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What happend on 17. December in History
In our data base we found 334 events happened on 17. December:
• 546: Siege of Rome: The Ostrogoths under king Totila plunder the city, by bribing the Byzantine garrison. [category: Events]
• 920: Romanos I Lekapenos is crowned co-emperor of the underage Emperor Constantine VII. [category: Events]
• 942: William I, Duke of Normandy (b. 893) [category: Deaths]
• 942: Assassination of William I of Normandy. [category: Events]
• 1187: Pope Gregory VIII (b. 1100) [category: Deaths]
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• 1195: Baldwin V, Count of Hainaut (b. 1150) [category: Deaths]
• 1239: Kujō Yoritsugu, Japanese shogun (d. 1256) [category: Births]
• 1267: Emperor Go-Uda of Japan (d. 1324) [category: Births]
• 1273: Rumi, Persian jurist, theologian, and poet (b. 1207) [category: Deaths]
• 1398: Sultan Nasir-u Din Mehmud's armies in Delhi are defeated by Timur. [category: Events]
• 1538: Pope Paul III excommunicates Henry VIII of England. [category: Events]
• 1556: Abdul Rahim Khan-I-Khana, Indian poet (d. 1627) [category: Births]
• 1577: Francis Drake sails from Plymouth, England, on a secret mission to explore the Pacific coast of the Americas for Queen Elizabeth I of England. [category: Events]
• 1583: Cologne War: Forces under Ernest of Bavaria defeats the troops under Gebhard Truchsess von Waldburg at the Siege of Godesberg. [category: Events]
• 1586: Emperor Go-Yōzei becomes Emperor of Japan. [category: Events]
• 1600: Marriage of Henry IV of France and Marie de' Medici. [category: Events]
• 1619: Prince Rupert of the Rhine (d. 1682) [category: Births]
• 1632: Anthony Wood, English antiquarian (d. 1695) [category: Births]
• 1663: Nzinga of Ndongo and Matamba (b. 1583) [category: Deaths]
• 1685: Thomas Tickell, English poet (d. 1740) [category: Births]
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• 1699: Charles-Louis Mion, French composer (d. 1775) [category: Births]
• 1706: Émilie du Châtelet, French mathematician and physicist (d. 1749) [category: Births]
• 1718: Great Britain declares war on Spain. [category: Events]
• 1721: Richard Lumley, 1st Earl of Scarbrough, English solder and politician (b. 1640) [category: Deaths]
• 1734: Maria I of Portugal (d. 1816) [category: Births]
• 1749: Domenico Cimarosa, Italian composer (d. 1801) [category: Births]
• 1770: Ludwig van Beethoven, German pianist and composer (d. 1827) [category: Births]
• 1777: France formally recognizes the United States. [category: Events]
• 1778: Humphry Davy, English chemist and physicist (d. 1829) [category: Births]
• 1790: Discovery of the Aztec calendar stone. [category: Events]
• 1796: Thomas Chandler Haliburton, Canadian politician and author (d. 1865) [category: Births]
• 1797: Joseph Henry, American physicist (d. 1878) [category: Births]
• 1807: John Greenleaf Whittier, American poet and activist (d. 1892) [category: Births]
• 1807: France issues the Milan Decree, which confirms the Continental System. [category: Events]
• 1812: War of 1812: U.S. forces attack a friendly Lenape village in the Battle of the Mississinewa. [category: Events]
• 1819: Simón Bolívar declares the independence of Gran Colombia in Angostura (now Ciudad Bolívar in Venezuela). [category: Events]
• 1830: Jules de Goncourt, French author (d. 1870) [category: Births]
• 1830: Simón Bolívar, Venezuelan military leader and politician, 2nd President of Venezuela (b. 1783) [category: Deaths]
• 1833: Kaspar Hauser, German mystery boy (b. 1812) [category: Deaths]
• 1835: Alexander Emanuel Agassiz, American scientist and engineer (d. 1910) [category: Births]
• 1837: A fire in the Winter Palace of Saint Petersburg kills 30 guards. [category: Events]
• 1842: Sophus Lie, Norwegian mathematician (d. 1899) [category: Births]
• 1847: Émile Faguet, French author and critic (d. 1916) [category: Births]
• 1847: Marie Louise, Duchess of Parma (b. 1791) [category: Deaths]
• 1853: Pierre Paul Émile Roux, French physician, co-founded the Pasteur Institute (d. 1933) [category: Births]
• 1859: Paul César Helleu, French painter (d. 1927) [category: Births]
• 1860: Désirée Clary, French wife of Charles XIV John of Sweden (b. 1777) [category: Deaths]
