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*[[1907]] - [[William Thomson]], Lord Kelvin, physicist |
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'''Holidays and Observances:''' |
'''Holidays and Observances:''' |
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Revision as of 01:01, 12 June 2002
December 17 is the 351st day of the year (352nd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 14 days remaining.
Events:
- 1903 - First powered flight, by the Wright Brothers.
- 1969 - U.S. Air Force announces that its UFO investigations have found no evidence of extraterrestrial spacecraft.
Births:
- 1770 - Ludwig van Beethoven, composer (+ 1827)
- 1778 - Humphry Davy, chemist
- 1807 - John Greenleaf Whittier, poet, abolitionist
- 1873 - Ford Madox Ford, writer
- 1874 - Mackenzie King, Canadian politician
- 1893 - Erwin Piscator, film director (+ 1966)
- 1894 - Arthur Fiedler, conductor
- 1894 - Hans Henny Jahnn, dramatist, narrator and essayist (+ 1959)
- 1903 - Erskine Caldwell, author (+ 1987)
- 1908 - Willard Frank Libby, physicist and chemist, inventor of radicocarbon dating (+ 1980)
- 1931 - Constantin Freiheer von Heeremann, president Germany's National Farmers' Union
- 1939 - Eddie Kendricks
- 1942 - Paul Butterfield
- 1944 - Jack L. Chalker, novelist
Deaths:
- 1830 - Simon Bolivar, South American politician and activist
- 1907 - William Thomson, Lord Kelvin, physicist
- 1909 - Leopold II of Belgium
Holidays and Observances:
See Also:
December 16 - December 18 - November 17 - January 17 -- listing of all days
January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December