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'''[[December 17]]''': [[National Day]] in '''[[Bhutan]]''' ([[1907]])
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[[Image:Charles Dickens.jpg|100px|Charles Dickens]]
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* [[1843]] - '''''[[A Christmas Carol]]''''', a fictional [[novella]] about [[Ebenezer Scrooge]], was first published by [[Charles Dickens]] ''(pictured)''.
| '''[[O Antiphons]]''' begin (Christianity)
* [[1862]] - [[American Civil War]]: [[General]] [[Ulysses S. Grant]] issued '''[[General Order No. 11 (1862)|General Order No. 11]]''', expelling [[Jew]]s from [[Tennessee]], [[Mississippi]], and [[Kentucky]].
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* [[1903]] - '''[[Wright brothers|Orville and Wilbur Wright]]''' aboard the ''[[Wright Flyer]]'' conducted the first successful [[flight]] of a powered fixed-wing [[aircraft]].
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* [[1944]] - '''[[Malmédy massacre]]''': [[Waffen-SS]] troops under [[Joachim Peiper]] shot at about 150 unarmed [[Prisoner of war|prisoners of war]] with [[machine gun]]s near [[Malmedy]], [[Belgium]].
| [[National Day]] in '''[[Bhutan]]''' ([[1907]])
* [[1989]] - '''''[[The Simpsons]]''''' made their debut as an [[animated series]] on the [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox television network]].
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| [[920]] – '''[[Romanos I Lekapenos|Romanos&nbsp;I]]''' became co-[[List of Byzantine Emperors|Byzantine Emperor]] with the underage {{nowrap|[[Constantine VII]]}}.
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| [[1819]] – The '''[[Gran Colombia|Republic of Gran Colombia]]''' in South America was established, with [[Simón Bolívar]] as its first president.
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| [[1837]] – '''[[Fire in the Winter Palace|A fire]]''' broke out in the [[Winter Palace]] in [[Saint Petersburg]], Russia, damaging the building and killing thirty guardsmen.
| Needs additional references for deaths AND date. Two dates are cited in the article, neither has a reference.
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| [[1865]] - The '''[[Symphony No. 8 (Schubert)|Unfinished Symphony]]''' by [[Franz Schubert]] is performed publicly for the first time.
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| [[1892]] - The first issue of '''''[[Vogue (magazine)|Vogue]]''''' is published.
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| [[1907]] – '''[[Ugyen Wangchuck]]''' was crowned the first [[Druk Gyalpo|King of Bhutan]].
| unreferenced section (Ancestry)
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| [[1935]] – The '''[[Douglas DC-3]]''', one of the most significant transport aircraft ever built, made its maiden voyage to coincide with the anniversary of the ''[[Wright Flyer]]''{{'}}s first flight.
| refimprove section
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| [[1960]] – A U.S. Air Force transport '''[[1960 Munich C-131 crash|crashed]]''' into downtown [[Munich]] due to [[Jet fuel#Water in jet fuel|fuel contamination]], killing all 20 people on board and 32 more on the ground.
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| [[1969]] – The [[United States Air Force]] closed '''[[Project Blue Book]]''', its study on [[unidentified flying object]]s, stating that further funding "cannot be justified either on the grounds of national security or in the interest of science."
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| [[2009]] – The [[Animal transporter|livestock transporter]] '''[[MV Danny F II|MV&nbsp;''Danny F&nbsp;II'']]''' capsized and sank in bad weather off the coast of Lebanon, resulting in 43 human and more than 28,000 sheep and cattle deaths.
| internal inconsistencies
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| [[2013]] – The [[General Directorate of Security|Istanbul Security Directory]] detained 47 people, most of them members of the ruling [[Justice and Development Party (Turkey)|Justice and Development Party]], '''[[2013 corruption scandal in Turkey|on charges of corruption]]'''.