• 1862: American Civil War: General Ulysses S. Grant issues General Order No. 11, expelling Jews from parts of Tennessee, Mississippi, and Kentucky. [category: Events]
• 1865: First performance of the Unfinished Symphony by Franz Schubert. [category: Events]
• 1866: Konrad Stäheli, Swiss target shooter (d. 1931) [category: Births]
• 1873: Ford Madox Ford, English author (d. 1939) [category: Births]
• 1874: William Lyon Mackenzie King, Canadian politician, 10th Prime Minister of Canada (d. 1950) [category: Births]
• 1881: Aubrey Faulkner, South African cricketer (d. 1930) [category: Births]
• 1887: Hermine Reuss of Greiz (d. 1947) [category: Births]
• 1887: Josef Lada, Czech painter (d. 1957) [category: Births]
• 1892: Sam Barry, American sports coach (d. 1950) [category: Births]
• 1893: Erwin Piscator, German director (d. 1966) [category: Births]
• 1894: Arthur Fiedler, American conductor (d. 1979) [category: Births]
• 1894: Wim Schermerhorn, Dutch politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (d. 1977) [category: Births]
• 1895: Nils Asheim, Norwegian politician (d. 1966) [category: Births]
• 1896: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania's Schenley Park Casino, which was the first multi-purpose arena with the technology to create an artificial ice surface in North America, is destroyed in a fire. [category: Events]
• 1900: Katina Paxinou, Greek actress (d. 1973) [category: Births]
• 1900: Mary Cartwright, English mathematician (d. 1998) [category: Births]
• 1903: Erskine Caldwell, American author (d. 1987) [category: Births]
• 1903: Ray Noble, English bandleader, composer, and actor (d. 1978) [category: Births]
• 1903: The Wright brothers make their first powered, heavier-than-air flight in the Wright Flyer at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. [category: Events]
• 1904: Paul Cadmus, American painter (d. 1999) [category: Births]
• 1905: Erico Verissimo, Brazilian writer (d. 1975) [category: Births]
• 1905: Mohammad Hidayatullah, Chief Justice of India (d.1992) [category: Births]
• 1905: Simo Häyhä, Finnish sniper (d. 2002) [category: Births]
• 1906: Fernando Lopes-Graça, Portuguese composer and conductor (d. 1994) [category: Births]
• 1906: Russell C. Newhouse, American businessman (d. 1998) [category: Births]
• 1907: William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin, Irish physicist (b. 1824) [category: Deaths]
• 1907: Ugyen Wangchuck is crowned first King of Bhutan [category: Events]
• 1908: Willard Libby, American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1980) [category: Births]
• 1909: Leopold II of Belgium (b. 1835) [category: Deaths]
• 1910: Eknath Easwaran, Indian-American spiritual teacher and author (d. 1999) [category: Births]
• 1910: Sy Oliver, American singer-songwriter and trumpet player (d. 1988) [category: Births]
• 1912: Edward Short, Baron Glenamara, English politician (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1913: Burt Baskin, American businessman, co-founded Baskin-Robbins (d. 1967) [category: Births]
• 1914: Fernando Alonso, Cuban ballet dancer [category: Births]
• 1914: Raymond Fernandez, American murderer (d. 1951) [category: Births]
• 1915: André Claveau, French singer (d. 2003) [category: Births]
• 1916: Penelope Fitzgerald, English author and poet (d. 2000) [category: Births]
• 1917: Kenneth Dike, Nigerian historian (d. 1983) [category: Births]
• 1917: Elizabeth Garrett Anderson, English physician (b. 1836) [category: Deaths]
• 1918: Culmination of the Darwin Rebellion as some 1000 demonstrators march on Government House in Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia. [category: Events]
• 1919: Uruguay becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty. [category: Events]
• 1920: Kenneth E. Iverson, Canadian computer scientist, developed the APL programming language (d. 2004) [category: Births]
• 1921: Lore Berger, Swiss author (d. 1943) [category: Births]
• 1922: Alan Voorhees, American engineer (d. 2005) [category: Births]
• 1923: Jaroslav Pelikan, American historian and scholar (d. 2006) [category: Births]
• 1924: Gopalan Kasturi, Indian journalist (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1925: George Gibb, Scottish businessman (b. 1850) [category: Deaths]
