Page 6: Historical Events In December - 17

1940  On December - 17 british troops occupies Sollum   

1941  On this day in history 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  Allies condemn the Nazis for murdering Jews on December - 17.   

1942  Allies in London sentence German war criminals on December - 17.   

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 this day in history green Bay Packers win NFL championship   

1944  Pieter A Roodenburgh, student/resistance fighter, dies at 26 on December - 17.   

1946  On this day in history uS V-2 rocket reaches 183 km, White Sands Proving Grounds, NM   

1946  On this day in history 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  New York struck by a blizzard, resulting with 27" of snow on this day in history.   

1947  On December - 17 nY struck by a blizzard, resulting with 27" of snow   

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

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

1949  On December - 17 david Stanley Smith, composer, dies at 72   

1951  Dutch Communist Party members forbidden to be civil servants on this day in history.   

1953  On December - 17 dmitri Shostakovitch' 10th Symphony, premieres in Leningrad   

1954  British Petroleum Company (BP) formed on December - 17.   

1954  fully automated railroad freight yard (Gary IN) on December - 17.   

1955  On December - 17 carl Perkins wrote Blue Suede Shoes. Less than 48 hours later, he recorded it at the Sun Studios in Memphis.   

1956  Eddie Acuff, actor (Guns of Pecos), dies at 48 on December - 17.   

1957  The Atlas U.S. intercontinental ballistic missile makes its inaugural test flight on December - 17.   

1957  Dorothy Sayers, [Atherton Fleming], author (Whose body), dies at 64 on December - 17.   

1959  On December - 17 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   

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  Marion Perkins, sculptor (Man of Sorrow), dies at 53 on December - 17.   

1962  Current constitution of Monaco promulgated on December - 17.   

1962  On this day in history thomas Mitchell, US, actor (Outlaw), dies of cancer at 70   

1963  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 on December - 17.   

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1239  Kujo Yoritsugu, Japanese Shogun (d. 1256) was born on this day in history.   

1267  On December - 17 birth of emperor Go-Uda of Japan (d. 1324)   

1493  Philippus A Paracelsus, Swiss physician/alchemist (Liber paramixum) was born on December - 17.   

1554  On December - 17 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 December - 17 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 December - 17 death of emperor Ankan of Japan (b. 466)   

0695  On December - 17 begga, ancestress of the Carolingians/saint, dies [or 693]   

0942  On this day in history death of william Longsword   

1187  On this day in history gregory VIII, [Alberto de Morra], Italian Pope (1187), dies   

1195  Boudouin V, count of Hainault/Flanders (Boudouin VIII), dies on December - 17.   

1213  Jean de Matha, French saint, dies at 53 on this day in history.   

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

1471  On December - 17 isabella of Portugal, duchess of Burgundy, dies