| outdated
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|'''[[Pan American Aviation Day]]''' and '''[[Wright Brothers Day]]''' in the United States
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==Eligible==
Recent days: [[December 16]] &ndash; [[December 15]] &ndash; [[December 14]]
* [[497&nbsp;BC]] – [[Temple of Saturn|The temple]] to the Roman god [[Saturn (mythology)|Saturn]] was dedicated in the [[Roman Forum]]; its anniversary was celebrated as '''[[Saturnalia]]'''.
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* [[546]] – '''[[Sack of Rome (546)|Rome was sacked]]''' by the [[Ostrogoths]] led by [[Totila]] after a year-long siege.
* [[1583]] – [[Cologne War]]: Forces under [[Ernest of Bavaria]] defeated [[Gebhard Truchsess von Waldburg]]'s troops at the '''[[siege of Godesberg]]'''.
* [[1790]] – The '''[[Aztec sun stone]]''', now a modern symbol of Mexican culture, was excavated in the [[Zócalo]], the main square of Mexico City.
* [[1862]] – [[American Civil War]]: [[Union (American Civil War)|Union]] General [[Ulysses S. Grant]] issued '''[[General Order No. 11 (1862)|General Order {{nowrap|No. 11}}]]''', expelling Jews from [[Tennessee]], [[Mississippi]], and [[Kentucky]].
* [[1903]] – Aboard the ''[[Wright Flyer]]''<!--not bold, unreferenced section--> ''(pictured)'' in [[Kitty Hawk, North Carolina]], '''[[Wright brothers|Orville and Wilbur Wright]]''' conducted the first successful flights of a powered [[fixed-wing aircraft]].
* [[1918]] – '''[[Darwin rebellion|About 1,000 demonstrators marched]]''' ''(pictured)'' on [[Government House, Darwin|Government House]] in [[Darwin, Northern Territory|Darwin]], Australia, where they burned an [[effigy]] of Administrator [[John A. Gilruth|John Gilruth]] and demanded his resignation.
* [[1926]] – '''[[1926 Lithuanian coup d'état|A coup d'état]]''' by the [[Military of Lithuania|Lithuanian military]] replaced the democratically elected President [[Kazys Grinius]] with [[Antanas Smetona]].
* [[1939]] – [[World War II|World {{nowrap|War II}}]]: After sustaining moderate damage in the [[Battle of the River Plate]] two days earlier, the German cruiser '''''[[German cruiser Admiral Graf Spee|Graf Spee]]''''' was scuttled by its commander, [[Hans Langsdorff]], to avoid its internment by Uruguay.
* [[1944]] – Nazi troops under [[Joachim Peiper]] '''[[Malmedy massacre|killed]]''' unarmed [[Prisoner of war|prisoners of war]], captured during the [[Battle of the Bulge]], with [[machine gun]]s near [[Malmedy]], Belgium.
* [[1945]] – The modern '''[[flag of Kurdistan]]''' was raised for the first time in [[Mahabad]], Iran.
* [[1951]] – The [[Civil Rights Congress]]<!--, an American civil-rights group,--> presented a document to the United Nations [[Genocide Convention]] '''[[We Charge Genocide|charging the United States government with genocide]]''' against [[African Americans]].
* [[1983]] – [[The Troubles]]: The [[Provisional Irish Republican Army]] '''[[Harrods bombing|detonated a car bomb]]''' outside [[Harrods]] in London, killing six people and injuring about 90 others.
* [[1989]] – '''''[[The Simpsons]]''''', the longest running American [[Prime time|prime-time]] entertainment series, made its debut on the [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox television network]] with the episode "[[Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire]]".
* [[1990]] – American [[LGBT movements|gay rights]] activist '''[[William E. Woods]]''' brought three [[same-sex couples]] to fill out [[marriage license]]s in Honolulu, leading to the eventual legalization of [[same-sex marriage]] in the United States.
* [[2016]] – The first victims of a '''[[2016 Irkutsk mass methanol poisoning|mass methanol poisoning]]''' which eventually killed over 70 inhabitants of [[Irkutsk]], Russia, began arriving at hospitals.

