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Today is Monday, Nov. 17, the 321st day of 2014. There are 44 days left in the year.

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Today's Highlight in History:

On Nov. 17, 1889, the Union Pacific Railroad Co. began direct, daily railroad service between Chicago and Portland, Oregon, as well as Chicago and San Francisco.

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In 1558, Elizabeth I acceded to the English throne upon the death of Queen Mary.

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In 1800, Congress held its first session in Washington in the partially completed Capitol building.

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In 1869, the Suez Canal opened in Egypt.

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In 1917, French sculptor Auguste Rodin (roh-DAN') died in Meudon at age 77.

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In 1934, Lyndon Baines Johnson married Claudia Alta Taylor, better known as Lady Bird, in San Antonio, Texas.

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1947, President Harry S. Truman, in an address to a special session of Congress, called for emergency aid to Austria, Italy and France. (The aid was approved the following month.)

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In 1968, NBC outraged football fans by cutting away from the closing minutes of a New York Jets-Oakland Raiders game to begin the TV special "Heidi" on schedule. (After being taken off the air, the Raiders came from behind to beat the Jets, 43-32.)

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In 1973, President Richard Nixon told Associated Press managing editors in Orlando, Florida: "People have got to know whether or not their president is a crook. Well, I'm not a crook."

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In 1979, Iran's Ayatollah Khomeini ordered the release of 13 black and/or female American hostages being held at the U.S. Embassy in Tehran.