November 17: on this day in history

Historical events

1. 1558Elizabeth I succeeded Mary I, beginning England's Elizabethan era.
2. 1800The US Congress convened for the first time in the new capital, Washington, and began its sessions.
3. 1820American captain Nathaniel Palmer became the first US citizen to sight Antarctica.
4. 1947American scientists John Bardeen and Walter Brattain observed the basic operating principle of the transistor.
5. 1989Peaceful protests that would become known as the 'Velvet Revolution' began in Czechoslovakia.

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