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 December - 17.   

1943  On this day in history transport 63 departs with French Jews to nazi-Germany   

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

1944  US Army announces end of excluding Japanese-Americans from West Coast on this day in history.   

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

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  On this day in history bradman & Barnes complete 405 run 5th wkt stand, score 234 ea   

1946  On December - 17 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  On this day in history nY struck by a blizzard, resulting with 27" of snow   

1948  Edgar Istel, composer, dies at 68 on this day in history.   

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

1949  On this day in history 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  British Petroleum Company (BP) formed on December - 17.   

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

1955  On this day in history carl Perkins wrote Blue Suede Shoes. Less than 48 hours later, he recorded it at the Sun Studios in Memphis.   

1956  Eddie Acuff, actor (Guns of Pecos), dies at 48 on this day in history.   

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 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 December - 17.   

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 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 December - 17.   

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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  On December - 17 birth of ernst of Bayern, prince/bishop of Liege/archbishop of Cologne   

1619  On this day in history birth of ruprecht, prince of Palts/admiral/chemist/engraver/mathematician   

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

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  On December - 17 death of william Longsword   

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

1195  On this day in history 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 December - 17 death of rumi (b.1207)   

1471  On this day in history isabella of Portugal, duchess of Burgundy, dies