On This Day in History November 17, 2019

Historical Events 1558  Elizabeth I aged 25 ascends the English throne upon death of her half sister Queen "Bloody" Mary 1800  Congress holds its 1st session in Washington D.C. in an incomplete Capitol Building 1831  Ecuador and Venezuela separated from Greater Colombia 1855  David Livingstone becomes the first European to see Victoria Falls, in what is now Zambia and Zimbabwe 1869  Suez Canal in Egypt opens, linking Mediterranean and Red seas 1922  The last sultan of the Ottoman Empire Mehmed VI is expelled to Malta on British warship 1970  Douglas Engelbart receives the patent for the first computer mouse More Historical Events Famous Birthdays Bernard Montgomery (1887 - 1976) Louis XVIII (1755 - 1824) RuPaul 58th Birthday Vespasian (9 - 79) More Famous Birthdays Famous Deaths Catherine the Great (1729 - 1796) Gregory of Tours (538 - 594) More Famous Deaths