This Day In History

November 17th

1851 The US Post Office issues a .01 cent stamp depicting an American eagle
1877  The first production of Gilbert & Sullivan's opera The Sorcerer presented in London.
1966  Woody Allen's first play, "Don't Drink the Water" opens on Broadway.
1981  14 Million viewers tune into ABC-TV to watch the soap opera marriage of Luke Spencer & Laura Baldwin on General Hospital.

1901  Director Lee Strasberg
1925  Actor Rock Hudson (born as Roy Scherer Fitzgerald)
1938  Singer Gordon Lightfoot
1942  Director Martin Scorsese
1943  Actress Lauren Hutton
1944  Actor Danny DeVito
1944  Baseball Legend Tom (George) Seaver of the NY Mets

1959

• Mr. Blue - The Fleetwoods

• Don't You Know - Della Reese

• Heartaches by the Number - Guy Mitchell

• Country Girl - Faron Young

1967

• To Sir with Love - Lulu

• Incense and Peppermints - Strawberry Alarm Clock

• The Rain, the Park and Other Things - The Cowsills

• You Mean the World to Me - David Houston

1975

• Island Girl - Elton John

• Who Loves You - Four Seasons

• Miracles - Jefferson Starship

• Are You Sure Hank Done It This Way - Waylon Jennings

1983

• All Night Long (All Night) - Lionel Richie

• Uptown Girl - Billy Joel

• Say Say Say - Paul McCartney and Michael Jackson

• One of a Kind Pair of Fools - Barbara Mandrell

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