Page 7: Historical Events In December - 17

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  Harold Holt, Australian premier (1966-67), drowns at 59 on this day in history.   

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  Arturo da Costa e Silva, President of Brazil (1967-69), dies at 67 on December - 17.   

1970  On December - 17 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  Cease-fire between India and Pakistan in Kashmir on this day in history.   

1971  Radio Bangladesh begins transmitting on December - 17.   

1972  On December - 17 new line of control agreed to in Kashmir between India and Pakistan   

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

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  On this day in history frank Sully, actor (Parachute Nurse, Inside the Law), dies at 67   

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

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 this day in history.   

1981  On this day in history members of the Red Brigades kidnap Brigadier General James L Dozier   

1982  On this day in history leonid B Kogan, Russian violist, dies at 58   

1983  Erik Christensen, NHL player on this day in history.   

1985  On this day in history 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  On this day in history wayne Danke Schoen Newton won a $19.2 million judgment against NBC News, which had aired reports linking Newton to mob figures   

1986  On December - 17 ron Kass, record co pres (MGM), dies at 52 of cancer   

1987  On this day in history bernard Cardinal Alfrink, archbishop of Utrecht Neth, dies at 87   

1988  USS Tennessee, first sub to carry Trident 2 missiles, commissioned on December - 17.   

1990  On December - 17 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  On this day in history john Blatnik, (Rep-Minnesota, 1947-75), dies at 80   

1992  Dana Andrews, US actor (Laura), dies of pneumonia at 83 on December - 17.   

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

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1239  Kujo Yoritsugu, Japanese Shogun (d. 1256) was born on this day in history.   

1267  Emperor Go-Uda of Japan (d. 1324) was born on this day in history.   

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

1554  On this day in history birth of ernst of Bayern, prince/bishop of Liege/archbishop of Cologne   

1619  Ruprecht, prince of Palts/admiral/chemist/engraver/mathematician was born on December - 17.   

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  Begga, ancestress of the Carolingians/saint, dies [or 693] on December - 17.   

0942  On December - 17 death of william Longsword   

1187  On this day in history gregory VIII, [Alberto de Morra], Italian Pope (1187), dies   

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

1213  Jean de Matha, French saint, dies at 53 on this day in history.   

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

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