Page 7: Historical Events In December - 17

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

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

1966  Gustaf Paulson, composer, dies at 68 on December - 17.   

1967  Harold Holt, Australian premier (1966-67), drowns at 59 on December - 17.   

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

1969  On this day in history 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 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.   

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

1971  Radio Bangladesh begins transmitting on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history lynette Fromme was sentenced to life for attempt on President Ford's life   

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  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  On this day in history erik Christensen, NHL player   

1985  Otto Gotsche, writer, dies on this day in history.   

1986  On this day in history 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."   

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  On this day in history ron Kass, record co pres (MGM), dies at 52 of cancer   

1987  Bernard Cardinal Alfrink, archbishop of Utrecht Neth, dies at 87 on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history john Blatnik, (Rep-Minnesota, 1947-75), dies at 80   

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

1993  On December - 17 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 December - 17 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  On this day in history birth of philippus A Paracelsus, Swiss physician/alchemist (Liber paramixum)   

1554  On this day in history birth of ernst of Bayern, prince/bishop of Liege/archbishop of Cologne   

1619  Ruprecht, prince of Palts/admiral/chemist/engraver/mathematician was born on December - 17.   

1619  On December - 17 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  Johann Ulrich Sultzberger, composer was born on this day in history.   

0535  On this day in history death of emperor Ankan of Japan (b. 466)   

0695  Begga, ancestress of the Carolingians/saint, dies [or 693] on December - 17.   

0942  Death of William Longsword on December - 17.   

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  On December - 17 jean de Matha, French saint, dies at 53   

1273  Death of Rumi (b.1207) on this day in history.   

1471  On this day in history isabella of Portugal, duchess of Burgundy, dies