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November 17th
1603 ~ English explorer, writer and courtier Sir Walter Raleigh went on trial for treason.
1790 ~ Birthday of August Ferdinand Möbius, Mathematician.
1800 ~ The United States Capitol building in Washington, DC held its first session of Congress.
1869 ~ In Egypt, the Suez Canal, linking the Mediterranean Sea with the Red Sea, was inaugurated.
1887 ~ Birthday of Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery, Viscount Montgomery of Alamein.
1917 ~ Death of Auguste Rodin, Sculptor.
1929 ~ Death of Herman Hollerith, Statistician.
1959 ~ Death of Heitor Villa-Lobos, Brazilian Composer.
1970 ~ Douglas Engelbart received a patent for the first computer mouse.
2003 ~ Arnold Schwarzenegger wasinaugurated Governor of California.
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