Hisdates•ComPage 6: Historical Events In December - 17
Wednesday, 25 December 2024
1940 On December - 17 british troops occupies Sollum 
1941 On this day in history german troops led by Rommel begin retreating in North Africa
1941 HMS THRACIAN, lost while in Hong Kong - ran aground, dry-docked but damaged by Japanese bombing, later beached. Salvaged and served in Japanese Navy on this day in history.
1941 Dutch & Australian troops lands on Portuguese-Timor on December - 17.
1942 On this day in history allies condemn the Nazis for murdering Jews.
1942 Allies in London sentence German war criminals on December - 17.
1943 On this day in history transport 63 departs with French Jews to nazi-Germany
1944 Japanese-Americans released from detention camps on December - 17.
1944 US Army announces end of excluding Japanese-Americans from West Coast on this day in history.
1944 On December - 17 green Bay Packers win NFL championship
1944 Pieter A Roodenburgh, student/resistance fighter, dies at 26 on December - 17.
1946 US V-2 rocket reaches 183 km, White Sands Proving Grounds, NM on December - 17.
1946 On this day in history bradman & Barnes complete 405 run 5th wkt stand, score 234 ea
1946 On December - 17 constance [Clara] Garnett, Russian-English translator, dies at 84
1947 New York struck by a blizzard, resulting with 27" of snow on December - 17.
1947 NY struck by a blizzard, resulting with 27" of snow on this day in history.
1948 Edgar Istel, composer, dies at 68 on December - 17.
1949 On this day in history "Regina" closes at 46th St Theater NYC after 86 performances
1949 On December - 17 david Stanley Smith, composer, dies at 72
1951 On December - 17 dutch Communist Party members forbidden to be civil servants
1953 Dmitri Shostakovitch' 10th Symphony, premieres in Leningrad on this day in history.
1954 On December - 17 british Petroleum Company (BP) formed
1954 fully automated railroad freight yard (Gary IN) on this day in history.
1955 Carl Perkins wrote Blue Suede Shoes. Less than 48 hours later, he recorded it at the Sun Studios in Memphis on December - 17.
1956 On this day in history eddie Acuff, actor (Guns of Pecos), dies at 48
1957 On December - 17 the Atlas U.S. intercontinental ballistic missile makes its inaugural test flight.
1957 On this day in history dorothy Sayers, [Atherton Fleming], author (Whose body), dies at 64
1959 On this day in history on the Beach premiered this day at the Astor Theatre in New York City -- and in 17 other cities. It was the first motion picture to debut simultaneously in major cities around the world
1961 On December - 17 disgruntled employee set fire to a circus tent in Niteroi Brazil
1961 India seizes Goa and 2 other Portuguese colonies on December - 17.
1961 Marion Perkins, sculptor (Man of Sorrow), dies at 53 on this day in history.
1962 Current constitution of Monaco promulgated on this day in history.
1962 Thomas Mitchell, US, actor (Outlaw), dies of cancer at 70 on this day in history.
1963 The U.S. Congress passed the Clean Air Act, a sweeping set of laws designed to protect the environment from air pollution. It was the first legislation to place pollution controls on the automobile industry on December - 17.
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