December 17

December 17 is the 351st day of the year (352nd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 14 days remaining.

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Events

• 283 - St Gaius becomes Pope.
• 384 - St Siricius becomes Pope.
• 1538 - Pope Paul III excommunicates King Henry VIII of England
• 1869 - Suez Canal opens
• 1903 - First powered flight, by the Wright Brothers.
• 1941 - Nazi siege of Sevastopol begins
• 1944 - Western Defense Command issues proclamation ending requirement of Japanese internment.
• 1944 - In the Malmédy massacre around 80 American POW are executed by Waffen-SS troops of Jochen Peiper’s Kampfgruppe.
• 1961 - India seizes Goa from Portugal
• 1969 - U.S. Air Force announces that its UFO investigations have found no evidence of extraterrestrial spacecraft.
• 1969 - SALT I talks begin
• 1970 - My Lai trial begins
• 1970 - Coastal cities events Mass riots in the coastal cities of Poland ended in massacre of shipyard workers in Gdynia
• 1973 - The American Psychiatric Association removes homosexuality from its list of mental illnesses.
• 1989 - The first half-hour length episode of The Simpsons debuts with their Christmas special, "Simpsons Roasting Over an Open Fire".
• 1989 - Brazil holds its first free election in 25 years.
• 1989 - Full scale street manifestations and riots in Timisoara ignite the Romanian Revolution
• 1997 - A chartered Yakovlev-42 from Ukraine crashes into the mountains near Katerini, Greece killing 70
• 1998 - Claudia Benton is murdered in her West University, Texas home by Angel Maturino Resendiz. She is his third victim in his third incident.
• 2002 - Peace accord signed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
• 2003 - First supersonic flight by Scaled Composites' SpaceShipOne

Births

1700-1899

• 1778 - Humphry Davy, chemist (d. 1829)
• 1796 - Thomas Chandler Haliburton, novelist (d. 1865)
• 1799 - Titian Peale, artist
• 1807 - John Greenleaf Whittier, poet, abolitionist (d. 1892)
• 1830 - Jules Alfred Huot de Goncourt, Prix Goncourt (d. 1870)
• 1853 - Herbert Beerbohm Tree, actor (d. 1917)
• 1872 - Mistinguett, actress, singer (d. 1956)
• 1873 - Ford Madox Ford, writer (d. 1939)
• 1874 - William Lyon Mackenzie King, tenth Prime Minister of Canada (d. 1950)
• 1892 - Sam Barry, Hall of Fame basketball coach
• 1893 - Erwin Piscator, film director (d. 1966)
• 1894 - Arthur Fiedler, American conductor (d. 1979)
• 1894 - Hans Henny Jahnn, dramatist, narrator and essayist (d. 1959)

1900-1999

• 1901 - Lee Strasberg, actor, director, acting teacher (d. 1982)
• 1903 - Erskine Caldwell, author (d. 1987)
• 1906 - Simo Häyhä, most successful sniper in history (d. 2002)
• 1906 - Soichiro Honda , automobile pioneer (d. 1992)
• 1908 - Willard Frank Libby, physicist and chemist, inventor of radiocarbon dating (d. 1980)
• 1925 - Rock Hudson, actor (d. 1985)
• 1929 - William Safire, columnist
• 1930 - Armin Mueller-Stahl, actor
• 1930 - Bob Mathias, athlete
• 1930 - Bob Guccione, publisher of Penthouse magazine
• 1931 - Constantin Freiheer von Heeremann, president of Germany's National Farmers Union
• 1938 - Gordon Lightfoot, musician
• 1938 - Peter Snell, New Zealand athlete
• 1939 - Eddie Kendricks, musician
• 1941 - Gene Clark, musician
• 1942 - Paul Butterfield, musician (d. 1987)
• 1943 - Ron Geesin, musician.
• 1943 - Lauren Hutton, model, actress
• 1944 - Jack L. Chalker, novelist
• 1944 - Danny DeVito, actor
• 1944 - Lorne Michaels, producer
• 1945 - Elvin Hayes, basketball star
• 1947 - Wes Studi, actor
• 1951 - Ken Hitchcock, NHL coach
• 1955 - Brad Davis, basketball player
• 1973 - Paula Radcliffe, distance runner in athletics
• 1975 - Milla Jovovich, actress, model

Deaths

• 1187 - Pope Gregory VIII (b. c. 1100)
• 1273 - Jalal al-Din Muhammad Rumi, Persian poet and sufi mystic (b. 1207)
• 1663 - Nzinga, queen of Ndongo and Matamba (b. 1583)
• 1830 - Simón Bolívar, Latin American politician and activist (b. 1783)
• 1907 - William Thomson, Lord Kelvin, physicist (b. 1824)
• 1909 - King Leopold II of Belgium (b. 1835)
• 1957 - Dorothy L. Sayers, writer (b. 1893)
• 1964 - Victor Franz Hess, US physicist
• 1987 - Irving Allen, producer
• 1987 - Marguerite Yourcenar, novelist (b. 1903)
• 1992 - Dana Andrews, actor (b. 1909)
• 1998 - Claudia Benton, child psychologist
• 1999 - Grover Washington Jr., musician

