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Send This Page To A Friend \| Home What happened today in history? Uncle Woody's Almanac for November 17
2004	K-Mart announces the purchase of Sears, Roebuck & Co. for $11 billion.
2003	Actor Arnold Schwarzenegger is sworn in as Governor of California.
1998	Actress Esther Rolle dies of complication from diabetes in Los Angeles at age 77.
1997	70 tourists die as Islamic militants open fire at the Temple of Hatshepsut in Luxor, Egypt.
1995	Actor Tony Randall, age 75, marries stage actress Heather Harlan, 25, in a civil ceremony officiated by New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani.
1979	Thirteen American hostages held at the US Embassy in Tehran, Iran, are released.
1968	With a little over a minute remaining in the televised NY Jets-Oakland Raiders football game, NBC preempts the remainder of the game and begins broadcasting the regularly-scheduled family movie, Heidi, causing an outrage among frustrated sports viewers. Did you know? The Raiders were behind 29-32. Oakland scored two TDs in 9 seconds to win the game, 43-32. But viewers never got to see those outstanding plays! The NFL now requires coverage to continue in the home markets of both teams if the game runs late.
1962	Dulles International Airport in Washington, DC, is dedicated.
1934	Future US president Lyndon Johnson marries Claudia Alta 'Lady Bird' Taylor.
1917	Sculptor August Rodin (The Thinker) dies in Meudon, France, at age 77.
1869	The 100-mile long Suez Canal, connecting the Red Sea with the Mediterranean, officially opens. Did you know? Before this day, ships had to sail 4,000 miles around the horn of Africa to make the same journey.
1800	The first session of Congress is held in the still-under-construction US Capitol building.