Page 6: Historical Events In December - 17

1940  On December - 17 british troops occupies Sollum   

1941  German troops led by Rommel begin retreating in North Africa on this day in history.   

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  Dutch & Australian troops lands on Portuguese-Timor on December - 17.   

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

1942  On December - 17 allies in London sentence German war criminals   

1943  Transport 63 departs with French Jews to nazi-Germany on December - 17.   

1944  On December - 17 japanese-Americans released from detention camps   

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

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

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

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

1948  On December - 17 edgar Istel, composer, dies at 68   

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

1949  David Stanley Smith, composer, dies at 72 on this day in history.   

1951  Dutch Communist Party members forbidden to be civil servants on December - 17.   

1953  On this day in history dmitri Shostakovitch' 10th Symphony, premieres in Leningrad   

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

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

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  On this day in history disgruntled employee set fire to a circus tent in Niteroi Brazil   

1961  India seizes Goa and 2 other Portuguese colonies on this day in history.   

1961  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1267  On this day in history birth of emperor Go-Uda of Japan (d. 1324)   

1493  On December - 17 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  On this day in history birth of ruprecht, prince of Palts/admiral/chemist/engraver/mathematician   

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

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

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

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

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

0942  Death of William Longsword on December - 17.   

1187  Gregory VIII, [Alberto de Morra], Italian Pope (1187), dies on December - 17.   

1195  On December - 17 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 this day in history.