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11-17-2007, 07:11 AM
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November 17th
1871
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The National Rifle Association is granted a charter by the state of New York.
1887
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Birthday of
Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery
.
1917
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Death of Auguste Rodin, Sculptor.
1929
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Death of
Herman Hollerith
, Statistician.
1959
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Death of Heitor Villa-Lobos, Brazilian Composer.
1970
~
In one of the greatest successes of the
Soviet lunar exploration program
, The USSR landed an unmanned, remote-controlled vehicle on the moon, the
Lunokhod 1
.
1970
~
Douglas Engelbart received a patent for the
first computer mouse
.
1997
~
An Islamic
extremist group killed 60 tourists
at Luxor, Egypt.
2003
~
Arnold Schwarzenegger was sworn in as the
38th governor of California
.
2003
~
John Allen Muhammad convicted
of one of the Washington-area sniper killings.
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