December 17

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

Table of contents

1 Events:
2 Births:
3 Deaths:
4 Holidays and Observances:
5 Recorded this day
6 See Also:

Events:

283 - St. Gaius 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
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".
1997 - A chartered Yakolev-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:

1770 - Ludwig van Beethoven, composer (+ 1827)
1778 - Humphry Davy, chemist
1796 - Thomas Chandler Haliburton, novelist (+ 1865)
1799 - Titian Peale, artist
1807 - John Greenleaf Whittier, poet, abolitionist (+ 1892)
1830 - Jules Alfred Huot de Goncourt, Prix Goncourt (+ 1870)
1853 - Herbert Beerbohm Tree, actor (+ 1917)
1872 - Mistinguett, actress, singer (+ 1956)
1873 - Ford Madox Ford, writer (+ 1939)
1874 - William Lyon Mackenzie King, tenth Prime Minister of Canada (+ 1950)
1893 - Erwin Piscator, film director (+ 1966)
1894 - Arthur Fiedler, conductor (+ 1979)
1894 - Hans Henny Jahnn, dramatist, narrator and essayist (+ 1959)
1901 - Lee Strasberg, actor, director, acting teacher (+ 1982)
1903 - Erskine Caldwell, author (+ 1987)
1906 - Simo H�yh�, most successful sniper in history
1906 - Soichiro Honda , automobile pioneer
1908 - Willard Frank Libby, physicist and chemist, inventor of radiocarbon dating (+ 1980)
1916 - Shelby Foote, historian
1925 - Rock Hudson, actor (+ 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
1939 - Eddie Kendricks, musician
1941 - Gene Clark, musician
1942 - Paul Butterfield, musician (+ 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
1975 - Milla Jovovich, acress, model

Deaths:

1273 - Jalal al-Din Muhammad Rumi, Persian poet and sufi mystic
1830 - Sim�n Bol�var, Latin American politician and activist
1907 - William Thomson, Lord Kelvin, physicist
1909 - King Leopold II of Belgium
1957 - Dorothy L. Sayers, writer
1987 - Irving Allen, producer
1987 - Marguerite Yourcenar, novelist
1992 - Dana Andrews, actor
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 Ren�
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