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Today in History: December 17

1399
Tamerlane's Mongols destroy the army of Mahmud Tughluk, Sultan of Delhi, at Panipat.

1861
The Stonewall Brigade begins to dismantle Dam No. 5 of the C&O Canal.

1886
At a Christmas party, Sam Belle shoots his old enemy Frank West, but is fatally wounded himself.

1903
Near Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, Orville and Wilbur Wright make the first successful flight in history of a self-propelled, heavier-than-air aircraft.

1927
U.S. Secretary of State Frank B. Kellogg suggests a worldwide pact renouncing war.


1938
Italy declares the 1935 pact with France invalid because ratifications had not been exchanged. France denies the argument.

1939
In the Battle of River Plate near Montevideo, Uruguay, the British trap the German pocket battleship Graf Spee. German Captain Langsdorf sinks his ship believing that resistance is hopeless.

1943
U.S. forces invade Japanese-held New Britain Island in New Guinea.

1944
U.S. approves end to internment of Japanese Americans. U.S. Major General Henry C. Pratt issues Public Proclamation No. 21, declaring that Japanese American "evacuees" from the West Coast could return to their homes effective January 2, 1945.

1944
The German Army renews the attack on the Belgian town of Losheimergraben against the defending Americans during the Battle of the Bulge.

1948
The Smithsonian Institution accepts the Kitty Hawk - the Wright brothers' plane.

1950
The French government appoints Marshal de Lattre de Tassigny to command their troops in Vietnam.

1952
Yugoslavia breaks relations with the Vatican.

1965
Ending an election campaign marked by bitterness and violence, Ferdinand Marcos is declared president of the Philippines.

1981
Red Brigade terrorists kidnap Brigadier General James Dozier, the highest-ranking U.S. NATO officer in Italy.

1989
Fernando Color de Mello becomes Brazil's first democratically elected president in nearly 30 years.

1989
The Simpsons, television's longest-running animated series, makes its US debut.

1990
Jean-Bertrand Aristide wins Haiti's first free election.

2002
Congolese parties of the inter Congolese Dialogue sign a peace accord in the Second Congo War, providing for transitional government and elections within two years.

2010
Mohamed Bouazizi immolates himself, the catalyst for the Tunisian revolution and the subsequent Arab Spring.

Source: History Net

Today in History: December 16

1431
Henry VI of England is crowned King of France.

1653
Oliver Cromwell takes on dictatorial powers with the title of "Lord Protector."

1773
To protest the tax on tea from England, a group of young Americans, disguised as Indians, throw chests of tea from British ships in Boston Harbor.

1835
A fire in New York City destroys property estimated to be worth $20,000,000. It lasts two days, ravages 17 blocks, and destroys 674 buildings including the Stock Exchange, Merchants' Exchange, Post Office, and the South Dutch Church.

1863
Confederate General Joseph Johnston takes command of the Army of Tennessee.

1864
Union forces under General George H. Thomas win the battle at Nashville, smashing an entire Confederate army.

1930
In Spain, a general strike is called in support of the revolution.

1939
The National Women's Party urges immediate congressional action on equal rights.

1940
British troops carry out an air raid on Italian Somalia.

1944
Germany mounts a major offensive in the Ardennes Forest in Belgium. As the center of the Allied line falls back, it creates a bulge, leading to the name--the Battle of the Bulge.

1949
Chinese Communist leader Mao Tse-tung is received at the Kremlin in Moscow.

1950
President Harry Truman declares a state of National Emergency as Chinese communists invade deeper into South Korea.

1976
President Jimmy Carter appoints Andrew Young as Ambassador to the United Nations.

1978
Cleveland becomes the first U.S. city to default since the depression.

1998
The United States launches a missile attack on Iraq for failing to comply with United Nations weapons inspectors.

2003
President George W. Bush signs the CAN-SPAM Act of 2003, which establishes the United States' first national standards regarding email and gives the Federal Trade Commission authority to enforce the act.

Source: History Net