"Today is Monday, Nov. 17, the 321st day of 2025. There are 44 days left in the year. Today in history: On Nov. 17, 1968, the last minutes of a tense NFL matchup on NBC between the New York Jets and the Oakland Raiders were preempted by the children's film Heidi. The network received thousands of calls from angry viewers and formally apologized."
"Also on this date: In 1800, Congress held its first session in the partially completed U.S. Capitol building in Washington, D.C. In 1869, the Suez Canal opened in Egypt. In 1973, President Richard Nixon told a gathering of Associated Press managing editors at a televised news conference in Orlando, Florida: People have got to know whether or not their president is a crook. Well, I'm not a crook."
November 17 includes a mix of media, political, infrastructure, and violent events alongside notable celebrity birthdays. In 1968, NBC preempted the final minutes of a Jets–Raiders game with the children's film Heidi, prompting thousands of angry calls and a formal apology. In 1800, Congress held its first session in the partially completed U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. In 1869, the Suez Canal opened. In 1973, President Richard Nixon proclaimed, "I'm not a crook." In 1989, student demonstrations in Prague escalated into the nonviolent Velvet Revolution, resulting in Communist leadership resignation. Other entries include the 1997 Luxor attack, Arnold Schwarzenegger's 2003 gubernatorial swearing-in, the 2020 firing of election security chief Christopher Krebs, and several entertainment and sports birthdays.
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