Page 7: Historical Events In December - 17

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

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

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

1967  On December - 17 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  USAF closes Project Blue Book, concluding no evidence of extraterrestrial spaceships behind thousands of UFO sightings on this day in history.   

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

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 December - 17.   

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  On December - 17 erwin Dressel, composer, dies at 63   

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

1975  On December - 17 lynette Fromme was sentenced to life for attempt on President Ford's life   

1975  On this day in history frank Sully, actor (Parachute Nurse, Inside the Law), dies at 67   

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

1979  On December - 17 budweiser rocket car reaches 1190 kph (record for wheeled vehicle)   

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 December - 17.   

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

1982  Leonid B Kogan, Russian violist, dies at 58 on this day in history.   

1983  Erik Christensen, NHL player on December - 17.   

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

1986  On December - 17 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 December - 17.   

1986  On December - 17 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 this day in history.   

1990  Don Draper, actor (Pepper Agent 00X), dies of AIDS at 61 on this day in history.   

1991  On December - 17 soap opera "One Life To Live" airs its 6,000th episode   

1991  John Blatnik, (Rep-Minnesota, 1947-75), dies at 80 on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history 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  On December - 17 birth of emperor Go-Uda of Japan (d. 1324)   

1493  On this day in history 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  Ruprecht, prince of Palts/admiral/chemist/engraver/mathematician was born on this day in history.   

1619  Prince Rupert of the Rhine, commander in the English Civil War (d. 1682) was born on December - 17.   

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

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  On this day in history begga, ancestress of the Carolingians/saint, dies [or 693]   

0942  Death of William Longsword on this day in history.   

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

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

1213  On this day in history jean de Matha, French saint, dies at 53   

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

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