December 17

Sunday 17, 1989:

Full-scale street manifestations and riots in Timisoara ignite the Romanian Revolution

Thursday 17, 1970:

Coastal cities events Mass riots in the coastal cities of Poland ended in massacre of shipyard workers in Gdynia

Thursday 17, 1903:

First powered flight, by the Wright Brothers.

Wednesday 17, 1862:

General Ulysses S. Grant issues General Order No. 11, expelling Jews from Tennessee, Mississippi, and Kentucky.

Sunday 17, 1843:

"A Christmas Carol", a fictional short story by Charles Dickens, is first published.

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