Transistor, NRA and Watergate-17 November 17 News Items
By Cupertino REALTOR® Michelle Carr Crowe
“The Transistor, National Rifle Association and Watergate have what in common?”
All three share an important newsworthy anniversary on November 17th.
Curious to learn more about the Transistor, the National Rifle Association and Watergate? Read to find out about these and other interesting tales that happened on November 17th.
· 1558 – The Elizabethan era begins: Queen Mary I of England dies and is succeeded by her half-sister Elizabeth I of England.
· 1603 – English explorer, writer and courtier Sir Walter Raleigh goes on trial for treason.
· 1777 – Articles of Confederation of the United States are submitted to the states for ratification.
· 1800 – The United States Congress holds its first session in Washington, D.C.
· 1820 – Captain Nathaniel Palmer becomes the first American to see Antarctica. (The Palmer Peninsula is later named after him.)
· 1858 – Modified Julian Day zero.
· 1869 – In Egypt, the Suez Canal, linking the Mediterranean Sea with the Red Sea, is inaugurated.
· 1871 – The National Rifle Association (the NRA) is granted a charter by the state of New York.
· 1896 – The Western Pennsylvania Hockey League, which later became the first ice hockey league to openly trade and hire players, began play at Pittsburgh's Schenley Park Casino.
· 1903 – The Russian Social Democratic Labour Party splits into two groups: the Bolsheviks (Russian for "majority") and Mensheviks (Russian for "minority").
· 1911 – Omega Psi Phi Fraternity Incorporated, which is the first black Greek-lettered organization founded at an American historically black college or university, was founded on the campus of Howard University in Washington, D.C.
· 1947 – The Screen Actors Guild implements an anti-Communist loyalty oath.
· 1947 – American scientists John Bardeen and Walter Houser Brattain observe the basic principles of the transistor, a key element for the electronics revolution of the 20th century. A transistor is a semiconductor device used to amplify and switch electronic signals and electrical power. It’s composed of semiconductor material with at least three terminals for connection to an external circuit. A voltage or current applied to one pair of the transistor's terminals changes the current through another pair of terminals. Because the controlled (output) power can be higher than the controlling (input) power, a transistor can amplify a signal. Today, some transistors are packaged individually, but many more are found embedded in integrated circuits.
· 1968 – Viewers of the Raiders–Jets football game in the eastern United States are denied the opportunity to watch its exciting finish when NBC broadcasts Heidi instead, prompting changes to sports broadcasting in the U.S.
· 1970 – Vietnam War: Lieutenant William Calley goes on trial for the My Lai Massacre.
· 1973 – Watergate scandal: In Orlando, Florida, U.S. President Richard Nixon tells 400 Associated Press managing editors "I am not a crook."
· 1993 – United States House of Representatives passes resolution to establish the North American Free Trade Agreement after greater authority in trade negotiations was granted to President George Bush in 1991.
While these interesting facts about the Transistor, NRA and Watergate on November 17th have nothing to do with my real estate business selling homes to families in San Jose, Cupertino and Saratoga in Silicon Valley, Calif., they add fun and entertainment to life.
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Images courtesy of Michelle Carr-Crowe’s private collection, the public domain, the U.S. government or www.freedigitalphotos.net.Facts compiled from Wikipedia, Smithsonian, HistoryOrb and MentalFloss among others.
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