Page 7: Historical Events In December - 17

1965  Largest newspaper-Sunday New York Times at 946 pages ($0.50) on December - 17.   

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 December - 17.   

1969  On this day in history 50m TV viewers saw singer Tiny Tim marry Miss Vicky, on Tonight Show   

1969  USAF closes Project Blue Book, concluding no evidence of extraterrestrial spaceships behind thousands of UFO sightings on this day in history.   

1969  Arturo da Costa e Silva, President of Brazil (1967-69), dies at 67 on December - 17.   

1970  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 on this day in history.   

1971  Cease-fire between India and Pakistan in Kashmir on December - 17.   

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

1973  Charles G Abbot, US astronomer (Sun Constant), dies at 101 on this day in history.   

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 December - 17.   

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 December - 17.   

1985  On December - 17 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  Wayne Danke Schoen Newton won a $19.2 million judgment against NBC News, which had aired reports linking Newton to mob figures on this day in history.   

1986  On this day in history ron Kass, record co pres (MGM), dies at 52 of cancer   

1987  Bernard Cardinal Alfrink, archbishop of Utrecht Neth, dies at 87 on December - 17.   

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

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 this day in history.   

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  On December - 17 janet Margolin, US actress (Annie Hall), dies at 50 of ovarian cancer   

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

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 December - 17.   

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 this day in history.   

1619  Ruprecht, prince of Palts/admiral/chemist/engraver/mathematician was born on this day in history.   

1619  On December - 17 birth of prince Rupert of the Rhine, commander in the English Civil War (d. 1682)   

1632  On this day in history birth of anthony Wood, English antiqurian (d. 1695)   

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

0535  Death of Emperor Ankan of Japan (b. 466) on December - 17.   

0695  On this day in history begga, ancestress of the Carolingians/saint, dies [or 693]   

0942  Death of William Longsword on this day in history.   

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  On December - 17 jean de Matha, French saint, dies at 53   

1273  Death of Rumi (b.1207) on this day in history.   

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