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1903 : First successful flight of an airplane


Orville and Wilbur Wright successfully fly a plane for the first time near Kitty Hawk in North Carolina.

1931 : A student revolt force Chiang Kai-shek to resign


A student revolt and a defeat of the Chinese forces against Japan force Chiang Kai-shek to resign. Nevertheless, its influence remained large and he quickly returned to power.

1961 : Fire in a circus in Brazil


On December 17, 1961, a fire broke out during a performance of a circus in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. 323 people were killed and over 500 injured, from burns, smoke inhalation or trampled. For some reason that remained unknown, the roof of the tent caught fire.

1983 : A bomb at Harrods


On December 17, 1983, a bomb made ​​by the IRA exploded outside Harrods in London, in the midst of Christmas shopping. 9 people were killed and 75 injured.

1990 : First democratic elections in Haiti


On December 17, 1990, Jean-Bertrand Aristide won the first democratic elections in Haiti against dictator Jean-Claude Duvalier. Aristide was overthrown by a military coup a year later.

Novità del giorno : 17 Dicembre

National Day in Bouthan

Citazione del giorno : 17 Dicembre

Paramahansa Yogananda, Maître spirituel hindou
A period of failure is a perfect time to sow the seeds of success.

Compleanni : 17 Dicembre

Emilie du Châtelet, Matematica e fisica francese (1706)
Thomas Chandler Haliburton, Scrittore (1796)
Emile Roux, Batteriologo e immunologo francese (1853)
Raimu, French actor (1883)
Willard Libby, Chimico americano, premio Nobel (1908)
Penelope Fitzgerald, English writer (1916)
Jean-Claude Drouot, French Actor (1938)
Bernard Hill, Attore inglese (1944)
Eugene Levy, Canadian director actor and screenwriter (1946)
Bill Pullman, Attore (1953)
Mike Mills, Musicista (1958)
Valeri Liukin, Ginnasta sovietico (1966)
Sean Patrick Thomas, Attore americano (1970)
Antoine Rigaudeau, Giocatore di basket (1971)
Paula Radcliffe, Atleta (1973)
Giovanni Ribisi, American actor (1974)
Milla Jovovich, Ukrainian model and actress (1975)

Ci hanno lasciato un 17 Dicembre

Simon Bolivar, Venezuelan general and statesman (1830)
Marguerite Yourcenar, Belgian woman writer and academician (1987)
Dana Andrews, Attore americano (1992)
Roger Frison-Roche, French writer (1999)
Gérard Blain, French actor and director (2000)
Jennifer Jones, American actress (2009)
Cesária Evora, Cantante del Capo Verde (2011)
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