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| December 17th |
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| About December 17th is the 351st day of the year (352nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 14 days remaining until the end of the calendar year. December 17th is the International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers, and is Wright Brothers Day in the United States. Births 1770 - Ludwig van Beethoven, composer, pianist 1807 - John Greenleaf Whittier, poet, activist against slavery 1945 - Chris Matthews, news anchor, political commentator 1962 - Richard Jewell, Olympic bombing hero Deaths 2003 - Otto Graham, Hall of Fame quarterback 2008 - Sammy Baugh, Hall of Fame quarterback Events 1777 - France officially acknowledges the United States as an independent nation. 1903 - The Wright Brothers make their first powered and heavier-than-air flight in the Wright Flyer at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. 1944 - The Malmedy massacre occurs, where approximately 90 unarmed American POWs are killed by their German captors. 1944 - The U.S. agrees to end internment of Japanese-Americans that had forced 110,000 to relocate from their homes. 1957 - The first Atlas intercontinental ballistic missile is successfully launched by the United States at Cape Canaveral, Florida. 1963 - The Clean Air Act is signed into law on this day in 1963 by President Lyndon B. Johnson. 1969 - The United States ends its study on UFOs called "Blue Book" by concluding UFO sightings were a "mild form of mass hysteria". 1976 - The TBS cable television channel is launched. 2000 - Terrell Owens breaks an NFL single game record with 20 catches for 283 yards. |
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