17TH
NOVEMBER
FEAST DAY OF
"ST HILDA; SAINTS ACISCLUS &
VICTORIA; ST ANIANUS OR AIGNAN OF ORLEANS; SAINTS ALPHAEUS & ZACHAEUS; ST
ELIZABETH OF HUNGARY; ST GREGORY OF TORURS; ST GREGORY THE WONDERWORKER; ST DIONYSIUS OF
ALEXANDRIA; THE MARTYRS OF PARAGUAY; & ST HUGH OF LINCOLN." |
| 17TH |
3bc |
WAS THE DATE CHRISTIAN THEOLOGIAN, "CLEMENT OF
ALEXANDRIA (155 - 220) CLAIMED JESUS CHRIST WAS BORN. |
| 17TH |
1278 |
OF 680 JEWS ARRESTED, 293 WERE HANGED
IN ENGLAND FOR COUNTERFEITING COINS. |
| 17TH |
1558 |
"ELIZABETH I" ASCENDS TO THE ENGLISH THRONE UPON
THE DEATH OF "QUEEN MARY." |
| 17TH |
1800 |
THE U.S. CONGRESS MET FOR THE FIRST
TIME IN WASHINGTON. |
| 17TH |
1877 |
ABORIGINALS KILL SEVERAL WHITE PEOPLE ON THE DAINTREE RIVER,
QUEENSLAND. |
| 17TH |
1895 |
ENGLISH ACTORS, "ARTHUR
DACRE" & HIS WIFE "AMY ROSELLE" COMMIT SUICIDE IN SYDNEY THE DAY BEFORE
THEY ARE DUE TO OPEN IN "THE SILENCE OF DEAN MAITLAND." |
| 17TH |
1911 |
FIRST AUSTRALIAN PILOT’S LICENCE IS AWARDED TO
"WILLIAM E. HART." |
| 17TH |
1913 |
PANAMA CANAL OPENS. |
| 17TH |
1934 |
FUTURE U.S. PRESIDENT, "LYNDON B. JOHNSON" MARRIES
"CLAUDIA ALTA TAYLOR." |
| 17TH |
1945 |
"H.J. WILSON" OF THE
‘RAF’ SETS A NEW WORLD AIR SPEED RECORD OF 606mph. |
| 17TH |
1967 |
BEATLES LTD & APPLE MUSIC LTD SWAP NAMES. |
| 17TH |
1967 |
‘SURVEYOR 6’ BECOMES
THE FIRST MAN-MADE OBJECT TO LIFT OFF FROM THE MOON. |
| 17TH |
1970 |
THE USSR’S ‘LUNA 17’ LANDED ON THE
‘SEA OF RAINS’ ON THE MOON. |
| 17TH |
1977 |
MISS U.K., "MADELINE
STRINGER" FINISHED 6TH IN THE MISS WORLD CONTEST, DESPITE WEARING A $9,500 PLATINUM
BIKINI. |
| 17TH |
1977 |
THE WRECK OF THE PANDORA, LOST IN 1791 NEAR TORRES
STRAIT, IS LOCATED. |
| 17TH |
1991 |
WESTERN AUSTRALIA INTRODUCES DAYLIGHT
SAVING ON A TRIAL BASIS. IT IS ABANDONED AFTER A REFERENDUM ON 4th MARCH 1992. |
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