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17 Nov 2009
A sequel to LittleBigPlanet was released for the PlayStation Portable.
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17 Nov 2006
Sony released the PlayStation 3 console in North America.
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17 Nov 2003
Arnold Schwarzenegger sworn in as Californian Governor.
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17 Nov 1989
This day marked the beginning of The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia.
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17 Nov 1986
The crew aboard Japan Airlines Flight 1628 sighted three potential UFOs above Alaska.
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17 Nov 1973
Athens Polytechnic Uprising ends.
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17 Nov 1970
The Soviet Lunokhod 1 became the first robotic lunar rover to land on the Moon's surface.
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17 Nov 1965
The Houston Astrodome opened.
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17 Nov 1922
The Ottoman Empire ended when the last Sultan Mehmed VI was exiled to Malta on a British warship.
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17 Nov 1888
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky's 5th symphony was performed for the first time in St Petersburg, Russia.
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17 Nov 1869
Construction on Suez Canal finished.
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17 Nov 1858
The start of Modified Julian Date.
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17 Nov 1855
Explorer David Livingstone became the first European to see Victoria Falls.
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17 Nov 1837
An earthquake struck Valdivia, south-central Chile, which caused a tsunami that damaged Hawaii, French Polynesia, and Japan.
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17 Nov 1800
The US Senate held its first session in the unfinished Capitol Building.
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17 Nov 1798
Hundreds of people died after a New England Blizzard.
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17 Nov 1603
Writer, explorer, and courtier Sir Walter Raleigh went on trial for suspected treason.
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17 Nov 1558
Queen Elizabeth I was coronated and re-established the protestant Church of England.
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17 Nov 1278
All of London's Jews (approx. 680) were accused and arrested for coin clipping and counterfeiting.