• 1926: Ray Jablonski, American baseball player (d. 1985) [category: Births]
• 1926: Antanas Smetona assumes power in Lithuania as the 1926 coup d'état is successful. [category: Events]
• 1927: Edward Meneeley, American painter and sculptor (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1927: Richard Long, American actor (d. 1974) [category: Births]
• 1927: Rajendra Lahiri, Indian activist (b. 1892) [category: Deaths]
• 1927: Indian revolutionary Rajendra Lahiri is hanged in Gonda jail, Uttar Pradesh, India, two days before the scheduled date. [category: Events]
• 1928: Doyle Conner, American politician (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1928: Indian revolutionaries Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev Thapar and Shivaram Rajguru assassinate British police officer James Saunders in Lahore, Punjab to avenge the death of Lala Lajpat Rai at the hands of the police. The three were executed in 1931. [category: Events]
• 1929: Jacqueline Hill, English actress (d. 1993) [category: Births]
• 1929: William Safire, American journalist and author (d. 2009) [category: Births]
• 1929: Manuel de Oliveira Gomes da Costa, Portuguese politician, 10th President of Portugal (b. 1863) [category: Deaths]
• 1930: Armin Mueller-Stahl, German actor [category: Births]
• 1930: Bob Guccione, American publisher, founded Penthouse Magazine (d. 2010) [category: Births]
• 1930: Peter Warlock, Welsh composer (b. 1894) [category: Deaths]
• 1931: Dave Madden, Canadian-American actor [category: Births]
• 1931: James McGaugh, American neurobiologist [category: Births]
• 1932: John Bond, English footballer and manager (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1932: Jorma Kortelainen, Finnish skier (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1932: Charles Winckler, Danish tug of war competitor (b. 1867) [category: Deaths]
• 1933: 13th Dalai Lama (b. 1876) [category: Deaths]
• 1934: Ray Wilson, English footballer [category: Births]
• 1935: Cal Ripken, Sr., American baseball coach and manager (d. 1999) [category: Births]
• 1935: George Lindsey, American actor (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1935: First flight of the Douglas DC-3. [category: Events]
• 1936: Jorge Bergoglio, Argentine cardinal [category: Births]
• 1936: Tommy Steele, English singer, guitarist, and actor [category: Births]
• 1937: Art Neville, American singer and keyboard player (The Neville Brothers and The Meters) [category: Births]
• 1937: Calvin Waller, American general (d. 1996) [category: Births]
• 1937: John Kennedy Toole, American author (d. 1969) [category: Births]
• 1937: Kerry Packer, Australian businessman, founded World Series Cricket (d. 2005) [category: Births]
• 1938: Carlo Little, English drummer (Screaming Lord Sutch and the Savages and All-Stars) (d. 2005) [category: Births]
• 1938: Peter Snell, New Zealand runner [category: Births]
• 1938: Otto Hahn discovers the nuclear fission of the heavy element uranium, the scientific and technological basis of nuclear energy. [category: Events]
• 1939: Eddie Kendricks, American singer-songwriter (The Temptations) (d. 1992) [category: Births]
• 1939: James Booker, American pianist (d. 1983) [category: Births]
• 1939: World War II: Battle of the River Plate – The Admiral Graf Spee is scuttled by Captain Hans Langsdorff outside Montevideo. [category: Events]
• 1940: Kåre Valebrokk, Norwegian journalist [category: Births]
• 1940: Alicia Boole Stott, Irish mathematician (b. 1860) [category: Deaths]
• 1941: Stan Mudenge, Zimbabwean politician (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1941: World War II: Japanese forces land in Northern Borneo. [category: Events]
• 1942: Muhammadu Buhari, Nigerian general and politician, 7th Head of State of Nigeria [category: Births]
• 1942: Paul Butterfield, American singer-songwriter and harmonica player (d. 1987) [category: Births]
• 1943: Mary Brunner, American criminal [category: Births]
• 1943: Ron Geesin, Scottish pianist and composer [category: Births]
• 1944: Bernard Hill, English actor [category: Births]
• 1944: Carlo M. Croce, Italian-American oncologist [category: Births]
• 1944: Jack L. Chalker, American author (d. 2005) [category: Births]
