In History – Jimmie Johnson win NASCAR Sprint Cup

TODAY IN HISTORY - 11/17:

1991 - Detroit Lion Mike Utley is paralized in a game vs LA Rams
1992 - Dateline NBC airs a demonstration show General Motors trucks, blowing up on impact, later revealed NBC rigged test
2013 - Jimmie Johnson wins the NASCAR Sprint Cup for the sixth time

HAPPY BIRTHDAY / ANNIVERSARY TO:

1901 - Lee Strasberg, Austria, acting coach/actor
1938 - Gordon Lightfoot, Orillia Ontario, Canadian folksinger (Sundown)
1942 - Martin Scorsese, Queens, New York, director (Raging Bull, The Departed)
1944 - Danny Devito, Neptune NJ, actor (Taxi, Ruthless People, Twins)
1934 - Lyndon B. Johnson marries Claudia Alta Taylor

GOODBYE TO:

1796 - Catherine the Great [Catherine II], Empress of Russia (1762-96), dies of a stroke at 67
1998 - Esther Rolle, American actress (b. 1920)

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