Holidays and observances

• Roman Empire - Saturnalia in honor of Saturn

Recorded this day

• 1891 – "Emmet's Lullaby" by Thomas Clark (cornet solo)
• 1891 - "William Tell Overture" by Gilmore's Band
• 1902 - "In The Good Old Summertime" by S. H. Dudley & Harry Macdonough with Sousa's Band
• 1912 - "None Shall Part Us" by Peter Dawson & Eleanor Jones-Hudson
• 1912 - "The Swing Song" by Peter Dawson & Eleanor Jones-Hudson
• 1912 - "Little Grey Home In The West" by Peter Dawson
• 1912 - "Sir Dare" by Peter Dawson
• 1912 - "Trot Here And There" by Peter Dawson & Eleanor Jones-Hudson
• 1913 - " 'Cross The Great Divide" by Henry Burr & Andrea Sarto
• 1917 - "Just A Baby's Prayer At Twilight" by Henry Burr
• 1917 - "Sand Dunes" by Earl Fuller Orchestra
• 1924 - "Mandy Make Up Your Mind" by Eva Taylor with Clarence Williams & his Blue Five
• 1924 - "I'm A Little Blackbird Looking For A Bluebird" by Eva Taylor with Clarence Williams& his Blue Five
• 1924 - "Rose Marie" by John McCormack
• 1924 - "All Alone" by John McCormack
• 1925 - "Thanks For The Buggy Ride" by Waring's Pennsylvanians
• 1925 - "I Wonder Where My Baby Is Tonight" by Paul Whiteman & his Orchestra
• 1926 - "Holy Child" by John McCormack
• 1926 - "Baby Face" by Jack Lumsdaine accompanied by his own piano
• 1926 - " 'Deed I Do" by Johnny Marvin
• 1928 - "Love Me Or Leave Me" by Ruth Etting
• 1928 - "I'm Bringing A Red, Red, Rose" by Ruth Etting
• 1929 - "Dr Blues" by Luis Russell & his Orchestra
• 1930 - "Sleepy Head" by Al Bowlly with Linn Milford & his Hawaiian Players
• 1930 - "In An Old Churchyard" by Al Bowlly with Linn Milford & his Hawaiian Players
• 1930 - "There's A Stranger In Heaven Tonight" by Al Bowlly with Linn Milford & his Hawaiian Players
• 1930 - "Silver-Toned Chimes Of The Angelus" by Al Bowlly with Linn Milford & his Hawaiian Players
• 1931 - "I Apologise" with Pat O'Malley with Jack Hylton & His Orchestra
• 1931 - "Yodle-Odle" by Jack Hylton & His Orchestra
• 1931 - "Today I Feel So Happy" by Pat O'Malley w. chorus with Jack Hylton & His Orchestra
• 1931 - "Put Your Little Arms Around Me" by Pat O'Malley with Jack Hylton & His Orchestra
• 1931 - "Consolation" by Pat O'Malley with Jack Hylton & His Orchestra
• 1932 - "Mister Depression (Will Soon Be Dead And Gone)" by Alec Regan with orchestra conducted by Gil Dech
• 1932 - "Looking On The Bright Side" by Alec Regan with orchestra conducted by Gil Dech
• 1934 - "I'm On A Seesaw" piano solo by Vivian Ellis
• 1934 - "Rain" by vocal trio with Jimmie Lunceford & his orchestra
• 1934 - "Tea For Two" by The Comedy Harmonists with piano Emil Gerhardt
• 1934 - "Whispering" by The Comedy Harmonists with piano by Emil Gerhardt
• 1934 - "When I Grow Too Old To Dream" by The King's Men with Paul Whiteman & his Orchestra
• 1934 - "Jealous" by Henry Wells with Jimmie Lunceford & his orchestra
• 1935 - "Celebratin' " by Alan Breeze with Billy Cotton & his Band
• 1936 - "The Night Is Young And You're So Beautiful" by Cliff Edwards with Andy Iona
• 1937 - "Caravan" by The Mills Brothers
• 1937 - "Come Back To Erin" by Phil Regan
• 1937 - "The Dipsy Doodle" by Ella Fitzgerald with Chick Webb & his orchestra
• 1937 - "A Foggy Day" by Cyril Grantham with Geraldo & his Orchestra
• 1938 - "Deep Purple" by Dick Todd with orchestra conducted by Leonard Joy
• 1939 - "Grandad's Flannelette Nightshirt" by George Formby
• 1939 - "Imagine Me In The Maginot Line" by George Formby
• 1939 - "Mr Wu's A Window Cleaner Now" by George Formby
• 1939 - "Lancashire Romeo" by George Formby
• 1940 - "I'm Out Of Style" by Ginny Simms
• 1940 - "Corn Silk" by Kenny Gardner with Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians
