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Historical Events In December - 17

Monday, 29 May 2023

1965  Largest newspaper-Sunday New York Times at 946 pages ($0.50) on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1965  Tito [Raffaele A] Schipa, Italian tenor/composer (Rondine), dies at 76 on December - 17.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1966  On this day in history gustaf Paulson, composer, dies at 68  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1967  On this day in history harold Holt, Australian premier (1966-67), drowns at 59  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1969  On this day in history 50m TV viewers saw singer Tiny Tim marry Miss Vicky, on Tonight Show  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1969  USAF closes Project Blue Book, concluding no evidence of extraterrestrial spaceships behind thousands of UFO sightings on December - 17.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1969  On December - 17 arturo da Costa e Silva, President of Brazil (1967-69), dies at 67  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1970  The Beach Boys played to royalty at Royal Albert Hall in London. Princess Margaret was in attendance and shook the royal jewelry to such classics as Good Vibrations, I Get Around and Help Me, Rhonda on December - 17.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1971  Cease-fire between India and Pakistan in Kashmir on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1971  Radio Bangladesh begins transmitting on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1972  New line of control agreed to in Kashmir between India and Pakistan on December - 17.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1972  Erwin Dressel, composer, dies at 63 on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1973  Charles G Abbot, US astronomer (Sun Constant), dies at 101 on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1975  Lynette Fromme was sentenced to life for attempt on President Ford's life on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1975  On this day in history frank Sully, actor (Parachute Nurse, Inside the Law), dies at 67  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1978  Referendum approves new constitution of Rwanda on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1979  Budweiser rocket car reaches 1190 kph (record for wheeled vehicle) on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1979  Driver Stan Barrett became the first person in the world to travel faster than sound on land. He drove the Budweiser Rocket car at a top speed of 739.666 in a one-way run at Rogers Dry Lake,California on December - 17.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1981  Members of the Red Brigades kidnap Brigadier General James L Dozier on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1982  Leonid B Kogan, Russian violist, dies at 58 on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1983  On this day in history erik Christensen, NHL player  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1985  Otto Gotsche, writer, dies on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1986  On December - 17 richard Kuklinski, a suspect in several murders, is arrested by undercover agents at a truck stop off the New Jersey Turnpike, marking the culmination of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms' "Operation Iceman."  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1986  On December - 17 wayne Danke Schoen Newton won a $19.2 million judgment against NBC News, which had aired reports linking Newton to mob figures  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1986  On December - 17 ron Kass, record co pres (MGM), dies at 52 of cancer  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1987  Bernard Cardinal Alfrink, archbishop of Utrecht Neth, dies at 87 on December - 17.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1988  On this day in history uSS Tennessee, first sub to carry Trident 2 missiles, commissioned  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1990  On December - 17 don Draper, actor (Pepper Agent 00X), dies of AIDS at 61  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1991  Soap opera "One Life To Live" airs its 6,000th episode on December - 17.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1991  On December - 17 john Blatnik, (Rep-Minnesota, 1947-75), dies at 80  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1992  Dana Andrews, US actor (Laura), dies of pneumonia at 83 on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1993  Janet Margolin, US actress (Annie Hall), dies at 50 of ovarian cancer on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1994  North Korea shoots down a US Army helicopter when it strays north of the demilitarized zone.dec18 on December - 17.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1994  Jan Wiegel, director/producer (Uninhabitable Country), dies at 64 on December - 17.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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Famous Birthdays In December - 17

Famous People Born On This Day In History

1239  On this day in history birth of kujo Yoritsugu, Japanese Shogun (d. 1256)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1267  On this day in history birth of emperor Go-Uda of Japan (d. 1324)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1493  On December - 17 birth of philippus A Paracelsus, Swiss physician/alchemist (Liber paramixum)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1554  On December - 17 birth of ernst of Bayern, prince/bishop of Liege/archbishop of Cologne  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1619  Ruprecht, prince of Palts/admiral/chemist/engraver/mathematician was born on December - 17.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1619  On December - 17 birth of prince Rupert of the Rhine, commander in the English Civil War (d. 1682)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1632  Anthony Wood, English antiqurian (d. 1695) was born on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1638  Johann Ulrich Sultzberger, composer was born on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Famous Deaths In December - 17

Famous People Died On This Day In History

0535  On this day in history death of emperor Ankan of Japan (b. 466)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

0695  Begga, ancestress of the Carolingians/saint, dies [or 693] on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

0942  On December - 17 death of william Longsword  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1187  Gregory VIII, [Alberto de Morra], Italian Pope (1187), dies on December - 17.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1195  On this day in history boudouin V, count of Hainault/Flanders (Boudouin VIII), dies  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1213  Jean de Matha, French saint, dies at 53 on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1273  On December - 17 death of rumi (b.1207)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1471  On December - 17 isabella of Portugal, duchess of Burgundy, dies  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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