Page 6: Historical Events In December - 17

1940  British troops occupies Sollum on December - 17.   

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 December - 17.   

1941  On this day in history dutch & Australian troops lands on Portuguese-Timor   

1942  Allies condemn the Nazis for murdering Jews on December - 17.   

1942  Allies in London sentence German war criminals on December - 17.   

1943  Transport 63 departs with French Jews to nazi-Germany on December - 17.   

1944  Japanese-Americans released from detention camps on this day in history.   

1944  US Army announces end of excluding Japanese-Americans from West Coast on this day in history.   

1944  On this day in history green Bay Packers win NFL championship   

1944  On December - 17 pieter A Roodenburgh, student/resistance fighter, dies at 26   

1946  On December - 17 uS V-2 rocket reaches 183 km, White Sands Proving Grounds, NM   

1946  Bradman & Barnes complete 405 run 5th wkt stand, score 234 ea on December - 17.   

1946  Constance [Clara] Garnett, Russian-English translator, dies at 84 on December - 17.   

1947  New York struck by a blizzard, resulting with 27" of snow on December - 17.   

1947  On this day in history nY struck by a blizzard, resulting with 27" of snow   

1948  Edgar Istel, composer, dies at 68 on December - 17.   

1949  "Regina" closes at 46th St Theater NYC after 86 performances on this day in history.   

1949  David Stanley Smith, composer, dies at 72 on December - 17.   

1951  On this day in history dutch Communist Party members forbidden to be civil servants   

1953  Dmitri Shostakovitch' 10th Symphony, premieres in Leningrad on December - 17.   

1954  British Petroleum Company (BP) formed on this day in history.   

1954  On this day in history fully automated railroad freight yard (Gary IN)   

1955  Carl Perkins wrote Blue Suede Shoes. Less than 48 hours later, he recorded it at the Sun Studios in Memphis on this day in history.   

1956  Eddie Acuff, actor (Guns of Pecos), dies at 48 on this day in history.   

1957  On this day in history the Atlas U.S. intercontinental ballistic missile makes its inaugural test flight.   

1957  Dorothy Sayers, [Atherton Fleming], author (Whose body), dies at 64 on this day in history.   

1959  On December - 17 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 this day in history disgruntled employee set fire to a circus tent in Niteroi Brazil   

1961  India seizes Goa and 2 other Portuguese colonies on December - 17.   

1961  On this day in history marion Perkins, sculptor (Man of Sorrow), dies at 53   

1962  Current constitution of Monaco promulgated on this day in history.   

1962  On December - 17 thomas Mitchell, US, actor (Outlaw), dies of cancer at 70   

1963  On December - 17 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.   

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1239  Kujo Yoritsugu, Japanese Shogun (d. 1256) was born on December - 17.   

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  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 this day in history.   

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

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

0535  On December - 17 death of emperor Ankan of Japan (b. 466)   

0695  On December - 17 begga, ancestress of the Carolingians/saint, dies [or 693]   

0942  On December - 17 death of william Longsword   

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

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

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

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

1471  On this day in history isabella of Portugal, duchess of Burgundy, dies