History for November 17 - On-This-Day.com
Nicolas Appert 1749, Bernard Law Montgomery (Britain) 1887, Gordon Lightfoot 1938 - Singer
Martin Scorsese 1942 - Director, Danny DeVito 1944 - Actor, Lorne Michaels 1944 - TV producer ("Saturday Night Live")
1903 - Russia's Social Democrats officially split into two groups - Bolsheviks and Mensheviks.
1968 - NBC cut away from the final minutes of a New York Jets-Oakland Raiders game to begin a TV special, "Heidi," on schedule. The Raiders came from behind to beat the Jets 43-32.
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