• 1944: World War II: Battle of the Bulge – Malmedy massacre – American 285th Field Artillery Observation Battalion POWs are shot by Waffen-SS Kampfgruppe Peiper. [category: Events]
• 1945: Cees de Wolf, Dutch footballer (d. 2011) [category: Births]
• 1945: Chris Matthews, American journalist [category: Births]
• 1945: Ernie Hudson, American actor [category: Births]
• 1945: Jacqueline Wilson, English author [category: Births]
• 1946: Eugene Levy, Canadian actor [category: Births]
• 1947: Wes Studi, American actor [category: Births]
• 1947: Christos Tsigiridis, Greek engineer (b. 1877) [category: Deaths]
• 1947: First flight of the Boeing B-47 Stratojet strategic bomber. [category: Events]
• 1949: Paul Rodgers, English singer-songwriter and producer (Free, Bad Company, The Firm, and The Law) [category: Births]
• 1949: Sotiris Kaiafas, Cypriot footballer [category: Births]
• 1950: Laurence F. Johnson, American educator and author [category: Births]
• 1950: The F-86 Sabre's first mission over Korea. [category: Events]
• 1951: Ken Hitchcock, Canadian ice hockey coach [category: Births]
• 1951: Tatyana Kazankina, Russian runner [category: Births]
• 1951: The Civil Rights Congress delivers "We Charge Genocide" to the United Nations [category: Events]
• 1953: Barry Livingston, American actor [category: Births]
• 1953: Bill Pullman, American actor [category: Births]
• 1953: Sally Menke, American film editor (d. 2010) [category: Births]
• 1953: Samuel Hadida, Moroccan film producer [category: Births]
• 1955: Brad Davis, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1956: Peter Farrelly, American director [category: Births]
• 1957: Bob Ojeda, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1957: Earl Hudson, American drummer (Bad Brains) [category: Births]
• 1957: Dorothy L. Sayers, English author (b. 1893) [category: Deaths]
• 1957: The United States successfully launches the first Atlas intercontinental ballistic missile at Cape Canaveral, Florida. [category: Events]
• 1958: Boy Abunda, Filipino journalist [category: Births]
• 1958: Mike Mills, American singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer (R.E.M., Hindu Love Gods, and Automatic Baby) [category: Births]
• 1959: Albert King, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1960: Moreno Argentin, Italian cyclist [category: Births]
• 1960: 1960 Munich Convair 340 crash: 20 passengers and crew on board as well as 32 people on the ground are killed. [category: Events]
• 1960: Troops loyal to Haile Selassie I in Ethiopia crush the coup that began December 13, returning power to their leader upon his return from Brazil. Haile Selassie absolves his son of any guilt. [category: Events]
• 1961: Mansoor Al-Jamri, Bahraini journalist and author [category: Births]
• 1961: Sara Dallin, English singer and bass player (Bananarama) [category: Births]
• 1961: Fire in the Gran Circus American in the city of Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, the biggest tragedy in circus history. [category: Events]
• 1962: Paul Dobson, English footballer [category: Births]
• 1962: Richard Jewell, American police officer (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1962: Rocco Mediate, American golfer [category: Births]
• 1962: Thomas Mitchell, American actor (b. 1892) [category: Deaths]
• 1964: Frank Musil, Czech ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1964: Ginger, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Wildhearts, Ginger & The Sonic Circus, and Silver Ginger 5) [category: Births]
• 1964: Joe Wolf, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1964: Michele Tafoya, American sportscaster [category: Births]
• 1964: Victor Francis Hess, Austrian-American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1883) [category: Deaths]
• 1965: Craig Berube, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1966: Kristiina Ojuland, Estonian politician, 23rd Minister of Foreign Affairs for Estonia [category: Births]
• 1966: Tracy Byrd, American singer-songwriter and guitarist [category: Births]
• 1966: Valeri Liukin, Soviet gymnast [category: Births]
• 1967: Gigi D'Agostino, Italian DJ and producer [category: Births]
