Top Historical Events That Happened on November 17 Natural Disasters & Epidemics

1962  "Little Me" opens at Lunt-Fontanne Theater NYC for 257 performances.   

1962  Arthur Vining Davis, CEO (Alcoa-1910-57), dies at 95 in Miami.   

1963  In this year, Kathy Whitworth claims LPGA Mary Mills Miss Gulf Coast Golf Invitational   

1964  Helicopters of HMM-162 from Princeton, began delivery of 1300 tons of food and clothing to people in the inland areas of South Vietnam flooded by heavy rains following a typhoon.   

1964  British Labour Party installs weapon embargo against South Africa   

1965  General Meeting of UN refuses admittance of China PR   

1966  Leonids meteor shower peaks (150000+ per hour)   

1967  Beatles Ltd and Apple Music Ltd swap names.   

1967  Surveyor 6 is recorded as becoming inaugural man-made object to lift off the Moon   

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

1968  Wilhelm Lehmann, writer, dies at 86.   

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

1970  Naunton Wayne, actor (Dead of Night), dies at 69.   

1971  Gladys Cooper, actress (Margaret-The Rogues), dies at 83.   

1973  President Nixon told AP "...people have got to know whether or not their President is a crook. Well, I'm not a crook"   

1974  Clive Brook, actor/director (On Approval), dies at 87   

1975  Kay Johnson, actress (Real Glory, Of Human Bondage), dies at 70   

1976  Victor Alessandro, composer, dies at 60   

1977  Egyptian President Sadat formally accepts invitation to visit Israel.   

1978  Claude Dauphin, actor (Paris Precinct), dies at 75.   

1979  John Glassock, bass (Jethro Tull), dies at 27 following heart surgery   

1981  Bob Eberly, singer (Jimmy Dorsey Band), dies at 65   

1982  Bill Baldwin, announcer (Mayor of Hollywood), dies at 69   

1985  Jimmy Ritz, actor (Ritz Brothers), dies of heart failure at 81   

1986  Alan Hewitt, actor (Det Brennan-My Favorite Martian), dies at 71.   

1987  Irene Wicker, singer/actress (Singing Lady), dies at 81.   

1988  In this year, Benzir Bhutto claims election in Pakistan   

1988  Sheilah Graham, gossip columnist, dies of heart failure at 84.   

1989  Billy Lee, actor (Sons of Legion, Biscuit Eater), dies   

1993  US Congress votes for NAFTA   

2006  U.S. comedian and actor Michael Richards launches a racially charged tirade at hecklers during a performance at the Laugh Factory in Los Angeles. Sony launches its next-generation console, the PlayStation 3, in North America.   

2007  Parliamentary elections in Kosovo   

2010  Researchers at CERN trap 38 antihydrogen atoms for a sixth of a second, marking the inaugural time in history that humans have trapped antimatter.   

2012  50 schoolchildren and a bus driver are killed after a train collides with a school bus in Manfalut, Egypt.   

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