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Historical Events In December - 17

Sunday, 28 May 2023

1940  On this day in history british troops occupies Sollum  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1941  German troops led by Rommel begin retreating in North Africa on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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 this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1941  On this day in history dutch & Australian troops lands on Portuguese-Timor  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1942  On December - 17 allies condemn the Nazis for murdering Jews.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1942  Allies in London sentence German war criminals on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1943  On December - 17 transport 63 departs with French Jews to nazi-Germany  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1944  Japanese-Americans released from detention camps on December - 17.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1944  US Army announces end of excluding Japanese-Americans from West Coast on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1944  Green Bay Packers win NFL championship on December - 17.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1944  On December - 17 pieter A Roodenburgh, student/resistance fighter, dies at 26  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1946  US V-2 rocket reaches 183 km, White Sands Proving Grounds, NM on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1946  On this day in history bradman & Barnes complete 405 run 5th wkt stand, score 234 ea  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1946  On this day in history constance [Clara] Garnett, Russian-English translator, dies at 84  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1947  New York struck by a blizzard, resulting with 27" of snow on December - 17.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1947  On this day in history nY struck by a blizzard, resulting with 27" of snow  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1948  Edgar Istel, composer, dies at 68 on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1949  On December - 17 "Regina" closes at 46th St Theater NYC after 86 performances  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1949  On December - 17 david Stanley Smith, composer, dies at 72  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1951  On this day in history dutch Communist Party members forbidden to be civil servants  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1953  Dmitri Shostakovitch' 10th Symphony, premieres in Leningrad on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1954  British Petroleum Company (BP) formed on December - 17.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1954  fully automated railroad freight yard (Gary IN) on December - 17.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1956  On December - 17 eddie Acuff, actor (Guns of Pecos), dies at 48  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1957  On December - 17 the Atlas U.S. intercontinental ballistic missile makes its inaugural test flight.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1957  On December - 17 dorothy Sayers, [Atherton Fleming], author (Whose body), dies at 64  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1961  Disgruntled employee set fire to a circus tent in Niteroi Brazil on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1961  On this day in history india seizes Goa and 2 other Portuguese colonies  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1961  Marion Perkins, sculptor (Man of Sorrow), dies at 53 on December - 17.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1962  Current constitution of Monaco promulgated on December - 17.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1962  Thomas Mitchell, US, actor (Outlaw), dies of cancer at 70 on December - 17.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1963  On December - 17 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.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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Famous Birthdays In December - 17

Famous People Born On This Day In History

1239  On this day in history birth of kujo Yoritsugu, Japanese Shogun (d. 1256)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1267  On December - 17 birth of emperor Go-Uda of Japan (d. 1324)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1493  Philippus A Paracelsus, Swiss physician/alchemist (Liber paramixum) was born on December - 17.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1554  On December - 17 birth of ernst of Bayern, prince/bishop of Liege/archbishop of Cologne  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1619  On this day in history birth of ruprecht, prince of Palts/admiral/chemist/engraver/mathematician  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1619  On December - 17 birth of prince Rupert of the Rhine, commander in the English Civil War (d. 1682)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1632  On this day in history birth of anthony Wood, English antiqurian (d. 1695)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1638  Johann Ulrich Sultzberger, composer was born on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Famous Deaths In December - 17

Famous People Died On This Day In History

0535  On December - 17 death of emperor Ankan of Japan (b. 466)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

0695  On December - 17 begga, ancestress of the Carolingians/saint, dies [or 693]  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

0942  Death of William Longsword on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1187  On December - 17 gregory VIII, [Alberto de Morra], Italian Pope (1187), dies  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1195  On this day in history boudouin V, count of Hainault/Flanders (Boudouin VIII), dies  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1213  On December - 17 jean de Matha, French saint, dies at 53  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1273  Death of Rumi (b.1207) on December - 17.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1471  Isabella of Portugal, duchess of Burgundy, dies on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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