December 17th, 2009
Today in History
1997:
A chartered Yakovlev-42 from Ukraine crashes into the mountains near Katerini, Greece killing 70
1961:
A fire at a circus in Niteroi, Brazil kills 323 people.
1939:
German battleship Admiral Graf Spee is scuttled by Captain Hans Langsdorff at the Battle of the River Plate.
1903:
First powered flight, by the Wright Brothers.
1862:
General Ulysses S. Grant issues General Order No. 11, expelling Jews from Tennessee, Mississippi, and Kentucky.
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