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History Events on December 17

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History Events on December 17

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Go-Y?zei becomes Emperor of Japan.

#Emperor_Go-Y?zei

In 1586

Romanian Revolution: Protests continue in Timi?oara, Romania, with rioters breaking into the Romanian Communist Party's District Committee building and attempting to set it on fire.

#Romanian_Revolution

In 1989

First flight of the Douglas DC-3.

#Douglas_DC-3

In 1935

Thirty passengers are killed in an attack by Palestinian terrorists on Rome's Leonardo da Vinci-Fiumicino Airport.

#1973_Rome_airport_attacks_and_hijacking

In 1973

Indian revolutionaries Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev Thapar and Shivaram Rajguru assassinate British police officer James Saunders in Lahore, Punjab, to avenge the death of Lala Lajpat Rai at the hands of the police. The three were executed in 1931.

#Bhagat_Singh

In 1928

The Finnish Security Police is established to remove communist leadership from its predecessor, the State Police.

#Finnish_Security_Intelligence_Service

In 1948

Otto Hahn discovers the nuclear fission of the heavy element uranium, the scientific and technological basis of nuclear energy.

#Otto_Hahn

In 1938

Cologne War: Forces under Ernest of Bavaria defeat troops under Gebhard Truchsess von Waldburg at the Siege of Godesberg.

#Cologne_War

In 1583

Troops loyal to Emperor Haile Selassie in Ethiopia crush the coup that began December 13, returning power to their leader upon his return from Brazil. Haile Selassie absolves his son of any guilt.

#Haile_Selassie

In 1960

Anti-World Trade Organization protesters riot in Wan Chai, Hong Kong.

#World_Trade_Organization

In 2005

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania's Schenley Park Casino, which was the first multi-purpose arena with the technology to create an artificial ice surface in North America, is destroyed in a fire.

#Pittsburgh

In 1896

Jigme Singye Wangchuck abdicates the throne as King of Bhutan.

#Jigme_Singye_Wangchuck

In 2005

Munich C-131 crash: Twenty passengers and crew on board as well as 32 people on the ground are killed.

#1960_Munich_C-131_crash

In 1960

The first NFL Championship Game is played. The game was at Wrigley Field between the New York Giants and Chicago Bears. The Bears won 23-21.

#1933_NFL_Championship_Game

In 1933

Indian revolutionary Rajendra Lahiri is hanged in Gonda jail, Uttar Pradesh, India, two days before the scheduled date.

#Rajendra_Lahiri

In 1927

American Civil War: General Ulysses S. Grant issues General Order No. 11, expelling Jews from parts of Tennessee, Mississippi, and Kentucky.

#American_Civil_War

In 1862

World War II: Battle of the Bulge: Malmedy massacre: American 285th Field Artillery Observation Battalion POWs are shot by Waffen-SS Kampfgruppe Joachim Peiper.

#Battle_of_the_Bulge

In 1944

The F-86 Sabre's first mission over Korea.

#North_American_F-86_Sabre

In 1950

War of 1812: U.S. forces attack a Lenape village in the Battle of the Mississinewa.

#War_of_1812

In 1812

Mohamed Bouazizi sets himself on fire. This act became the catalyst for the Tunisian Revolution and the wider Arab Spring.

#Mohamed_Bouazizi

In 2010

Antanas Smetona assumes power in Lithuania as the 1926 coup d'état is successful.

#Antanas_Smetona

In 1926

Second Congo War: The Congolese parties of the Inter Congolese Dialogue sign a peace accord which makes provision for transitional governance and legislative and presidential elections within two years.

#Second_Congo_War

In 2002

Uruguay becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty.

#Uruguay

In 1919

Kurdistan flag day, the flag of Kurdistan was raised for the first time in Mahabad in eastern Kurdistan (Iran).

#Kurdistan

In 1946

Romanos I Lekapenos is crowned co-emperor of the underage Constantine VII.

#Romanos_I_Lekapenos

In 920

The first Saturnalia festival was celebrated in ancient Rome.

