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My name is Jack, and today I have another episode of this day in world history for November 17.
On November 17, 1558, Elizabeth the first acceded to the english throne.
On November 17, 1869, the Suez Canal opened in Egypt, linking the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea.
On November 17, 1911, the Omega Sci-Fi fraternity, the first african american fraternity at a historically black college, was founded at Howard University.
On November 17, 1970, the Soviet Union landed an unmanned, remote controlled vehicle called Lunokhod won on the Moon.
On November 17, 1973, the Watergate scandal hearings began in the United States.
On November 17, 1989, the Velvet Revolution began in Czechoslovakia, leading to the end of 41 years of communist rule.
On November 17, 2003, the world's first space tourist, american businessman Dennis Tito, returned to Earth aboard the russian spacecraft Soyes TM 32.
End on November 17, 2014, the Rosetta missions Philae Lander successfully landed on Comet 67 P Churyamov Gerasimenko, marking the first time a spacecraft had landed on a comet.
And these are just a few examples of both significant and minor events that have occurred on November 17 throughout history.
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