Page 7: Historical Events In December - 17

1965  Largest newspaper-Sunday New York Times at 946 pages ($0.50) on this day in history.   

1965  Tito [Raffaele A] Schipa, Italian tenor/composer (Rondine), dies at 76 on this day in history.   

1966  Gustaf Paulson, composer, dies at 68 on this day in history.   

1967  On December - 17 harold Holt, Australian premier (1966-67), drowns at 59   

1969  On this day in history 50m TV viewers saw singer Tiny Tim marry Miss Vicky, on Tonight Show   

1969  USAF closes Project Blue Book, concluding no evidence of extraterrestrial spaceships behind thousands of UFO sightings on December - 17.   

1969  Arturo da Costa e Silva, President of Brazil (1967-69), dies at 67 on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1971  Cease-fire between India and Pakistan in Kashmir on this day in history.   

1971  Radio Bangladesh begins transmitting on December - 17.   

1972  New line of control agreed to in Kashmir between India and Pakistan on December - 17.   

1972  Erwin Dressel, composer, dies at 63 on this day in history.   

1973  On December - 17 charles G Abbot, US astronomer (Sun Constant), dies at 101   

1975  Lynette Fromme was sentenced to life for attempt on President Ford's life on this day in history.   

1975  Frank Sully, actor (Parachute Nurse, Inside the Law), dies at 67 on December - 17.   

1978  On this day in history referendum approves new constitution of Rwanda   

1979  On this day in history budweiser rocket car reaches 1190 kph (record for wheeled vehicle)   

1979  On this day in history 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.   

1981  Members of the Red Brigades kidnap Brigadier General James L Dozier on December - 17.   

1982  On December - 17 leonid B Kogan, Russian violist, dies at 58   

1983  Erik Christensen, NHL player on this day in history.   

1985  On this day in history otto Gotsche, writer, dies   

1986  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." on December - 17.   

1986  Wayne Danke Schoen Newton won a $19.2 million judgment against NBC News, which had aired reports linking Newton to mob figures on this day in history.   

1986  Ron Kass, record co pres (MGM), dies at 52 of cancer on December - 17.   

1987  On December - 17 bernard Cardinal Alfrink, archbishop of Utrecht Neth, dies at 87   

1988  USS Tennessee, first sub to carry Trident 2 missiles, commissioned on December - 17.   

1990  On December - 17 don Draper, actor (Pepper Agent 00X), dies of AIDS at 61   

1991  On this day in history soap opera "One Life To Live" airs its 6,000th episode   

1991  John Blatnik, (Rep-Minnesota, 1947-75), dies at 80 on December - 17.   

1992  On this day in history dana Andrews, US actor (Laura), dies of pneumonia at 83   

1993  On this day in history janet Margolin, US actress (Annie Hall), dies at 50 of ovarian cancer   

1994  On December - 17 north Korea shoots down a US Army helicopter when it strays north of the demilitarized zone.dec18   

1994  On this day in history jan Wiegel, director/producer (Uninhabitable Country), dies at 64   

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1239  Kujo Yoritsugu, Japanese Shogun (d. 1256) was born on this day in history.   

1267  Emperor Go-Uda of Japan (d. 1324) was born on December - 17.   

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

1554  Ernst of Bayern, prince/bishop of Liege/archbishop of Cologne was born on December - 17.   

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 December - 17.   

1632  On December - 17 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  Begga, ancestress of the Carolingians/saint, dies [or 693] on this day in history.   

0942  On December - 17 death of william Longsword   

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

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 December - 17.   

1273  On this day in history death of rumi (b.1207)   

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