• 1967: Karsten Neitzel, German footballer [category: Births]
• 1967: Vincent Damphousse, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1967: Harold Holt, Australian politician, 17th Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1908) [category: Deaths]
• 1967: Jack Perrin, American actor (b. 1896) [category: Deaths]
• 1967: Prime Minister of Australia Harold Holt disappears while swimming near Portsea, Victoria and is presumed drowned. [category: Events]
• 1968: Andrey Golovatiuk, Russian politician [category: Births]
• 1968: Claudio Suárez, Mexican footballer [category: Births]
• 1968: Paul Tracy, Canadian race car driver [category: Births]
• 1969: Chris Mason, English darts player [category: Births]
• 1969: Chuck Liddell, American mixed martial artist [category: Births]
• 1969: Michael V., Filipino comedian, actor, and singer [category: Births]
• 1969: Mick Quinn, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Supergrass) [category: Births]
• 1969: Project Blue Book: The United States Air Force closes its study of UFOs. [category: Events]
• 1969: The SALT I talks begin. [category: Events]
• 1970: Sean Patrick Thomas, American actor [category: Births]
• 1970: Polish 1970 protests: In Gdynia soldiers fire at workers emerging from trains, killing dozens. [category: Events]
• 1971: Alan Khan, South African radio host [category: Births]
• 1971: Antoine Rigaudeau, French basketball player [category: Births]
• 1971: Sinan Akkuş, Turkish-German actor and director [category: Births]
• 1972: John Abraham, Indian actor [category: Births]
• 1972: Laurie Holden, American actress [category: Births]
• 1973: Codrin Ţapu, Romanian psychologist [category: Births]
• 1973: Hasan Vural, Turkish footballer [category: Births]
• 1973: Konstadinos Gatsioudis, Greek javelin thrower [category: Births]
• 1973: Paula Radcliffe, English runner [category: Births]
• 1973: Rian Johnson, American screenwriter, director, and producer [category: Births]
• 1973: 30 passengers are killed in an attack by Palestinian terrorists on Rome, Italy's Leonardo da Vinci–Fiumicino Airport. [category: Events]
• 1974: Duff Goldman, American chef [category: Births]
• 1974: Giovanni Ribisi, American actor [category: Births]
• 1974: Ian Petrella, American actor [category: Births]
• 1974: Marissa Ribisi, American actress [category: Births]
• 1974: Sarah Paulson, American actress [category: Births]
• 1975: Bree Sharp, American singer-songwriter and guitarist [category: Births]
• 1975: Mayuko Aoki, Japanese voice actress [category: Births]
• 1975: Milla Jovovich, Ukrainian-American actress and singer [category: Births]
• 1975: Nick Dinsmore, American wrestler [category: Births]
• 1976: Nir Davidovich, Israeli footballer [category: Births]
• 1976: Patrick Müller, Swiss footballer [category: Births]
• 1976: Takeo Spikes, American football player [category: Births]
• 1976: Éric Bédard, Canadian speed skater [category: Births]
• 1977: Arnaud Clément, French tennis player [category: Births]
• 1977: Oxana Fedorova, Russian model, actress, and singer Miss Universe 2002 [category: Births]
• 1977: Samuel Påhlsson, Swedish ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1978: Alex Cintrón, Puerto Rican baseball player [category: Births]
• 1978: Chase Utley, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1978: Manny Pacquiao, Filipino boxer and politician [category: Births]
• 1978: Neil Sanderson, Canadian drummer and songwriter (Three Days Grace and Thousand Foot Krutch) [category: Births]
• 1978: Riteish Deshmukh, Indian actor [category: Births]
• 1978: Don Ellis, American trumpet player, composer, and bandleader (b. 1934) [category: Deaths]
• 1979: Jaimee Foxworth, American actress [category: Births]
• 1979: Matt Murley, American ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1979: Ryan Key, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Yellowcard and Craig's Brother) [category: Births]
• 1980: Alexandra Papageorgiou, Greek hammer thrower [category: Births]
• 1980: Eli Pariser, American activist and author [category: Births]
• 1980: Ryan Hunter-Reay, American race car driver [category: Births]
• 1980: Stella, Singaporean singer and actress [category: Births]
• 1981: Jerry Hsu, American skateboarder [category: Births]
