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December 17th - Happy Birthday Paul Rodgers, Bill Pullman, Sarah Paulson & Shannon Woodward


Today is Monday, Dec. 17, the 352nd day of 2012. There are 14 days left in the year.

Those born on this date are under the sign of Sagittarius. The moon is waxing. The morning stars are Mercury, Venus and Saturn. Evening stars include Jupiter, Neptune, Uranus and Mars.

Christian Feast Days: Daniel the Prophet, Lazarus of Bethany (local commemoration in Cuba), O Sapientia (Roman Catholic Church).
Commemorations: International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers (United States), National Day (Bhutan), Saturnalia, in honor of Saturn (Roman festivals), Wright Brothers Day (U.S. federal observances by presidential proclamation).

Today's Highlights in History:
On Dec. 17, 1903, Wilbur and Orville Wright of Dayton, Ohio, conducted the first successful manned powered-airplane flights near Kitty Hawk, N.C., using their experimental craft, the Wright Flyer.

On Dec. 17, 1992, President George H.W. Bush, Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney and Mexican President Carlos Salinas de Gortari signed the North American Free Trade Agreement in separate ceremonies. (After approval by the legislative bodies of the leaders’ respective countries, the treaty came into force on Jan. 1, 1994.).
Also, Israel tried to deport hundreds of Palestinians to Lebanon but Beirut closed the border, trapping them in the Israeli-controlled "security zone."

