November 17 - Parade II

Parade

Family Birthdays

Cousin Kelly

Overheard

[E points to the full bookshelf in the living room]
E: I'm going to read all these books, 'cause we're reading people.

This Day In History

1292

John Balliol becomes King of Scotland.

1558

Queen Mary I of England dies and is succeeded by her half-sister Elizabeth I of England.

1800

The United States Congress holds its first session in Washington, D.C.

1820

Captain Nathaniel Palmer becomes the first American to see Antarctica (the Palmer Peninsula is later named after him).

1839

Oberto, Giuseppe Verdi's first opera, opens at the Teatro alla Scala in Milan, Italy.

1855

David Livingstone becomes the first European to see the Victoria Falls in what is now present-day Zambia-Zimbabwe.

1871

The National Rifle Association is granted a charter by the state of New York.

1947

American scientists John Bardeen and Walter Houser Brattain observe the basic principles of the transistor, a key element for the electronics revolution of the 20th century.

1970

The Soviet Union lands Lunokhod 1 on Mare Imbrium (Sea of Rains) on the Moon. It is the first roving remote-controlled robot to land on another world, released by the orbiting Luna 17.

Famous Birthdays

1503

Agnolo di Cosimo, Italian painter (d. 1572)

1685

Pierre Gaultier, French-Canadian trader and explorer (d. 1749)

1749

Nicolas Appert, French inventor (d. 1841)

1790

August Ferdinand Möbius, German mathematician (d. 1868)

1887

Bernard Montgomery, English World War II commander (d. 1976)

1901

Lee Strasberg, Ukrainian-born American actor, director and acting teacher (d. 1982)

1906

Soichiro Honda, Japanese automobile pioneer (d. 1991)

1916

Shelby Foote, American historian (d. 2005)

1925

Rock Hudson, American actor (d. 1985)

1938

Gordon Lightfoot, Canadian singer

1942

Martin Scorsese, American film director

1944

Danny DeVito, American actor
1951
Stephen Root, American actor
1964
Mitch Williams, American baseball player
1966
Sophie Marceau, French actress, director, screenwriter, and author
1978
Rachel McAdams, Canadian actress