• 1981: Rena Takeshita, Japanese model and actress [category: Births]
• 1981: Tim Wiese, German footballer [category: Births]
• 1981: Ada Kramm, Norwegian actress (b. 1899) [category: Deaths]
• 1981: Antiochos Evangelatos, Greek composer and conductor (b. 1903) [category: Deaths]
• 1981: Brigadier General James L. Dozier is abducted by the Red Brigades in Verona, Italy. [category: Events]
• 1982: Benjamin Goldwasser, American singer-songwriter and keyboard player (MGMT) [category: Births]
• 1982: Craig Kielburger, Canadian activist, founded Free the Children and Me to We [category: Births]
• 1982: Josh Barfield, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1982: Lorenzo Cittadini, Italian rugby player [category: Births]
• 1982: Ryan Moats, American football player [category: Births]
• 1982: Stephane Lasme, Gabonese basketball player [category: Births]
• 1982: Homer S. Ferguson, American politician (b. 1889) [category: Deaths]
• 1983: Bryan Jurynec, American ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1983: Erik Christensen, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1983: Kosuke Saito, Japanese DJ and composer [category: Births]
• 1983: Provisional IRA members detonate a car bomb at Harrods Department Store in London, England, United Kingdom. Three police officers and three civilians are killed. [category: Events]
• 1984: Andrew Davies, English footballer [category: Births]
• 1984: Luis Maria Alfageme, Argentine footballer [category: Births]
• 1984: Sahara Davenport, American drag queen performer (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1985: Ryuichi Ogata, Japanese singer and dancer (W-inds) [category: Births]
• 1986: Emma Bell, American actress [category: Births]
• 1986: Vanessa Zima, American actress [category: Births]
• 1986: Guillermo Cano Isaza, Colombian journalist (b. 1925) [category: Deaths]
• 1987: Bo Guagua, Chinese son of Bo Xilai [category: Births]
• 1987: Bradley Manning, American soldier [category: Births]
• 1987: Linda Wong, American porn actress (b. 1951) [category: Deaths]
• 1987: Marguerite Yourcenar, Belgian author (b. 1903) [category: Deaths]
• 1988: Kris Joseph, Canadian basketball player [category: Births]
• 1989: Taylor York, American guitarist and songwriter (Paramore) [category: Births]
• 1989: Fernando Collor de Mello defeats Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in the second round of the Brazilian presidential election, becoming the first democratically elected President in almost 30 years. [category: Events]
• 1989: Romanian Revolution: Protests continue in Timișoara, Romania with rioters breaking into the Romanian Communist Party's District Committee building and attempting to set it on fire. [category: Events]
• 1989: The first episode of television series The Simpsons, "Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire", airs in the United States. [category: Events]
• 1990: Ashley Edner, American actress [category: Births]
• 1992: Dana Andrews, American actor (b. 1909) [category: Deaths]
• 1992: Günther Anders, Polish philosopher (b. 1902) [category: Deaths]
• 1993: Patricia Ku Flores, Peruvian tennis player [category: Births]
• 1994: Nat Wolff, American singer-songwriter, keyboard player and actor (Nat & Alex Wolff) [category: Births]
• 1997: The United Kingdom commences its Firearms (Amendment) (No. 2) Act 1997, which extends the ban on firearms to include all handguns, with the exception of antique and show weapons. [category: Events]
• 1998: Allan D'Arcangelo, American painter (b. 1930) [category: Deaths]
• 1999: Grover Washington, Jr., American singer-songwriter and saxophonist (b. 1943) [category: Deaths]
• 1999: Rex Allen, American singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1920) [category: Deaths]
• 2002: James Hazeldine, English actor (b. 1947) [category: Deaths]
• 2002: Second Congo War: The Congolese parties of the Inter Congolese Dialogue sign a peace accord which makes provision for transitional governance and legislative and presidential elections within two years. [category: Events]
• 2003: Ed Devereaux, Australian actor (b. 1925) [category: Deaths]
• 2003: Otto Graham, American football player (b. 1921) [category: Deaths]
