On this day, we celebrate everybody's favorite little-known holiday:
CANAL DAY! We celebrate Canal Day on November 17 because it was on this day in
1913 that the
Panama Canal officially opened its locks, making the trip from East to West (and vice-versa) a helluva lot easier than it had previously been. And as if that weren't enough, it was also on this day, in the year
1869, that the storied
Suez Canal put up its "Open For Business" sign. So before you go to bed tonight, make sure to say a little prayer to
Johnny Canal, patron saint of people who can't get enough man-made waterway trivia!
On this day in
1800, the United States Congress holds its first session in Washington, D.C..
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On this day in
1871, the
National Rifle Association (NRA) is granted a charter by the state of New York.
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On this day in
1903, the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party splits into two groups: the
Bolsheviks (Russian for "majority") and
Mensheviks (Russian for "minority").
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On this day in 1947, the Screen Actors Guild implements an anti-Communist loyalty oath.
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On this day in
1950,
Lhamo Dondrub is officially named the 14th
Dalai Lama.
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On this day in
1970, Lieutenant
William Calley goes on trial for the
My Lai Massacre.
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On this day in
1973, In Orlando, Florida, U.S. President
Richard Nixon tells 400 Associated Press managing editors "I am not a crook."
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In order to break into the porn business, succulent starlet Traci Lords got a fake ID that said she was born on this day in 1962. Unfortunately for the motley assortment of sleazebags and mobsters who financed her career, she was actually born May 7, 1968, thus necessitating the total erasure of the most lucrative catalog of adult cinema in the history of the genre. Oops!
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