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December 17th
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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.
Calendar
January
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February
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8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
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March
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29 30 31
April
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29 30
May
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29 30 31
June
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29 30
July
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29 30 31
August
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29 30 31
September
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29 30
October
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29 30 31
November
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8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29 30
December
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8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29 30 31
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