• 1941 - "Un Peu D'Amour" by Richard Tauber with orchestra conducted by Henry Geehl
• 1941 - "Remember Pearl Harbour" by The Glee Club with Swing And Sway With Sammy Kaye
• 1941 - "Dear Mom" by Allan Foster with Swing And Sway With Sammy Kaye
• 1941 - "Where Or When" by Lena Horne with orchestra conducted by Lou Bring
• 1943 - "The Way You Look Tonight" by The Dinning Sisters
• 1943 - "Where Or When" by The Dinning Sisters
• 1943 - "Once In A While" by The Dinning Sisters
• 1944 - "Let The Rest Of The World Go By" by Dick Haymes with orchestra conducted by Victor Young
• 1945 - "East Of The Sun And West Of The Moon" by Ted Heath & his Music
• 1945 - "Not So Quiet, Please" by Ted Heath & his Music
• 1946 - "Five Minutes More" by Jimmy Miller & The Quads with The Squadronaires directed by Jimmy Miller
• 1946 - "Sweet Lorraine" Frank Sinatra with The Metronome All Stars
• 1946 - "Rosa of Santa Rosa" by Bing Crosby & The Chickadees with Bob Crosby's Bob Cats
• 1946 - "That's How Much I Love You" by Bing Crosby & The Chickadees with Bob Crosby's Bob Cats
• 1946 - "Stay Out Of My Dreams" by Jimmy Miller & The Quads with The Squadronaires directed by Jimmy Miller
• 1946 - "This Is Always" by Sally Wood with The Squadronaires directed by Jimmy Miller
• 1947 - "Beg Your Pardon" by The Dinning Sisters
• 1947 - "Spring In December" by Gordon MacRae with orchestra conducted by Carlyle Hall
• 1947 - "I'll See You Again" by Jeanette MacDonald with orchestra conducted by Robert Armbruster
• 1947 - "A Hundred And Sixty Acres" by Bing Crosby & The Andrews Sisters with Vic Schoen & his orchestra
• 1947 - "Trouble In Mind" by Jo Stafford with orchestra conducted by Paul Weston
• 1947 - "Clabberin' Up For Rain" by Jo Stafford & The Starlighters with Paul Weston's Mountain Boys
• 1947 - "Suspicion" by Jo Stafford with Paul Weston's Mountain Boys
• 1947 - "I Remember Mama" by Fran Warren with Claude Thornhill & his orchestra
• 1947 - "Jungle Rhumba" vocal by the Ensemble with Xavier Cugat & his Waldorf-Astoria Orchestra
• 1947 - "At The Flying "W" " by Bing Crosby & The Andrews Sisters with Vic Schoen & his orchestra
• 1947 - "It's Monday Every Day" by Jo Stafford
• 1948 - "No Orchids For My Lady" by Billy Eckstine & The Quartones with orchestra conducted by Hugo Winterhalter
• 1948 - "Caravan" by Billy Eckstine & The Quartones with orchestra conducted by Hugo Winterhalter
• 1948 - "I'm Looking Over A Four Leaf Clover" by Johnny Wade with George Trevare & his Southern Cross Seven
• 1948 - "Blue Room" by Perry Como with orchestra conducted by Henri René
• 1948 - "Powder Your Face With Sunshine" by Dean Martin
• 1948 - "Bewildered" by Billy Eckstine & The Quartones with orchestra conducted by Hugo Winterhalter
• 1951 - "Would You Dance With A Stranger?" by Peggy Lee with Sid Feller and His Orchestra
• 1951 - "Shame On You" by Peggy Lee with Sid Feller and His Orchestra
• 1951 - "I Love The Way You're Breaking My Heart" by Peggy Lee with Sid Feller and His Orchestra
• 1958 - "Learning The Game" by Buddy Holly with orchestra conducted by Jack Hansen
• 1958 - "Am I That Easy To Forget?" by Carl Belew
• 1970 - "Where Do I Begin (Love Story)" by Andy Williams with orchestra conducted by Richard Hazard
• 1973 - "Waterloo" by Abba
• 1979 - "I've Been There!" by Frank Sinatra & chorus with Los Angeles Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra
• 1979 - "Song Without Words" by Frank Sinatra & chorus with Los Angeles Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra
• 1979 - "The Future" by Frank Sinatra & chorus with Los Angeles Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra

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