On this date:
In 546, Siege of Rome: The Ostrogoths under king Totila plunder the city, by bribing the Byzantine garrison.
In 920, Romanos I is crowned co-emperor of the underage Emperor Constantine VII.
In 942, Assassination of William I of Normandy.
In 1398, Sultan Nasir-u Din Mehmud's armies in Delhi are defeated by Timur.
In 1538, Pope Paul III excommunicates Henry VIII of England.
In 1577, Francis Drake sails from Plymouth, England, on a secret mission to explore the Pacific Coast of the Americas for English Queen Elizabeth I.
In 1583, Cologne War: Forces under Ernest of Bavaria defeats the troops under Gebhard Truchsess von Waldburg at the Siege of Godesberg.
In 1586, Emperor Go-Yozei becomes Emperor of Japan.
In 1600, Marriage of Henry IV of France and Marie de' Medici.
In 1718, Great Britain declares war on Spain.
In 1777, France recognized American independence.
In 1790, the Aztec Calendar or Solar Stone was uncovered by workmen repairing Mexico City's Central Plaza.
In 1807, France issues the Milan Decree, which confirms the Continental System.
In 1812, War of 1812: U.S. forces attack a friendly Lenape village in the Battle of the Mississinewa.
In 1819, Simón Bolívar declares the independence of the Republic of Gran Colombia in Angostura (now Ciudad Bolívar in Venezuela).
In 1830, South American patriot Simon Bolivar died in Colombia.
In 1837, A fire in the Winter Palace of Saint Petersburg kills 30 guards.
In 1862, American Civil War: General Ulysses S. Grant issues General Order No. 11, expelling Jews from Tennessee, Mississippi, and Kentucky.
In 1865, Franz Schubert’s Symphony No. 8, the “Unfinished” (because only two of its movements were completed) was performed publicly for the first time, 37 years after the composer’s death.
In 1896, Pittsburgh's Schenley Park Casino, which was the first multi-purpose arena with the technology to create an artificial ice surface in North America, is destroyed in a fire.
In 1907, Ugyen Wangchuck is crowned first King of Bhutan.
In 1918, Culmination of the Darwin Rebellion as some 1000 demonstrators march on Government House in Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia.
In 1919, Uruguay becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty.
In 1925, Col. William “Billy” Mitchell was convicted at his court-martial in Washington of insubordination for accusing senior military officials of criminal negligence.
In 1926, Antanas Smetona assumes power in Lithuania as the 1926 coup d'état is successful.
In 1927, Indian revolutionary Rajendranath Lahiri is hanged in Gonda jail, Uttar Pradesh, India, two days before the scheduled date.
In 1928, Indian revolutionaries Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev Thapar and Shivaram Rajguru assassinate British police officer James Saunders in Lahore, Punjab to avenge the death of Lala Lajpat Rai at the hands of the police. The three were executed in 1931.
In 1935, First flight of the Douglas DC-3.
In 1938, Otto Hahn discovers the nuclear fission of the heavy element uranium, the scientific and tecnological basis of nuclear energy, thus opening the “Atomic Age” in the history of mankind.
In 1939, the German pocket battleship Admiral Graf Spee was scuttled by its crew, ending the World War II Battle of the River Plate off Uruguay.
In 1941, World War II: Japanese forces land in Northern Borneo.
In 1944, World War II: Battle of the Bulge, Malmedy massacre, American 285th Field Artillery Observation Battalion POWs are shot by Waffen-SS Kampfgruppe Peiper.
In 1944, World War II: The more than 110,000 Japanese-Americans who had been relocated from the West Coast shortly after the 1941 Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor were told they would be allowed to return home on Jan. 2.
In 1947, First flight of the Boeing B-47 Stratojet strategic bomber.
In 1950, The F-86 Sabre's first mission over Korea.
In 1951, The Civil Rights Congress delivers “We Charge Genocide” to the United Nations.
In 1957, the United States successfully test-fired the Atlas intercontinental ballistic missile for the first time.
In 1960, Troops loyal to Haile Selassie I in Ethiopia crush the coup that began December 13, returning power to their leader upon his return from Brazil. Haile Selassie absolves his son of any guilt.
In 1960, 1960 Munich Convair 340 crash: 20 passengers and crew on board as well as 32 people on the ground are killed.
In 1961, Fire in the Gran Circus American in the city of Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, the biggest tragedy in circus history.
In 1967, Prime Minister of Australia Harold Holt disappears while swimming near Portsea, Victoria and is presumed drowned.
In 1967, the Clean Air Act was passed by the U.S. Congress.
In 1969, The U.S. Air Force ended its "Project Blue Book" and concluded that there was no evidence of extraterrestrial activity behind UFO sightings.
In 1969, The SALT I talks begin.
In 1970, Polish 1970 protests: In Gdynia soldiers fire at workers emerging from trains, killing dozens.
In 1973, [30 passengers are killed in an attack by Palestinian terrorists on Rome's Leonardo da Vinci Airport.
In 1975, Lynette Fromme was sentenced in Sacramento, Calif., to life in prison for her attempt on the life of President Gerald R. Ford.
In 1979, In a case that aggravated racial tensions, Arthur McDuffie, a black insurance executive, was fatally injured after leading police on a chase with his motorcycle in Miami.
In 1981, Members of the Red Brigades kidnapped Brig. Gen. James L. Dozier, the highest-ranking U.S. Army official in southern Europe, from his home in Verona, Italy. (Dozier was rescued 42 days later.)
In 1983, Provisional IRA members detonate a car bomb at Harrods Department Store in London. Three police officers and three civilians are killed.
In 1997, The United Kingdom commences its Firearms (Amendment) (No. 2) Act 1997, which extends the state’s gun ban to include all handguns—with the exception of antique and show weapons.
In 1986, a Las Vegas federal jury awarded entertainer Wayne Newton $19.3 million in his defamation suit against NBC. A judge reduced the award to $5.3 million.
In 1989, "The Simpsons," which began as a section of "The Tracy Ullman Show," had its first stand-along episode broadcast. The first episode of the show was called "Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire."
In 1989, Romanian Revolution: Protests continue in Timişoara with rioters breaking into the Romanian Communist Party's District Committee building and attempting to set it on fire.
In 1989, Fernando Collor de Mello defeats Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in the second round of the Brazilian presidential election, becoming the first democratically elected President in almost 30 years.


