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The following events took place on December 17. The list is arranged in chronological order.

Found 62 events. Showing 31 - 60.

• 1938

  Otto Hahn discovers the nuclear fission of the heavy element uranium, the scientific and technological basis of nuclear energy.
• 1939

  World War II: Battle of the River Plate – The Admiral Graf Spee is scuttled by Captain Hans Langsdorff outside Montevideo.
• 1941

  World War II: Japanese forces land in Northern Borneo.
• 1943

  All Chinese are again permitted to become citizens of the United States with the repealing of the Act of 1882 and the introduction of the Magnuson Act.
• 1944

  World War II: Battle of the Bulge – Malmedy massacre – American 285th Field Artillery Observation Battalion POWs are shot by Waffen-SS Kampfgruppe Peiper.
• 1947

  First flight of the Boeing B-47 Stratojet strategic bomber.
• 1950

  The F-86 Sabre’s first mission over Korea.
• 1951

  The American Civil Rights Congress delivers “We Charge Genocide” to the United Nations.
• 1957

  The United States successfully launches the first Atlas intercontinental ballistic missile at Cape Canaveral, Florida.
• 1960

  Troops loyal to Emperor Haile Selassie 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.
• 1960

  1960 Munich C-131 crash: Twenty passengers and crew on board as well as 32 people on the ground are killed.
• 1961

  Niterói circus fire: Fire breaks out during a performance by the Gran Circus Norte-Americano in the city of Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, killing more than 500.
• 1967

  Australian Prime Minister Harold Holt disappears while swimming near Portsea, Victoria, and is presumed drowned.
• 1969

  The SALT I talks begin.
• 1969

  Project Blue Book: The United States Air Force closes its study of UFOs.
• 1970

  Polish 1970 protests: In Gdynia, soldiers fire at workers emerging from trains, killing dozens.
• 1973

  Thirty passengers are killed in an attack by Palestinian terrorists on Rome’s Leonardo da Vinci–Fiumicino Airport.
• 1981

  American Brigadier General James L. Dozier is abducted by the Red Brigades in Verona, Italy.
• 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.
• 1987

  Final Fantasy is released in Japan on the Famicon, marking the start of the Final Fantasy series and saving Square from bankruptcy.
• 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.
• 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.
• 1997

  The British Firearms (Amendment) (No. 2) Act 1997 comes into force, banning all handguns with the exception of antique and show weapons.
• 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.
• 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.
• 2003

  SpaceShipOne, piloted by Brian Binnie, makes its first powered and first supersonic flight.
• 2005

  Anti-World Trade Organization protesters riot in Wan Chai, Hong Kong.
• 2005

  Jigme Singye Wangchuck abdicates the throne as King of Bhutan.
• 2009

  MV Danny F II sinks off the coast of Lebanon, resulting in the deaths of 44 people and over 28,000 animals.
• 2010

  Mohamed Bouazizi sets himself on fire. This act became the catalyst for the Tunisian Revolution and the wider Arab Spring.

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