Page 7: Historical Events In December - 17

1965  On December - 17 largest newspaper-Sunday New York Times at 946 pages ($0.50)   

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 this day in history.   

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 December - 17.   

1969  On December - 17 arturo da Costa e Silva, President of Brazil (1967-69), dies at 67   

1970  On this day in history 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.   

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  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  Lynette Fromme was sentenced to life for attempt on President Ford's life on this day in history.   

1975  Frank Sully, actor (Parachute Nurse, Inside the Law), dies at 67 on December - 17.   

1978  Referendum approves new constitution of Rwanda on December - 17.   

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 December - 17.   

1981  Members of the Red Brigades kidnap Brigadier General James L Dozier on this day in history.   

1982  Leonid B Kogan, Russian violist, dies at 58 on this day in history.   

1983  Erik Christensen, NHL player on December - 17.   

1985  Otto Gotsche, writer, dies on this day in history.   

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  On December - 17 wayne Danke Schoen Newton won a $19.2 million judgment against NBC News, which had aired reports linking Newton to mob figures   

1986  Ron Kass, record co pres (MGM), dies at 52 of cancer on this day in history.   

1987  On December - 17 bernard Cardinal Alfrink, archbishop of Utrecht Neth, dies at 87   

1988  On December - 17 uSS Tennessee, first sub to carry Trident 2 missiles, commissioned   

1990  On this day in history don Draper, actor (Pepper Agent 00X), dies of AIDS at 61   

1991  Soap opera "One Life To Live" airs its 6,000th episode on December - 17.   

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

1992  On this day in history dana Andrews, US actor (Laura), dies of pneumonia at 83   

1993  On this day in history 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  Jan Wiegel, director/producer (Uninhabitable Country), dies at 64 on December - 17.   

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1239  On this day in history birth of kujo Yoritsugu, Japanese Shogun (d. 1256)   

1267  On December - 17 birth of emperor Go-Uda of Japan (d. 1324)   

1493  Philippus A Paracelsus, Swiss physician/alchemist (Liber paramixum) was born on this day in history.   

1554  Ernst of Bayern, prince/bishop of Liege/archbishop of Cologne was born on December - 17.   

1619  On this day in history birth of ruprecht, prince of Palts/admiral/chemist/engraver/mathematician   

1619  On this day in history birth of prince Rupert of the Rhine, commander in the English Civil War (d. 1682)   

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  Begga, ancestress of the Carolingians/saint, dies [or 693] on this day in history.   

0942  On this day in history death of william Longsword   

1187  Gregory VIII, [Alberto de Morra], Italian Pope (1187), dies on this day in history.   

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

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

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

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