Page 6: Historical Events In December - 17

1940  On December - 17 british troops occupies Sollum   

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

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 December - 17.   

1941  On this day in history dutch & Australian troops lands on Portuguese-Timor   

1942  Allies condemn the Nazis for murdering Jews on December - 17.   

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  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  On December - 17 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 December - 17.   

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

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

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

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

1949  On this day in history "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  On this day in history 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  On December - 17 eddie Acuff, actor (Guns of Pecos), dies at 48   

1957  The Atlas U.S. intercontinental ballistic missile makes its inaugural test flight on this day in history.   

1957  Dorothy Sayers, [Atherton Fleming], author (Whose body), dies at 64 on December - 17.   

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

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 this day in history 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  On December - 17 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  Ernst of Bayern, prince/bishop of Liege/archbishop of Cologne was born on December - 17.   

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

1619  Prince Rupert of the Rhine, commander in the English Civil War (d. 1682) was born on this day in history.   

1632  Anthony Wood, English antiqurian (d. 1695) was born on this day in history.   

1638  On December - 17 birth of johann Ulrich Sultzberger, composer   

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 this day in history death of william Longsword   

1187  Gregory VIII, [Alberto de Morra], Italian Pope (1187), dies on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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