On This Day November 17th is the 321st day of 2013 with 44 days remaining of this year. 1862 - Confederate Secretary of War George B Randolph resigns. 1938 - US Secretary of State Cordell Hull signs trade pacts with Great Britain and Canada. 1962 - US President John Kennedy dedicates Dulles International Airport outside Washington DC. 1973 - US President Richard Nixon tells Associated Press ...people have got to know whether or not their President is a crook. Well, Im not a crook. 1980 - The former New Orleans Mint building re-opens as the Louisiana State Museum. 1987 - In the Gulf of Alaska, a magnitude 7.2 earthquake occurs. 1989 - Buena Vista releases the Walt Disney Pictures animated feature film The Little Mermaid to theaters. It cost over US$23 million to make. 1993 - US Congress votes for NAFTA. 2006 - The James Bond film Casino Royale is released to theaters in the USA, with Daniel Craig as the new lead actor. 2006 - Sony releases the PlayStation 3 video game system in the USA.
Posted on: Sun, 17 Nov 2013 15:00:01 +0000
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