December 17 in history
Events on December 17
Notable events that happened on December 17 in past years.
- 2014
The United States and Cuba re-establish diplomatic relations after severing them in 1961.
Wikipedia article: Cuba–United States relations - 2003
The Soham murder trial ends at the Old Bailey in London, with Ian Huntley found guilty of two counts of murder. His girlfriend, Maxine Carr, is found guilty of perverting the course of justice.
Wikipedia article: Soham murders - 1997
Peruvian internal conflict: Fourteen members of the Túpac Amaru Revolutionary Movement provoke a hostage crisis by taking over the Japanese embassy in Lima.
Wikipedia article: Internal conflict in Peru - 1983
Provisional IRA members detonate a car bomb at Harrods Department Store in London. Three police officers and three civilians are killed.
Wikipedia article: Provisional Irish Republican Army - 1969
Project Blue Book: The United States Air Force closes its study of UFOs.
Wikipedia article: Project Blue Book - 1957
The United States successfully launches the first Atlas intercontinental ballistic missile at Cape Canaveral, Florida.
Wikipedia article: SM-65 Atlas - 1947
First flight of the Boeing B-47 Stratojet strategic bomber.
Wikipedia article: Boeing B-47 Stratojet - 1938
Otto Hahn discovers the nuclear fission of the heavy element uranium, the scientific and technological basis of nuclear energy.
Wikipedia article: Otto Hahn - 1927
Indian revolutionary Rajendra Lahiri is hanged in Gonda jail, Uttar Pradesh, India, two days before the scheduled date.
Wikipedia article: Rajendra Lahiri - 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.
Wikipedia article: Pittsburgh - 1837
A fire in the Winter Palace of Saint Petersburg kills 30 guards.
Wikipedia article: Fire in the Winter Palace - 1790
The Aztec calendar stone is discovered at El Zócalo, Mexico City.
Wikipedia article: Aztec sun stone - 1586
Go-Yōzei becomes Emperor of Japan.
Wikipedia article: Emperor Go-Yōzei - 1297
King Kyawswa of Pagan is overthrown by the three Myinsaing brothers, marking the de facto end of the Pagan Kingdom.
- 497 BC
The first Saturnalia festival is celebrated in ancient Rome.
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