* Born/died this day: | '''[[Roger L'Estrange]]'''<!--English writer--> |b|1616| '''[[Nzinga of Ndongo and Matamba]]'''<!--Queen (modern Angola)--> |d|1663| '''[[Domenico Cimarosa]]'''<!--Italian composer--> |b|1749| '''[[Ludwig van Beethoven]]'''<!--German composer--> |baptised|1770| '''[[Marie Louise, Duchess of Parma]]'''<!--Austrian wife of Napoleon--> |d|1847| '''[[Aubrey Faulkner]]'''<!--South African cricketer--> |b|1881| '''[[Elizabeth Garrett Anderson]]'''<!--English physician--> |d|1917| '''[[Kenneth E. Iverson]]'''<!--Canadian computer scientist--> |b|1920| '''[[Russ Washington]]'''<!--American football player--> |b|1946| '''[[Aidan (singer)|Aidan]]'''<!--Maltese singer and songwriter--> |b|1999| '''[[Daniel Inouye]]'''<!--American politician--> |d|2012| '''[[Eva Ekvall]]'''<!--Venezuelan model/journalist--> |d|2011

==Notes==
* [[Battle of the Bulge]] appears on [[Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/December 16|December 16]], so Malmedy massacre should not appear in the same year
* [[Tunisian Revolution]] appears on [[Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/December 18|December 18]], so Mohamed Bouazizi should not appear in the same year
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'''[[December 17]]''': '''[[International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers]]'''
{{main page image/OTD|File:Grudzien 1970 pomnik w Gdyni k.jpg|Memorial to victims of the 1970 Polish protests}}
* [[942]] – '''[[William Longsword]]''' of [[Normandy]] was ambushed and assassinated by supporters of [[Arnulf&nbsp;I, Count of Flanders]], while both were at a peace conference to settle their differences.
* [[1948]] – The '''[[Finnish Security and Intelligence Service|Finnish Security Police]]''' was established to remove communist leadership from its predecessor, the [[State Police (Finland)|State Police]].
* [[1967]] – [[Harold Holt]], the prime minister of Australia, '''[[Disappearance of Harold Holt|disappeared while swimming]]''' near [[Portsea, Victoria]]; his body was never recovered.
* [[1970]] – '''[[1970 Polish protests|Polish soldiers fired at workers]]''' ''(memorial pictured)'' emerging from trains in [[Gdynia]], beginning the government's crackdown on mass [[Anti-communism|anti-communist]] protests across the country.
* [[2010]] – [[Arab Spring]]: '''[[Mohamed Bouazizi]]''', a street vendor in [[Sidi Bouzid]], [[Self-immolation|set himself on fire]] in protest against police harassment, triggering the [[Tunisian revolution]].
{{Born and died list| '''[[Rumi]]'''<!--Persian poet--> |d|1273| '''[[Émile Roux]]'''<!--French physician--> |b|1853| '''[[Willard Libby]]'''<!--American chemist--> |b|1908| '''[[Alicia Boole&nbsp;Stott]]'''<!--Irish mathematician--> |d|1940}}
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  • Demonstrators in the Darwin rebellion
    Demonstrators in the Darwin rebellion
  • The Wright Flyer
    The Wright Flyer
  • Wright Flyer
    Wright Flyer
  • Fire in the Winter Palace
    Fire in the Winter Palace
  • Aztec calendar stone
    Aztec calendar stone
  • Douglas DC-3
    Douglas DC-3
  • Ulysses S. Grant
    Ulysses S. Grant
  • Antanas Smetona
    Antanas Smetona

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Blurb Reason
O Antiphons begin (Christianity) unreferenced section
National Day in Bhutan (1907) refimprove section
920 – Romanos I became co-Byzantine Emperor with the underage Constantine VII. needs more footnotes
1819 – The Republic of Gran Colombia in South America was established, with Simón Bolívar as its first president. refimprove section
1837 – A fire broke out in the Winter Palace in Saint Petersburg, Russia, damaging the building and killing thirty guardsmen. Needs additional references for deaths AND date. Two dates are cited in the article, neither has a reference.
1865 - The Unfinished Symphony by Franz Schubert is performed publicly for the first time. refimprove
1892 - The first issue of Vogue is published. neutrality section
1907 – Ugyen Wangchuck was crowned the first King of Bhutan. unreferenced section (Ancestry)
1935 – The Douglas DC-3, one of the most significant transport aircraft ever built, made its maiden voyage to coincide with the anniversary of the Wright Flyer's first flight. refimprove section
1960 – A U.S. Air Force transport crashed into downtown Munich due to fuel contamination, killing all 20 people on board and 32 more on the ground. refimprove
1969 – The United States Air Force closed Project Blue Book, its study on unidentified flying objects, stating that further funding "cannot be justified either on the grounds of national security or in the interest of science." refimprove sections
2009 – The livestock transporter MV Danny F II capsized and sank in bad weather off the coast of Lebanon, resulting in 43 human and more than 28,000 sheep and cattle deaths. internal inconsistencies
2013 – The Istanbul Security Directory detained 47 people, most of them members of the ruling Justice and Development Party, on charges of corruption. outdated
Pan American Aviation Day and Wright Brothers Day in the United States Both are stubs

Eligible

Notes

December 17: International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers

Memorial to victims of the 1970 Polish protests
Memorial to victims of the 1970 Polish protests
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