12-17-2005, 02:20 PM
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December 17th
1830 ~ Death of Simón Bolívar, Latin American politician & Activist.
1843 ~ A Christmas Carol, by Charles Dickens, was first published.
1903 ~ The first controlled, powered heavier-than-air flight occurred when the Wright brothers took to the air, both of them twice at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.
1969 ~ The USAF, in closing Project Blue Book, announced that its UFO investigations found no evidence of extraterrestrial spacecraft.
1961 ~ India seized Goa from Portugal.
1973 ~ The American Psychiatric Association removed homosexuality from its list of mental illnesses.
1982 ~ ”Tootsie” opened in theaters.
1989 ~ Brazil held its first free election in 25 years.
1981 ~ Brigadier General James L. Dozier is abducted by the Red Brigades in Verona, Italy.
2003 ~ “The Return of the King” opened in theaters worldwide.
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