Historical Events In December - 17
Monday, 02 October 2023
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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