GMT 11/17/2016

This Day In History:

1800 – The United States Congress holds its first session in Washington, D.C.

1856 – American Old West: On the Sonoita River in present-day southern Arizona, the United States Army establishes Fort Buchanan in order to help control new land acquired in the Gadsden Purchase.

1871 – The National Rifle Association is granted a charter by the state of New York.

1933 – United States recognizes Soviet Union.

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.

1962 – President John F. Kennedy dedicates Washington Dulles International Airport, serving the Washington, D.C., region.

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 a resolution to establish the North American Free Trade Agreement.