17TH
DECEMBER
FEAST DAY OF
"ST LAZARUS; ST STURMI; ST BEGGA; ST
WIVINA; & ST OLYMPIAS." |
| 17TH |
283 |
"ST GAIUS" BEGINS HIS REIGN AS CATHOLIC POPE. |
| 17TH |
1843 |
"CHARLES DICKENS;" ‘A
CHRISTMAS CAROL’ WAS PUBLISHED. |
| 17TH |
1859 |
COPPER IS DISCOVERED ON YORKE PENINSULA, SOUTH AUSTRALIA,
LEADING TO A MINE OPENING AT WALLAROO. |
| 17TH |
1895 |
"GEORGE BROWNWELL" OF
MASSACHUSETTS, PATENTS A MACHINE TO MAKE PAPER TWINE. |
| 17TH |
1903 |
"ORVILLE WRIGHT’ MADE THE WORLD’S FIRST
SUCCESSFUL FLIGHT IN AN AIRCRAFT AT 10.35am AT KILL DEVIL HILL, NEAR KITTY HAWK, NORTH
CAROLINA, USA. |
| 17TH |
1924 |
RADIO STATION 7ZL, BEGINS BROADCASTING
IN HOBART. |
| 17TH |
1939 |
THE GERMAN BATTLESHIP GRAF SPEE WAS SCUTTLED BY
BRITISH WARSHIPS OFF MONTVIDEO, URUGUAY, AFTER THE BATTLE OF RIVER PLATE. |
| 17TH |
1961 |
A DISGRUNTLED EMPLOYEE SET FIRE TO A
CIRCUS TENT IN NITEROI, BRAZIL. |
| 17TH |
1967 |
AUSTRALIAN PRIME MINISTER, "HAROLD HOLT",
DISAPPEARS WHILE SWIMMING AT CHEVIOT BEACH, PORTSEA, VICTORIA. |
| 17TH |
1968 |
IN THE U.K. 11 YEAR OLD "MARY
BELL" IS SENTENCED TO LIFE IN PRISON FOR THE MANSLAUGHTER OF TWO SMALL BOYS. |
| 17TH |
1969 |
SINGER, "TINY TIM" MARRIED HIS "MISS
VICKY"(VICTORIA MAY BUDINGER) ON TELEVISION. WHO WOULD GUESS THEY WOULD NAME THEIR
DAUGHTER, "TULIP."
THE MARRIAGE WAS BRIEF. |
| 17TH |
1973 |
NEAR QUITO, ECUADOR, A CROWDED BUS
EXPLODES IN FLAMES WHEN A CAN OF PETROL IS SPILLED ON THE FLOOR & A PASSENGER LIT A
MATCH.
23 PERSONS WERE BURNED TO DEATH. |
| 17TH |
1973 |
31 PEOPLE ARE KILLED AT ROME AIRPORT, AFTER ARAB GUERILLAS
HIJACK A GERMAN AIRLINER. |
| 17TH |
1975 |
"LYNEETE FROMME" WAS
SENTENCED TO LIFE IMPRISONMENT FOR ATTEMPTING TO KILL PRESIDENT, "GERALD FORD." |
| 17TH |
1979 |
BUDWEISER ROCKET CAR ATTAINS A RECORD FOR A WHEELED VEHICLE,
1190kph. |
| 17TH |
1980 |
TURKISH CONSUL-GENERAL, "SARIK
ARIYAK" & HIS BODYGUARD ARE SHOT DEAD IN DOVER HEIGHTS, SYDNEY. |
| 17TH |
1982 |
RANDOM BREATH TESTING IS INTRODUCED ON NSW ROADS. |
| 17TH |
1984 |
MORE THAN 76,000 SQUARE KILOMETRES OF
MARALINGA LAND IS RETURNED TO TRADITIONAL ABORIGINAL OWNERS. |
| 17TH |
1986 |
"DAVINA THOMPSON" BECAME THE WORLD’S FIRST
HEART, LUNG, & LIVER TRANSPLANT RECIPIENT AT PAPWORTH HOSPITAL, CAMBRIDGE. |
| 17TH |
1987 |
FEDERAL MINISTER OF TOURISM, "JOHN
BROWN" RESIGNS AFTER ADMITTING HE MISLED PARLIAMENT OVER TENDERS FOR AN EXPO
CONTRACT. |
| 17TH |
1994 |
CANADIAN SINGER "CELINE DION" MARRIED HER MANAGER
"RENE ANGELLI" IN MONTREAL. |
| 17TH |
1998 |
USA & ENGLAND, BEGIN BOMBING
ATTACKS ON IRAQ AT 1.00a.m. IRAQ TIME. |
| 17TH |
1999 |
SINGING COWBOY, "REX ALLEN" 76, DIED WHEN A FRIEND
ACCIDENTLY DROVE OVER HIM IN HIS DRIVEWAY. |
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