November 17

1787: Louis-Jacques-Mandé Daguerre, who produced the first permanent photograph, was born. 1790: German astronomer August Möbius, the mathematician who invented the famous single-sided strip that bears his name, was born. 1835: American physicist William Anthony, who developed one of the first electrical engineering courses in America (at Cornell), was born. 1869: The Suez Canal opened in Egypt, linking the Mediterranean and the Red Sea. 1871: The National Rifle Association (NRA) was organized. 1891: Emile Berliner was issued a patent for a combined telegraph and telephone. 1906: Soichiro Honda, who founded the Honda Motor Company, was born. 1962: President JFK dedicated the Dulles International Airport in VA. 1967: Surveyor 6 made a six-second flight from its landing site on the moon - the first lift-off on lunar surface. 1970: A U.S. patent was issued to Doug Engelbart for the computer mouse - an "X-Y Position Indicator for a Display System."