Historical Events In December - 17

1940  British troops occupies Sollum on this day in history.   

1941  On December - 17 german troops led by Rommel begin retreating in North Africa   

1941  HMS THRACIAN, lost while in Hong Kong - ran aground, dry-docked but damaged by Japanese bombing, later beached. Salvaged and served in Japanese Navy on December - 17.   

1941  Dutch & Australian troops lands on Portuguese-Timor on December - 17.   

1942  On this day in history allies condemn the Nazis for murdering Jews.   

1942  On December - 17 allies in London sentence German war criminals   

1943  Transport 63 departs with French Jews to nazi-Germany on this day in history.   

1944  Japanese-Americans released from detention camps on this day in history.   

1944  On this day in history uS Army announces end of excluding Japanese-Americans from West Coast   

1944  On December - 17 green Bay Packers win NFL championship   

1944  On December - 17 pieter A Roodenburgh, student/resistance fighter, dies at 26   

1946  US V-2 rocket reaches 183 km, White Sands Proving Grounds, NM on this day in history.   

1946  On December - 17 bradman & Barnes complete 405 run 5th wkt stand, score 234 ea   

1946  Constance [Clara] Garnett, Russian-English translator, dies at 84 on this day in history.   

1947  On this day in history new York struck by a blizzard, resulting with 27" of snow   

1947  NY struck by a blizzard, resulting with 27" of snow on December - 17.   

1948  On December - 17 edgar Istel, composer, dies at 68   

1949  On December - 17 "Regina" closes at 46th St Theater NYC after 86 performances   

1949  David Stanley Smith, composer, dies at 72 on this day in history.   

1951  On December - 17 dutch Communist Party members forbidden to be civil servants   

1953  Dmitri Shostakovitch' 10th Symphony, premieres in Leningrad on this day in history.   

1954  British Petroleum Company (BP) formed on this day in history.   

1954  On this day in history fully automated railroad freight yard (Gary IN)   

1955  Carl Perkins wrote Blue Suede Shoes. Less than 48 hours later, he recorded it at the Sun Studios in Memphis on this day in history.   

1956  On this day in history eddie Acuff, actor (Guns of Pecos), dies at 48   

1957  The Atlas U.S. intercontinental ballistic missile makes its inaugural test flight on this day in history.   

1957  On this day in history dorothy Sayers, [Atherton Fleming], author (Whose body), dies at 64   

1959  On the Beach premiered this day at the Astor Theatre in New York City -- and in 17 other cities. It was the first motion picture to debut simultaneously in major cities around the world on this day in history.   

1961  On this day in history disgruntled employee set fire to a circus tent in Niteroi Brazil   

1961  India seizes Goa and 2 other Portuguese colonies on December - 17.   

1961  On December - 17 marion Perkins, sculptor (Man of Sorrow), dies at 53   

1962  On December - 17 current constitution of Monaco promulgated   

1962  Thomas Mitchell, US, actor (Outlaw), dies of cancer at 70 on December - 17.   

1963  On this day in history the U.S. Congress passed the Clean Air Act, a sweeping set of laws designed to protect the environment from air pollution. It was the first legislation to place pollution controls on the automobile industry.   

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1239  On this day in history birth of kujo Yoritsugu, Japanese Shogun (d. 1256)   

1267  On this day in history birth of emperor Go-Uda of Japan (d. 1324)   

1493  On this day in history birth of philippus A Paracelsus, Swiss physician/alchemist (Liber paramixum)   

1554  On this day in history birth of ernst of Bayern, prince/bishop of Liege/archbishop of Cologne   

1619  On December - 17 birth of ruprecht, prince of Palts/admiral/chemist/engraver/mathematician   

1619  On this day in history birth of prince Rupert of the Rhine, commander in the English Civil War (d. 1682)   

1632  On December - 17 birth of anthony Wood, English antiqurian (d. 1695)   

1638  On this day in history birth of johann Ulrich Sultzberger, composer   

0535  On this day in history death of emperor Ankan of Japan (b. 466)   

0695  Begga, ancestress of the Carolingians/saint, dies [or 693] on December - 17.   

0942  On this day in history death of william Longsword   

1187  On December - 17 gregory VIII, [Alberto de Morra], Italian Pope (1187), dies   

1195  On this day in history boudouin V, count of Hainault/Flanders (Boudouin VIII), dies   

1213  Jean de Matha, French saint, dies at 53 on December - 17.   

1273  Death of Rumi (b.1207) on December - 17.   

1471  On this day in history isabella of Portugal, duchess of Burgundy, dies