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 this day in history.   

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 December - 17 allies in London sentence German war criminals   

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  On this day in history green Bay Packers win NFL championship   

1944  Pieter A Roodenburgh, student/resistance fighter, dies at 26 on this day in history.   

1946  US V-2 rocket reaches 183 km, White Sands Proving Grounds, NM on this day in history.   

1946  Bradman & Barnes complete 405 run 5th wkt stand, score 234 ea on this day in history.   

1946  Constance [Clara] Garnett, Russian-English translator, dies at 84 on December - 17.   

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

1947  On December - 17 nY struck by a blizzard, resulting with 27" of snow   

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 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  Dmitri Shostakovitch' 10th Symphony, premieres in Leningrad on this day in history.   

1954  On this day in history british Petroleum Company (BP) formed   

1954  fully automated railroad freight yard (Gary IN) on December - 17.   

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 December - 17 eddie Acuff, actor (Guns of Pecos), dies at 48   

1957  On December - 17 the Atlas U.S. intercontinental ballistic missile makes its inaugural test flight.   

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  Disgruntled employee set fire to a circus tent in Niteroi Brazil on December - 17.   

1961  On December - 17 india seizes Goa and 2 other Portuguese colonies   

1961  On December - 17 marion Perkins, sculptor (Man of Sorrow), dies at 53   

1962  On December - 17 current constitution of Monaco promulgated   

1962  On this day in history 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 December - 17.   

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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 this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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  Johann Ulrich Sultzberger, composer was born on December - 17.   

0535  Death of Emperor Ankan of Japan (b. 466) on December - 17.   

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

0942  On December - 17 death of william Longsword   

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

1195  Boudouin V, count of Hainault/Flanders (Boudouin VIII), dies on this day in history.   

1213  Jean de Matha, French saint, dies at 53 on December - 17.   

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

1471  On December - 17 isabella of Portugal, duchess of Burgundy, dies