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On this day - 1969; December 17th
Topic Started: 17 Dec 2015, 08:49 AM (221 Views)
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1969 - Arrival of the mass globalization era!


Some 50m TV viewers saw singer Tiny Tim marry Miss Vicky, live on Tonight Show.


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Other events in recent in history



North Korea 2011
North Korea North Korean Leader Kim Jong-il Dies 17th December, 2011
North Korean dictator, Kim Jong-il, reportedly died after suffering a heart attack according to state media in the tightly controlled and highly isolated Communist country. His death signaled the possibility for increased instability as the transition of power within the country took place. In the days and weeks after Kim Jong-il's death, his youngest son Kim Jong-un was given various important titles such as "the Great Successor", leading to to what most suspect will be his eventual rise to leadership in the country. Citizens reportedly took to the streets in public displays of mourning and were shown through the state media.



Peru 1996
Peru Hostages Japanese Embassy 17th Dec. , 1996
14 Peruvian guerrillas who were members of the Túpac Amaru Revolutionary Movement (MRTA) take hundreds of people hostage at a party at the official residence of Japan's ambassador to Peru in Lima. After 4 months of unsuccessful negotiations, the group of remaining hostages was freed via a raid by Peruvian Armed Forces commandos, during which one hostage, two commandos, and all the MRTA militants were killed.




Belgium 1944
World War II Day 2 Battle of the Bulge December 17th, 1944
The Germans mount a series of counter attacks and are attacking with paratroops, tanks and aircraft along the 70-mile front guarded by American forces in the Ardennes region with some success allowing them to re cross the borders of Luxembourg and Belgium




Germany 1942
World War II Mass Executions of Jews 17th Dec. , 1942
News is filtering out of German occupied Europe of atrocities and the mass executions of Jews by killing squads and in Poland, Jewish ghettoes were being "systematically emptied" except for the able-bodied who were being sent to labour camps.




U.S. 1903
U.S.A Orville and Wright December 17th, 1903
Orville and Wilbur Wright made the first successful man-powered airplane flight, near Kitty Hawk, N.C. . The craft is referred to as an airship and Orville and Wright are looking for buyers for their machine which is capable of speeds up to 10 mph.

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Going back further


1895 Anti-Saloon League of America formed, Washington, D.C.
1895 George Brownell patents a machine to make paper twine (Mass)
1893 Russia ratifies Duple Alliance with France
1892 Tsjaikovski's ballet "Nutcracker," premieres in St. Petersburg
1887 Georges Feydeaus' "Tailleur Pour Dames" premieres in Paris
1885 France declares Madagascar a protectorate
1875 Violent bread riots in Montreal
1865 Franz Schubert's "Unvolendete" Symphony," premieres
1864 Battle of Franklin, TN
1862 General U.S. Grant issues order #11, expelling Jews from Tennessee
1860 Anaheim Township created in Los Angeles County
1852 1st Hawaiian cavalry organized
1832 HMS Beagle and Charles Darwin sails in Strait Le Maire
1821 Kentucky abolishes debtors prisons
1819 Congress of Angostura establishes Colombia's independence from Spain
1798 1st impeachment trial against a U.S. senator (Wm Blount, TN) begins
1792 Opening of 1st legislative assembly of Lower Canada in Quebec city
1791 New York City traffic regulation creates 1st 1-way street
1790 Aztec calendar stone discovered in Mexico City
1788 Russian army of Grigorij Potemkin occupies Ocharov
1777 France recognizes independence of English colonies in America
1777 ,George Washingtons army returns to Valley Forge Pennsylvania
1745 Bonnie Prince Charles army retreats to Scotland
1728 Congregation Shearith Israel of New York purchases a lot on Mill Street in lower Manhattan, to build New York's 1st synagogue
1718 England declares war on Spain
1638 French/Swedish troops occupy Breisach on the Rhine
1587 Earl Leicesters army leaves Netherlands
1572 Spanish army begins fires in Haarlem Netherlands
1538 Pope Paul III excommunicated England's King Henry VIII
1526 Ferdinand of Austria chosen as King of Bohemia
1526 Pope Clemens VII publishes degree Cum ad zero - forms Inquisition
283 St. Gaius begins his reign as Catholic Pope




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