• 2003: SpaceShipOne flight 11P, piloted by Brian Binnie, makes its first supersonic flight. [category: Events]
• 2003: The Soham murder trial ends at the Old Bailey in London, England, with Ian Huntley found guilty of two counts of murder. His girlfriend Maxine Carr is found guilty of perverting the course of justice. [category: Events]
• 2004: Tom Wesselmann, American painter and sculptor (b. 1931) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Jack Anderson, American journalist (b. 1922) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Marc Favreau, Canadian actor and poet (b. 1929) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Anti-World Trade Organization protesters riot in Wan Chai, Hong Kong [category: Events]
• 2005: Jigme Singye Wangchuck abdicates the throne as King of Bhutan. [category: Events]
• 2006: Larry Sherry, American baseball player (b. 1935) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: James, Viscount Severn, English son of Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex [category: Births]
• 2008: Dave Smith, American baseball player (b. 1955) [category: Deaths]
• 2008: Freddy Breck, German singer-songwriter, producer, and journalist (b. 1942) [category: Deaths]
• 2008: Sammy Baugh, American football player (b. 1914) [category: Deaths]
• 2009: Chris Henry, American football player (b. 1983) [category: Deaths]
• 2009: Dan O'Bannon, American actor, screenwriter, and director (b. 1943) [category: Deaths]
• 2009: Jennifer Jones, American actress (b. 1919) [category: Deaths]
• 2009: MV Danny F II sinks off the coast of Lebanon, resulting in the deaths of 44 people and over 28,000 animals. [category: Events]
• 2010: Captain Beefheart, American singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1941) [category: Deaths]
• 2010: Walt Dropo, American baseball player (b. 1923) [category: Deaths]
• 2010: Mohamed Bouazizi set himself on fire. This act became the catalyst for the Tunisian revolution and the wider Arab Spring. [category: Events]
• 2011: Cesária Évora, Cape Verdean singer (b. 1941) [category: Deaths]
• 2011: Eva Ekvall, Venezuelan journalist and author, Miss Venezuela 2000 (b. 1983) [category: Deaths]
• 2011: Kim Jong-il, North Korean politician, 2nd Supreme Leader of North Korea (b. 1941) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Arnaldo Mesa, Cuban boxer (b. 1967) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Charlie Adam, Scottish footballer (b. 1962) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Daniel Inouye, American captain and politician, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1924) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Dina Manfredini, Italian-American super-centenarian (b. 1897) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Frank Pastore, American baseball player and radio personality (b. 1957) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Jesse Hill Jr., American businessman and activist (b. 1926) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Laurier LaPierre, Canadian journalist and politician (b. 1929) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Pgeezy, American rapper (b. 1976) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Richard Adams, Filipino-American activist (b. 1947) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Tony Charlton, Australian sportscaster (b. 1929) [category: Deaths]
• _: Christian Feast Day: [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Daniel the Prophet [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: December 17 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Ignatius, Bishop of Antioch (commemoration), (Anglicanism) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers (United States) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Lazarus of Bethany (local commemoration in Cuba) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: National Day (Bhutan) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: O antiphon (Catholic Church) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Saturnalia, in honor of Saturn (Roman festivals) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Wright Brothers Day, a United States federal observances by Presidential Proclamation [category: Holidays and observances]