Page 6: Historical Events In December - 17

1940  British troops occupies Sollum on December - 17.   

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

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

1941  Dutch & Australian troops lands on Portuguese-Timor on this day in history.   

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

1942  On this day in history allies in London sentence German war criminals   

1943  Transport 63 departs with French Jews to nazi-Germany on December - 17.   

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

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

1944  On this day in history 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 December - 17.   

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 December - 17.   

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

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

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

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

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 December - 17.   

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

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  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  Marion Perkins, sculptor (Man of Sorrow), dies at 53 on this day in history.   

1962  On December - 17 current constitution of Monaco promulgated   

1962  On December - 17 thomas Mitchell, US, actor (Outlaw), dies of cancer at 70   

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  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  Ernst of Bayern, prince/bishop of Liege/archbishop of Cologne was born on this day in history.   

1619  Ruprecht, prince of Palts/admiral/chemist/engraver/mathematician was born on December - 17.   

1619  On December - 17 birth of prince Rupert of the Rhine, commander in the English Civil War (d. 1682)   

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  Death of Emperor Ankan of Japan (b. 466) on December - 17.   

0695  Begga, ancestress of the Carolingians/saint, dies [or 693] on this day in history.   

0942  Death of William Longsword on this day in history.   

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

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

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

1273  On this day in history death of rumi (b.1207)   

1471  Isabella of Portugal, duchess of Burgundy, dies on this day in history.