November 17

Track	Year	Event	Artist	Song	Album
1.	1603	English explorer, writer and courtier Sir Walter Raleigh goes on trial for treason.	The Beatles	I'm So Tired	The White Album
2.	1858	Modified Julian Day zero.	All Else Failed	Your Days are Numbered	Archetype
3.	1903	The Russian Social Democratic Labor Party splits into two groups; the Bolsheviks (Russian for "majority") and Mensheviks (Russian for "minority").	Del Shannon	Break Up	Break Up
4.	1947	American scientists John Bardeen and Walter Brattain observe the basic principles of the transistor, a key element for the electronics revolution of the 20th Century.	The Beach Boys	Magic Transistor Radio	Holland
5.	1969	Cold War: Negotiators from the Soviet Union and the United States meet in Helsinki to begin SALT I negotiations aimed at limiting the number of strategic weaponson both sides.	Architecture in Helsinki	City Calm Down	Fingers Crossed
6.	1970	Douglas Engelbart receives the patent for the first computer mouse.	Azure Ray	We are Mice	Hold on Love
7.	N/A	International Students' Day (International)	The Beach Boys	Student Demonstration Time	Surf's Up

(Historical facts about November 17 are from Wikipedia.)