This Day in History for November 17 — Suez Canal Opens, and More
1869: The Suez Canal, linking the Mediterranean Sea with the Red Sea, opens in Egypt (more info)
1968: Viewers of the Raiders-Jets football game are prevented from watching its exciting finish when NBC switches its broadcast to the movie ‘Heidi,’ prompting changes to sports broadcasting in the U.S. (more info)
1969: Negotiators from the Soviet Union and the United States meet in Helsinki to begin SALT I negotiations aimed at limiting the number of strategic weapons on both sides (more info)
1973: In Orlando, Florida, President Richard Nixon tells 400 Associated Press managing editors, “I am not a crook” (more info)
1989: In Czechoslovakia, a student demonstration in Prague is quelled by riot police, sparking an uprising that eventually overthrows the communist government (more info)
More from 92 Moose
Chris Brown Has His Own App Now, Even If Some People Aren’t Quite Sure Why
Rihanna Suing Retailer Topshop for $5 Million for Selling a T-Shirt With Her Face On It [PHOTO]
StarDust: Britney Spears Did a Song About Smurfing Someone + More