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December 17 is the 351st day of the year (352nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 14 days remain until the end of the year. Events. Pre-1600. 497 BC ...
Wright Brothers Day (December 17) is a United States national observation.It is codified in the US Code, and commemorates the first successful flights in a heavier-than-air, mechanically propelled airplane, the Wright Flyer, that were made by Orville and Wilbur Wright on December 17, 1903, near Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. [1]
This is a list of selected December 17 anniversaries that appear in the "On this day" section of the Main Page. To suggest a new item, in most cases, you can be bold and edit this page. Please read the selected anniversaries guidelines before making your edit.
December 17: International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers Memorial to victims of the 1970 Polish protests 942 – William Longsword of Normandy was ambushed and assassinated by supporters of Arnulf I, Count of Flanders , while both were at a peace conference to settle their differences.
Armed conflicts and attacks. Syrian civil war. War crimes in the Syrian civil war, Fall of the Assad regime. Syrian mass graves. Several mass graves are uncovered across Syria following the fall of the Assad regime, with a site in Al-Qutayfah, Rif Dimashq Governorate, estimated to contain the remains of at least 100,000 people.
December 17. 2009 – First flight of the Eurocopter EC175; 2004 – First flight of the Antonov An-148; 2003 – The 100th anniversary of the first flight of the Wright Brothers in the Wright Flyer is celebrated as the 100th birthday of aviation.
"The Mass Extermination of Jews in German Occupied Poland", by the Polish government-in-exile addressed to the wartime allies of the then-United Nations, 1942. The Joint Declaration by Members of the United Nations was the first formal statement to the world about the Holocaust, issued on December 17, 1942, by the American and British governments on behalf of the Allied Powers. [1]
The Turkish lira plunges to an all-time low of 17.0705 to the U.S. dollar, triggering a direct central bank intervention in the stock market. The lira has lost 55% of its value this year, including 37% in just the last 30 days. President Recep Erdoğan announces a 50% rise in the minimum wage from next year. Disasters and accidents. Typhoon Rai