Historical Events In December - 17

1965  On this day in history largest newspaper-Sunday New York Times at 946 pages ($0.50)   

1965  Tito [Raffaele A] Schipa, Italian tenor/composer (Rondine), dies at 76 on December - 17.   

1966  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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  Cease-fire between India and Pakistan in Kashmir on this day in history.   

1971  On this day in history radio Bangladesh begins transmitting   

1972  New line of control agreed to in Kashmir between India and Pakistan on this day in history.   

1972  On December - 17 erwin Dressel, composer, dies at 63   

1973  Charles G Abbot, US astronomer (Sun Constant), dies at 101 on December - 17.   

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

1975  On December - 17 frank Sully, actor (Parachute Nurse, Inside the Law), dies at 67   

1978  On December - 17 referendum approves new constitution of Rwanda   

1979  On this day in history 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 December - 17 leonid B Kogan, Russian violist, dies at 58   

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

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 December - 17.   

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 this day in history.   

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  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  Janet Margolin, US actress (Annie Hall), dies at 50 of ovarian cancer on this day in history.   

1994  North Korea shoots down a US Army helicopter when it strays north of the demilitarized zone.dec18 on December - 17.   

1994  Jan Wiegel, director/producer (Uninhabitable Country), dies at 64 on December - 17.   

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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 December - 17.   

1493  On this day in history birth of philippus A Paracelsus, Swiss physician/alchemist (Liber paramixum)   

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

1638  On this day in history birth of johann Ulrich Sultzberger, composer   

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  Jean de Matha, French saint, dies at 53 on December - 17.   

1273  On this day in history death of rumi (b.1207)   

1471  Isabella of Portugal, duchess of Burgundy, dies on December - 17.