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 this day in history.  

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  On this day in history 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 December - 17 transport 63 departs with French Jews to nazi-Germany  

1944  Japanese-Americans released from detention camps on December - 17.  

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  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 this day in history.  

1946  On this day in history bradman & Barnes complete 405 run 5th wkt stand, score 234 ea  

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

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

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 December - 17 david Stanley Smith, composer, dies at 72  

1951  On this day in history dutch Communist Party members forbidden to be civil servants  

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 December - 17.  

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

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 this day in history.  

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  Thomas Mitchell, US, actor (Outlaw), dies of cancer at 70 on December - 17.  

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

1267  On December - 17 birth of emperor Go-Uda of Japan (d. 1324)  

1493  Philippus A Paracelsus, Swiss physician/alchemist (Liber paramixum) was born on December - 17.  

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

1638  Johann Ulrich Sultzberger, composer was born on this day in history.  

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

0695  On December - 17 begga, ancestress of the Carolingians/saint, dies [or 693]  

0942  Death of William Longsword on this day in history.  

1187  On December - 17 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  On December - 17 jean de Matha, French saint, dies at 53  

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

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