On November 17, 2003, the actor and former bodybuilder
Arnold Schwarzenegger was sworn in as the 38th governor
of California at the State Capitol in Sacramento.

Prior to Schwarzenegger, another famous actor, Ronald
Reagan, served as the 33rd governor of California from
1967 to 1975 before going on to become the nation’s
40th president in 1980.

Arnold Alois Schwarzenegger is 78.

The Suez Canal, connecting the Mediterranean and the Red
seas, was inaugurated in an elaborate ceremony attended
by French Empress Eugénie, wife of Napoleon III.

In 1854, Ferdinand de Lesseps, the former French consul
to Cairo, secured an agreement with the Ottoman governor
of Egypt to build a canal 100 miles across the Isthmus of
Suez.

An international team of engineers drew up a construction
plan, and in 1856 the Suez Canal Company was formed and
granted the right to operate the canal for 99 years after
completion of the work.

Construction began in April 1859, and at first digging was
done by hand with picks and shovels wielded by forced
laborers.

Empress Eugénie (1826 – 1920)

Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward’s New York apartment
hits market for first time in 40 years for $1.69M.

(FOX) – The two-bedroom guest suite one floor below the legendary
couple’s penthouse features Central Park views, 24-hour doorman,
a fitness center, a bike room and other amenities.

Beginning as a radio show in the early 1950s, Mr. Moon
became one of the most popular kid shows in Portland,
Oregon.
     
Mr. Moon debuted on November 16, 1953 one month
after KOIN TV went on the air, and just over a year
after television came to Portland. The show aired
until 1958.

Wearing the Mr. Moon mask was radio disc
jockey Ed Leahy (1924 – 1989).

Mr. Moon with his puppet cast including Mrs. Cow, Kitty,
Sam and Harry the Heron.

Starring Mary Martin as Maria and Theodore Bikel as Captain
von Trapp, the original Broadway production of The Sound
of Music premiered at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre on November
16, 1959, where it won five Tony Awards, including Best Musical
and Best Leading Actress. It later moved to the Mark Hellinger,
where it would end its lauded run on June 15, 1963 after 1,443 performances.