Page 6: Historical Events In December - 17

1940  British troops occupies Sollum on this day in history.   

1941  German troops led by Rommel begin retreating in North Africa on this day in history.   

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  On December - 17 dutch & Australian troops lands on Portuguese-Timor   

1942  On December - 17 allies condemn the Nazis for murdering Jews.   

1942  Allies in London sentence German war criminals on this day in history.   

1943  On December - 17 transport 63 departs with French Jews to nazi-Germany   

1944  On this day in history japanese-Americans released from detention camps   

1944  On this day in history uS Army announces end of excluding Japanese-Americans from West Coast   

1944  Green Bay Packers win NFL championship on this day in history.   

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

1946  US V-2 rocket reaches 183 km, White Sands Proving Grounds, NM on this day in history.   

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

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  On December - 17 edgar Istel, composer, dies at 68   

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

1949  On this day in history david Stanley Smith, composer, dies at 72   

1951  Dutch Communist Party members forbidden to be civil servants on this day in history.   

1953  On this day in history dmitri Shostakovitch' 10th Symphony, premieres in Leningrad   

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

1954  On December - 17 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  The Atlas U.S. intercontinental ballistic missile makes its inaugural test flight on December - 17.   

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  Disgruntled employee set fire to a circus tent in Niteroi Brazil on this day in history.   

1961  On this day in history india seizes Goa and 2 other Portuguese colonies   

1961  Marion Perkins, sculptor (Man of Sorrow), dies at 53 on December - 17.   

1962  On this day in history current constitution of Monaco promulgated   

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

1963  On this day in history 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  On this day in history birth of kujo Yoritsugu, Japanese Shogun (d. 1256)   

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 December - 17.   

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 December - 17.   

1632  Anthony Wood, English antiqurian (d. 1695) was born on this day in history.   

1638  Johann Ulrich Sultzberger, composer was born on December - 17.   

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

1195  On December - 17 boudouin V, count of Hainault/Flanders (Boudouin VIII), dies   

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 December - 17 isabella of Portugal, duchess of Burgundy, dies