Today In History
Today is Tuesday, Nov. 17, the 322nd day of 2020. There are 44 days left in the year.
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHT
› 1800: Congress held its first session in the partially completed U.S. Capitol building.
ON THIS DATE
› 1558: Elizabeth I acceded to the English throne upon the death of her half-sister, Queen Mary, beginning a 44-year reign.
› 1869: The Suez Canal opened in Egypt.
› 1889: The Union Pacific Railroad Co. began direct, daily railroad service between Chicago and Portland, Oregon, as well as Chicago and San Francisco.
› 1911: The historically African-American fraternity Omega Psi Phi was founded at Howard University in Washington, D.C.
› 1917: French sculptor Auguste Rodin died in Meudon at age 77.
› 1969: The first round of Strategic Arms Limitation Talks between the United States and the Soviet Union opened in Helsinki, Finland.
› 1970: The Soviet Union landed an unmanned, remote-controlled vehicle on the moon, the Lunokhod 1.
› 2003: Arnold
Schwarzenegger was sworn in as the 38th governor of California.
TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS
Sen. James Inhofe, R-Okla., is 86. Singer Gordon Lightfoot is 82. Singer-songwriter Bob Gaudio is 79. Movie director Martin Scorsese is 78. Actor Lauren Hutton is 77. Actor-director Danny DeVito is
76. “Saturday Night Live” producer Lorne Michaels is 76. Movie director Roland Joffe is 75. Rock musician Jim Babjak (The Smithereens) is 63. Actor Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio is 62. Actor William Moses is 61. Entertainer RuPaul is 60. Actor Dylan Walsh is 57. Former National Security Adviser Susan Rice is 56. Actor Sophie Marceau is 54. Actor-model Daisy Fuentes is 54. Blues singer/musician Tab Benoit is 53. R&B singer Ronnie DeVoe (New Edition; Bell Biv DeVoe) is 53. Rock musician Ben Wilson (Blues Traveler) is 53. Actor David Ramsey is
49. Actor Leonard Roberts is 48. Actor Brandon Call is 44. Country singer Aaron Lines is 43. Actor Rachel McAdams is 42. Rock musician Isaac Hanson (Hanson) is 40. MLB outfielder Ryan Braun is
37. Actor Justin Cooper is
32. Musician Reid Perry (The Band Perry) is 32. Actor Raquel Castro is 26.