BITS OF HISTORY (NOVEMBER 17)

1917: Auguste Rodin, French sculptor of "The Thinker" and "The Kiss", died.

1954: General Gamal Abdel Nasser became Egyptian head of state following the fall of President Mohamed Naguib.

1972: Argentine ex-president Juan Peron arrived in Buenos Aires after 17 years of exile.

1997: Egyptian Islamic militant group al-Gama'a al-Islamiya killed 58 foreign tourists and four Egyptians at Luxor.