12-17-2004, 08:13 AM
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December 17th
1778 ~ Birthday of Humphry Davy, chemist.
1830 ~ Death of Simón Bolívar, Latin American politician & Activist.
1843 ~ ”A Christmas Carol”, a fictional short story 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.
1961 ~ India seized Goa from Portugal.
1969 ~ U.S. Air Force announced that its UFO investigations found no evidence of extraterrestrial spacecraft.
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.
1989 ~ The first half-hour length episode of The Simpsons debuted with their Christmas special, "Simpsons Roasting Over an Open Fire".
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