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December 17 is the 351st day of the year (352nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 14 days remain until the end of the year. Events [ edit ] Pre-1600 [ edit ]
December 17: Wright Brothers Day in the United States ; International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers Memorial to victims killed during the 1970 Polish protests 942 – William Longsword of Normandy was ambushed and assassinated by supporters of Arnulf I, Count of Flanders , while the two were at a peace conference to settle their ...
December 2: 1885 – Birth of George Richards Minot, American physician, recipient of the Nobel Prize (d. 1950) 1931 – Birth of Nigel Calder, British science writer. 1942 - Manhattan Project: A team led by Enrico Fermi initiates the first self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction. December 3:
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1983 – The Troubles: The Provisional Irish Republican Army detonated a car bomb outside Harrods in London, killing six people and injuring about 90 others. Nzinga of Ndongo and Matamba ( d. 1663) Aubrey Faulkner ( b. 1881) Kenneth E. Iverson ( b. 1920) More anniversaries: December 16. December 17.
Wright Brothers Day. Wright Brothers Day (December 17) is a United States national observation. It is codified in the US Code, and commemorates the first successful flights in a heavier-than-air, mechanically propelled airplane, the Wright Flyer, that were made by Orville and Wilbur Wright on December 17, 1903, near Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. [1]
Our guide features the best gifts to make people with December birthdays feel special and celebrated, separate from the month's holidays. 14 gifts to make December birthdays feel special Skip to ...
January 17 is the 17th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 348 days remain until the end of the year (349 in leap years). Events [ edit ] Pre-1600 [ edit ]