Historical Events In December - 17

1940  On this day in history british troops occupies Sollum  

1941  On this day in history german troops led by Rommel begin retreating in North Africa  

1941  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

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 December - 17.  

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

1944  Green Bay Packers win NFL championship on this day in history.  

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1944  Pieter A Roodenburgh, student/resistance fighter, dies at 26 on December - 17.  

1946  On this day in history uS V-2 rocket reaches 183 km, White Sands Proving Grounds, NM  

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 December - 17.  

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

1948  On this day in history edgar Istel, composer, dies at 68  

1949  "Regina" closes at 46th St Theater NYC after 86 performances on this day in history.  

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  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 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  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  On December - 17 dorothy Sayers, [Atherton Fleming], author (Whose body), dies at 64  

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  

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 this day in history marion Perkins, sculptor (Man of Sorrow), dies at 53  

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 December - 17 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  Kujo Yoritsugu, Japanese Shogun (d. 1256) was born on December - 17.  

1267  Emperor Go-Uda of Japan (d. 1324) was born on this day in history.  

1493  Philippus A Paracelsus, Swiss physician/alchemist (Liber paramixum) was born on this day in history.  

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 this day in history birth of prince Rupert of the Rhine, commander in the English Civil War (d. 1682)  

1632  On this day in history birth of anthony Wood, English antiqurian (d. 1695)  

1638  Johann Ulrich Sultzberger, composer was born on December - 17.  

0535  On December - 17 death of emperor Ankan of Japan (b. 466)  

0695  On this day in history begga, ancestress of the Carolingians/saint, dies [or 693]  

0942  On this day in history death of william Longsword  

1187  On December - 17 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 this day in history.  

1273  Death of Rumi (b.1207) on this day in history.  

1471  Isabella of Portugal, duchess of Burgundy, dies on December - 17.