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

1942  On December - 17 allies condemn the Nazis for murdering Jews.  

1942  Allies in London sentence German war criminals on this day in history.  

1943  On this day in history 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  Bradman & Barnes complete 405 run 5th wkt stand, score 234 ea on this day in history.  

1946  On this day in history constance [Clara] Garnett, Russian-English translator, dies at 84  

1947  On this day in history new York struck by a blizzard, resulting with 27" of snow  

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

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

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

1953  On December - 17 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 this day in history.  

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 this day in history 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  On this day in history india seizes Goa and 2 other Portuguese colonies  

1961  Marion Perkins, sculptor (Man of Sorrow), dies at 53 on December - 17.  

1962  Current constitution of Monaco promulgated on this day in history.  

1962  Thomas Mitchell, US, actor (Outlaw), dies of cancer at 70 on this day in history.  

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  On this day in history birth of kujo Yoritsugu, Japanese Shogun (d. 1256)  

1267  On this day in history birth of emperor Go-Uda of Japan (d. 1324)  

1493  On this day in history birth of philippus A Paracelsus, Swiss physician/alchemist (Liber paramixum)  

1554  On this day in history birth of ernst of Bayern, prince/bishop of Liege/archbishop of Cologne  

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

1619  On this day in history 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  Johann Ulrich Sultzberger, composer was born on December - 17.  

0535  Death of Emperor Ankan of Japan (b. 466) on this day in history.  

0695  Begga, ancestress of the Carolingians/saint, dies [or 693] on December - 17.  

0942  Death of William Longsword on December - 17.  

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

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

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