Today in History Today is Tuesday, Nov. 17, the 322nd day of 2020. There are 44 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On Nov. 17, 1800, Congress held its first session in the partially completed U.S. Capitol building. On this date: In 1558, Elizabeth I acceded to the English throne upon the death of her half-sister, Queen Mary, beginning a 44-year reign. In 1869, the Suez Canal opened in Egypt. In 1889, the Union Pacific Railroad Co. began direct, daily railroad service between Chicago and Portland, Oregon, as well as Chicago and San Francisco. In 1911, the historically African-American fraternity Omega Psi Phi was founded at Howard University in Washington, D.C. In 1917, French sculptor Auguste Rodin (roh-DAN’) died in Meudon (meh-DON') at age 77. In 1969, the first round of Strategic Arms Limitation Talks between the United States and the Soviet Union opened in Helsinki, Finland. In 1970, the Soviet Union landed an unmanned, remote-controlled...
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