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Historical Events In December - 17

Friday, 29 March 2024

1965  On December - 17 largest newspaper-Sunday New York Times at 946 pages ($0.50)  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  Gustaf Paulson, composer, dies at 68 on December - 17.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1967  On December - 17 harold Holt, Australian premier (1966-67), drowns at 59  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1969  50m TV viewers saw singer Tiny Tim marry Miss Vicky, on Tonight Show on December - 17.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1969  On December - 17 uSAF closes Project Blue Book, concluding no evidence of extraterrestrial spaceships behind thousands of UFO sightings  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  On this day in history 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.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1971  Cease-fire between India and Pakistan in Kashmir on December - 17.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1971  Radio Bangladesh begins transmitting on December - 17.  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  On this day in history erwin Dressel, composer, dies at 63  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 December - 17.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1975  Frank Sully, actor (Parachute Nurse, Inside the Law), dies at 67 on December - 17.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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

1979  Budweiser rocket car reaches 1190 kph (record for wheeled vehicle) on December - 17.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1979  On December - 17 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.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1981  Members of the Red Brigades kidnap Brigadier General James L Dozier on December - 17.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1982  Leonid B Kogan, Russian violist, dies at 58 on December - 17.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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

1985  Otto Gotsche, writer, dies on December - 17.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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 this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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

1986  Ron Kass, record co pres (MGM), dies at 52 of cancer on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1987  Bernard Cardinal Alfrink, archbishop of Utrecht Neth, dies at 87 on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1988  USS Tennessee, first sub to carry Trident 2 missiles, commissioned on December - 17.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1990  On this day in history don Draper, actor (Pepper Agent 00X), dies of AIDS at 61  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1991  On this day in history soap opera "One Life To Live" airs its 6,000th episode  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  On this day in history dana Andrews, US actor (Laura), dies of pneumonia at 83  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1993  Janet Margolin, US actress (Annie Hall), dies at 50 of ovarian cancer on December - 17.  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 this day in history.  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  Kujo Yoritsugu, Japanese Shogun (d. 1256) was born on December - 17.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1267  Emperor Go-Uda of Japan (d. 1324) was born on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1493  On this day in history birth of philippus A Paracelsus, Swiss physician/alchemist (Liber paramixum)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1554  On this day in history birth of ernst of Bayern, prince/bishop of Liege/archbishop of Cologne  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1619  On December - 17 birth of ruprecht, prince of Palts/admiral/chemist/engraver/mathematician  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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

1632  Anthony Wood, English antiqurian (d. 1695) was born on December - 17.  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  Death of Emperor Ankan of Japan (b. 466) on December - 17.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

0695  On December - 17 begga, ancestress of the Carolingians/saint, dies [or 693]  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

0942  Death of William Longsword on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1187  On this day in history gregory VIII, [Alberto de Morra], Italian Pope (1187), dies  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1195  On December - 17 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 this day in history isabella of Portugal, duchess of Burgundy, dies  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard


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