Hisdates•ComPage 7: Historical Events In December - 17
Tuesday, 16 September 2025
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 December - 17 gustaf Paulson, composer, dies at 68
1967 On this day in history harold Holt, Australian premier (1966-67), drowns at 59
1969 50m TV viewers saw singer Tiny Tim marry Miss Vicky, on Tonight Show on this day in history.
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 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 this day in history.
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 New line of control agreed to in Kashmir between India and Pakistan on this day in history.
1972 Erwin Dressel, composer, dies at 63 on this day in history.
1973 Charles G Abbot, US astronomer (Sun Constant), dies at 101 on this day in history.
1975 On December - 17 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 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 On this day in history members of the Red Brigades kidnap Brigadier General James L Dozier
1982 Leonid B Kogan, Russian violist, dies at 58 on December - 17.
1983 On this day in history erik Christensen, NHL player
1985 On this day in history otto Gotsche, writer, dies
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 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 On December - 17 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 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 Janet Margolin, US actress (Annie Hall), dies at 50 of ovarian cancer on December - 17.
1994 On December - 17 north Korea shoots down a US Army helicopter when it strays north of the demilitarized zone.dec18
1994 Jan Wiegel, director/producer (Uninhabitable Country), dies at 64 on December - 17.
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