Historical Events In December - 17

1965  On this day in history largest newspaper-Sunday New York Times at 946 pages ($0.50)   

1965  Tito [Raffaele A] Schipa, Italian tenor/composer (Rondine), dies at 76 on December - 17.   

1966  On this day in history gustaf Paulson, composer, dies at 68   

1967  On this day in history harold Holt, Australian premier (1966-67), drowns at 59   

1969  On December - 17 50m TV viewers saw singer Tiny Tim marry Miss Vicky, on Tonight Show   

1969  On December - 17 uSAF closes Project Blue Book, concluding no evidence of extraterrestrial spaceships behind thousands of UFO sightings   

1969  Arturo da Costa e Silva, President of Brazil (1967-69), dies at 67 on December - 17.   

1970  On December - 17 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.   

1971  Cease-fire between India and Pakistan in Kashmir on December - 17.   

1971  Radio Bangladesh begins transmitting on December - 17.   

1972  On this day in history new line of control agreed to in Kashmir between India and Pakistan   

1972  Erwin Dressel, composer, dies at 63 on December - 17.   

1973  Charles G Abbot, US astronomer (Sun Constant), dies at 101 on December - 17.   

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  Referendum approves new constitution of Rwanda on December - 17.   

1979  Budweiser rocket car reaches 1190 kph (record for wheeled vehicle) on this day in history.   

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  On December - 17 members of the Red Brigades kidnap Brigadier General James L Dozier   

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

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

1985  Otto Gotsche, writer, dies on December - 17.   

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

1986  Ron Kass, record co pres (MGM), dies at 52 of cancer on this day in history.   

1987  On this day in history bernard Cardinal Alfrink, archbishop of Utrecht Neth, dies at 87   

1988  On December - 17 uSS Tennessee, first sub to carry Trident 2 missiles, commissioned   

1990  Don Draper, actor (Pepper Agent 00X), dies of AIDS at 61 on December - 17.   

1991  Soap opera "One Life To Live" airs its 6,000th episode on December - 17.   

1991  On December - 17 john Blatnik, (Rep-Minnesota, 1947-75), dies at 80   

1992  On December - 17 dana Andrews, US actor (Laura), dies of pneumonia at 83   

1993  Janet Margolin, US actress (Annie Hall), dies at 50 of ovarian cancer on this day in history.   

1994  North Korea shoots down a US Army helicopter when it strays north of the demilitarized zone.dec18 on this day in history.   

1994  Jan Wiegel, director/producer (Uninhabitable Country), dies at 64 on this day in history.   

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1239  Kujo Yoritsugu, Japanese Shogun (d. 1256) was born on December - 17.   

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 December - 17.   

1554  On December - 17 birth of ernst of Bayern, prince/bishop of Liege/archbishop of Cologne   

1619  Ruprecht, prince of Palts/admiral/chemist/engraver/mathematician was born on this day in history.   

1619  On this day in history 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  On this day in history birth of johann Ulrich Sultzberger, composer   

0535  Death of Emperor Ankan of Japan (b. 466) on this day in history.   

0695  Begga, ancestress of the Carolingians/saint, dies [or 693] on this day in history.   

0942  Death of William Longsword on this day in history.   

1187  On this day in history gregory VIII, [Alberto de Morra], Italian Pope (1187), dies   

1195  Boudouin V, count of Hainault/Flanders (Boudouin VIII), dies on December - 17.   

1213  Jean de Matha, French saint, dies at 53 on December - 17.   

1273  On December - 17 death of rumi (b.1207)   

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