Page 7: Historical Events In December - 17

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

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

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 December - 17 50m TV viewers saw singer Tiny Tim marry Miss Vicky, on Tonight Show   

1969  On December - 17 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 this day in history.   

1971  On December - 17 cease-fire between India and Pakistan in Kashmir   

1971  On December - 17 radio Bangladesh begins transmitting   

1972  New line of control agreed to in Kashmir between India and Pakistan on December - 17.   

1972  Erwin Dressel, composer, dies at 63 on December - 17.   

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

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

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  Budweiser rocket car reaches 1190 kph (record for wheeled vehicle) on December - 17.   

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 December - 17 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 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  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 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 this day in history uSS Tennessee, first sub to carry Trident 2 missiles, commissioned   

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

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

1991  John Blatnik, (Rep-Minnesota, 1947-75), dies at 80 on December - 17.   

1992  Dana Andrews, US actor (Laura), dies of pneumonia at 83 on this day in history.   

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 this day in history jan Wiegel, director/producer (Uninhabitable Country), dies at 64   

« Previous Page | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Next Page »

1	2	3	4	5	6	7
8	9	10	11	12	13	14
15	16	17	18	19	20	21
22	23	24	25	26	27	28
29	30	31

1239  On December - 17 birth of kujo Yoritsugu, Japanese Shogun (d. 1256)   

1267  Emperor Go-Uda of Japan (d. 1324) was born on December - 17.   

1493  Philippus A Paracelsus, Swiss physician/alchemist (Liber paramixum) was born on December - 17.   

1554  On December - 17 birth of ernst of Bayern, prince/bishop of Liege/archbishop of Cologne   

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  On December - 17 birth of anthony Wood, English antiqurian (d. 1695)   

1638  Johann Ulrich Sultzberger, composer was born on this day in history.   

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 December - 17.   

1187  On December - 17 gregory VIII, [Alberto de Morra], Italian Pope (1187), dies   

1195  Boudouin V, count of Hainault/Flanders (Boudouin VIII), dies on December - 17.   

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

1273  Death of Rumi (b.1207) on December - 17.   

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