Page 6: Historical Events In December - 17

1940  On this day in history british troops occupies Sollum   

1941  German troops led by Rommel begin retreating in North Africa on December - 17.   

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  On December - 17 dutch & Australian troops lands on Portuguese-Timor   

1942  Allies condemn the Nazis for murdering Jews on December - 17.   

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

1943  On December - 17 transport 63 departs with French Jews to nazi-Germany   

1944  On this day in history japanese-Americans released from detention camps   

1944  On December - 17 uS Army announces end of excluding Japanese-Americans from West Coast   

1944  Green Bay Packers win NFL championship on December - 17.   

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

1946  US V-2 rocket reaches 183 km, White Sands Proving Grounds, NM on December - 17.   

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

1947  NY struck by a blizzard, resulting with 27" of snow on this day in history.   

1948  Edgar Istel, composer, dies at 68 on December - 17.   

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

1949  On this day in history david Stanley Smith, composer, dies at 72   

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

1953  On this day in history dmitri Shostakovitch' 10th Symphony, premieres in Leningrad   

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

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

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

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 this day in history.   

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  Disgruntled employee set fire to a circus tent in Niteroi Brazil on this day in history.   

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

1961  On this day in history marion Perkins, sculptor (Man of Sorrow), dies at 53   

1962  Current constitution of Monaco promulgated on December - 17.   

1962  On December - 17 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 this day in history.   

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1239  On December - 17 birth of kujo Yoritsugu, Japanese Shogun (d. 1256)   

1267  Emperor Go-Uda of Japan (d. 1324) was born on this day in history.   

1493  On December - 17 birth of philippus A Paracelsus, Swiss physician/alchemist (Liber paramixum)   

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  Prince Rupert of the Rhine, commander in the English Civil War (d. 1682) was born on December - 17.   

1632  Anthony Wood, English antiqurian (d. 1695) was born on this day in history.   

1638  On December - 17 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  Death of William Longsword on this day in history.   

1187  Gregory VIII, [Alberto de Morra], Italian Pope (1187), dies on this day in history.   

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

1213  On December - 17 jean de Matha, French saint, dies at 53   

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

1471  Isabella of Portugal, duchess of Burgundy, dies on December - 17.