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Page 6: Historical Events In December - 17

Thursday, 10 July 2025

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

1941  German troops led by Rommel begin retreating in North Africa on December - 17.  Click To Send On Messenger 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 December - 17.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1941  On December - 17 dutch & Australian troops lands on Portuguese-Timor  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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

1942  Allies in London sentence German war criminals on December - 17.  Click To Send On Messenger 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 Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1944  On this day in history japanese-Americans released from detention camps  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1944  On December - 17 uS Army announces end of excluding Japanese-Americans from West Coast  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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

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

1946  US V-2 rocket reaches 183 km, White Sands Proving Grounds, NM on December - 17.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1946  On December - 17 bradman & Barnes complete 405 run 5th wkt stand, score 234 ea  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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

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

1948  Edgar Istel, composer, dies at 68 on December - 17.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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

1949  On this day in history david Stanley Smith, composer, dies at 72  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1951  On December - 17 dutch Communist Party members forbidden to be civil servants  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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

1954  British Petroleum Company (BP) formed on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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

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

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

1957  Dorothy Sayers, [Atherton Fleming], author (Whose body), dies at 64 on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger 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 Messenger 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 Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1961  India seizes Goa and 2 other Portuguese colonies on December - 17.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1961  On this day in history marion Perkins, sculptor (Man of Sorrow), dies at 53  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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

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

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.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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1239  On December - 17 birth of kujo Yoritsugu, Japanese Shogun (d. 1256)  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1267  Emperor Go-Uda of Japan (d. 1324) was born on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1493  On December - 17 birth of philippus A Paracelsus, Swiss physician/alchemist (Liber paramixum)  Click To Send On Messenger 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 Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1619  On December - 17 birth of ruprecht, prince of Palts/admiral/chemist/engraver/mathematician  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1619  Prince Rupert of the Rhine, commander in the English Civil War (d. 1682) was born on December - 17.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1632  Anthony Wood, English antiqurian (d. 1695) was born on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1638  On December - 17 birth of johann Ulrich Sultzberger, composer  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Famous Deaths In December - 17

Famous People Died On This Day In History

0535  On this day in history death of emperor Ankan of Japan (b. 466)  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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

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

1187  Gregory VIII, [Alberto de Morra], Italian Pope (1187), dies on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1195  Boudouin V, count of Hainault/Flanders (Boudouin VIII), dies on December - 17.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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

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

1471  Isabella of Portugal, duchess of Burgundy, dies on December - 17.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard


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