Historical Events In December - 17

1965  Largest newspaper-Sunday New York Times at 946 pages ($0.50) on December - 17.  

1965  On December - 17 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  50m TV viewers saw singer Tiny Tim marry Miss Vicky, on Tonight Show on this day in history.  

1969  On this day in history uSAF closes Project Blue Book, concluding no evidence of extraterrestrial spaceships behind thousands of UFO sightings  

1969  On December - 17 arturo da Costa e Silva, President of Brazil (1967-69), dies at 67  

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.  

1971  On this day in history cease-fire between India and Pakistan in Kashmir  

1971  Radio Bangladesh begins transmitting on December - 17.  

1972  New line of control agreed to in Kashmir between India and Pakistan on this day in history.  

1972  On this day in history erwin Dressel, composer, dies at 63  

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

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

1975  On December - 17 frank Sully, actor (Parachute Nurse, Inside the Law), dies at 67  

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

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

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 this day in history.  

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  On December - 17 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 this day in history.  

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

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

1988  On this day in history uSS Tennessee, first sub to carry Trident 2 missiles, commissioned  

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

1991  Soap opera "One Life To Live" airs its 6,000th episode on this day in history.  

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

1992  Dana Andrews, US actor (Laura), dies of pneumonia at 83 on December - 17.  

1993  On December - 17 janet Margolin, US actress (Annie Hall), dies at 50 of ovarian cancer  

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

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 December - 17.  

1267  On this day in history birth of emperor Go-Uda of Japan (d. 1324)  

1493  On December - 17 birth of philippus A Paracelsus, Swiss physician/alchemist (Liber paramixum)  

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  On December - 17 birth of prince Rupert of the Rhine, commander in the English Civil War (d. 1682)  

1632  Anthony Wood, English antiqurian (d. 1695) was born on December - 17.  

1638  On December - 17 birth of johann Ulrich Sultzberger, composer  

0535  Death of Emperor Ankan of Japan (b. 466) on December - 17.  

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

0942  On December - 17 death of william Longsword  

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

1195  On this day in history boudouin V, count of Hainault/Flanders (Boudouin VIII), dies  

1213  On December - 17 jean de Matha, French saint, dies at 53  

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

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