crook” 1993 – US Congress passes the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) 1995 – Israeli prime minister Yitzhak Rabin is assassinated by an extremist Orthodox Israeli. 2008 – Barack Obama becomes the first African-American to be elected President of the United States. 2008 – Proposition 8 passes in California, revoking state recognition of LGBT marriages.]]]]> ]]>

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