#Saturnalia

In 497 BC

Sultan Nasir-u Din Mehmud's armies in Delhi are defeated by Timur.

#Tughlaq_dynasty

In 1398

First flight of the Boeing B-47 Stratojet strategic bomber.

#Boeing_B-47_Stratojet

In 1947

War of the Quadruple Alliance: Great Britain declares war on Spain.

#War_of_the_Quadruple_Alliance

In 1718

World War II: Battle of the River Plate: The Admiral Graf Spee is scuttled by Captain Hans Langsdorff outside Montevideo.

#World_War_II

In 1939

Harold Holt, Prime Minister of Australia, disappears while swimming near Portsea, Victoria, and is presumed drowned.

#Harold_Holt

In 1967

American Brigadier General James L. Dozier is abducted by the Red Brigades in Verona, Italy.

#James_L._Dozier

In 1981

American Revolution: France formally recognizes the United States.

#American_Revolution

In 1777

Fernando Collor de Mello defeats Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in the second round of the Brazilian presidential election, becoming the first democratically elected President in almost 30 years.

#Fernando_Collor_de_Mello

In 1989

Napoleonic Wars: France issues the Milan Decree, which confirms the Continental System.

#Napoleonic_Wars

In 1807

The United States and Cuba re-establish diplomatic relations after severing them in 1961.

#Cuba-United_States_relations

In 2014

World War II: Japanese forces land in Northern Borneo.

#Imperial_Japanese_Army

In 1941

Ugyen Wangchuck is crowned first King of Bhutan

#Ugyen_Wangchuck

In 1907

The second Great Fire of New York destroys 50 acres (200,000 square meters) of New York City's Financial District.

#Great_Fire_of_New_York

In 1835

The Wright brothers make the first controlled powered, heavier-than-air flight in the Wright Flyer at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.

#Wright_brothers

In 1903

First performance of the Unfinished Symphony by Franz Schubert.

#Symphony_No._8_(Schubert)

In 1865

SpaceShipOne, piloted by Brian Binnie, makes its first powered and first supersonic flight.

#SpaceShipOne

In 2003

All Chinese are again permitted to become citizens of the United States upon the repeal of the Act of 1882 and the introduction of the Magnuson Act.

#Chinese_Exclusion_Act

In 1943

Pope Paul III excommunicates Henry VIII of England.

#Pope_Paul_III

In 1538

A fire in the Winter Palace of Saint Petersburg kills 30 guards.

#Fire_in_the_Winter_Palace

In 1837

The Simpsons first premieres on television with the episode "Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire".

#The_Simpsons

In 1989

MV Danny F II sinks off the coast of Lebanon, resulting in the deaths of 44 people and over 28,000 animals.

In 2009

The Soham murder trial ends at the Old Bailey in London, with Ian Huntley found guilty of two counts of murder. His girlfriend, Maxine Carr, is found guilty of perverting the course of justice.

In 2003

Provisional IRA members detonate a car bomb at Harrods Department Store in London. Three police officers and three civilians are killed.

In 1983

Polish protests: In Gdynia, soldiers fire at workers emerging from trains, killing dozens.

In 1970

Project Blue Book: The United States Air Force closes its study of UFOs.

In 1969

Niterói circus fire: Fire breaks out during a performance by the Gran Circus Norte-Americano in the city of Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, killing more than 500.

In 1961

The United States successfully launches the first Atlas intercontinental ballistic missile at Cape Canaveral, Florida.

In 1957

The American Civil Rights Congress delivers "We Charge Genocide" to the United Nations.

In 1951

Darwin Rebellion: Up to 1,000 demonstrators march on Government House in Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia.

In 1918

A spur of the Shaker Heights streetcar line opens, the first line of the eventual Cleveland RTA Rapid Transit system.

In 1913

First issue of Vogue is published.

In 1892

The Aztec calendar stone is discovered at El Zócalo, Mexico City.

In 1790

Assassination of William I of Normandy.

In 942

Siege of Rome: The Ostrogoths under king Totila plunder the city, by bribing the Byzantine garrison.

#Sack_of_Rome_(546)

In 546

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