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In 1990, Jean-Bertrand Aristide, a radical Roman Catholic priest and opponent of the dictatorship of Jean-Claude Duvalier, was elected president of Haiti in a landslide victory.
In 1991, 15 people were killed and 20 wounded in clashes between Soviet troops and guerrillas in a disputed Armenian enclave.
In 1994, North Korea said it shot down a U.S. Army helicopter in North Korean airspace, killing one pilot. The second pilot was reportedly uninjured but was held in North Korea.
In 1996, the United Nations elected Kofi Annan of Ghana as secretary-general.
In 1997, New Jersey became the first state in the United States to permit same-sex couples to adopt children.
In 1997, The United Kingdom commences its Firearms (Amendment) (No. 2) Act 1997, which extends the ban on firearms to include all handguns, with the exception of antique and show weapons.
In 2001, U.S. officials said they believed they had destroyed Osama bin Laden's al-Qaida terrorist network in Afghanistan but it became evident in a few days that hundreds of bin Laden's men were escaping through the mountains into Pakistan.
In 2003, The Soham murder trial ends at the Old Bailey in London, with Ian Huntley found guilty of two counts of murder. His girlfriend Maxine Carr is found guilty of perverting the course of justice.
In 2003, SpaceShipOne flight 11P, piloted by Brian Binnie, makes its first supersonic flight.
In 2005, an anti-illegal immigration bill passed by the U.S. House of Representatives called for hundreds of miles of border fences and new regulations for employers.
In 2005, Anti-WTO protesters riot in Wan Chai, Hong Kong
In 2005, Jigme Singye Wangchuck abdicates the throne as King of Bhutan.
In 2006, two large Virginia Episcopal parishes and several smaller churches in the state, reportedly upset over the consecration of an openly gay bishop and same-sex weddings in some congregations, voted to secede from the worldwide organization.
In 2007, Iran received its first nuclear fuel from Russia for use in the joint nuclear power plant being built in Bushehr.
In 2009, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke won the approval of the U.S. Senate Banking Committee for a second four-year term as head of the Fed.
In 2009, MV Danny F II sinks off the coast of Lebanon, resulting in the deaths of 44 people and over 28,000 animals.
In 2010, U.S. President Barack Obama signed legislation that extended Bush-era tax cuts for two years and gave the unemployed 13 months more of benefits.
In 2010, more than 12,000 people died in 2010 as a result of Mexico's drug wars, officials said.
In 2010, Mohamed Bouazizi set himself on fire. This act became the catalyst for the Tunisian Revolution and the wider Arab Spring.

10 years ago: Insurance and finance company Conseco Inc. filed for Chapter 11 (Conseco emerged from bankruptcy protection the following year). The government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, rebels and opposition parties signed a peace agreement to end four years of civil war. Playwright Frederick Knott, who wrote “Dial M For Murder” and “Wait Until Dark,” died in New York City at age 86.

Five years ago: President George W. Bush, addressing a Rotary Club meeting, tried to reassure an edgy public that the economy was “pretty good” despite the mix of a failing housing market, a national credit crunch and surging energy costs. Iran received its first nuclear fuel from Russia, paving the way for the startup of its reactor. Gov. Jon S. Corzine signed a measure making New Jersey the first state to abolish the death penalty in more than 40 years. NBC announced that Jay Leno and Conan O’Brien were planning to return to their late-night shows in early 2008, even as the writers’ strike continued.

One year ago: North Korean leader Kim Jong Il died after more than a decade of iron rule; he was 69, according to official records, but some reports indicated he was 70. Advocates for immigrants gathered outside Alabama’s state Capitol in Montgomery to call for repeal of a controversial law they said harkened back to the state’s segregationist past. The last U.S. troops in Iraq crossed the border into Kuwait, ending almost nine years of a deadly and divisive war. The death toll from a tropical storm that struck the Philippines topped 1,000 within three days.

Today's Birthdays: Actor Armin Mueller-Stahl is 82. Singer-actor Tommy Steele is 76. Rock singer-musician Art Neville is 75. Actor Bernard Hill is 68. Actor Ernie Hudson is 67. Political commentator Chris Matthews is 67. Comedian-actor Eugene Levy is 66. Actor Wes Studi is 65. Actress Marilyn Hassett is 65. Pop musician Jim Bonfanti (The Raspberries) is 64. Actor Joel Brooks is 63. Rock singer Paul Rodgers is 63. Rhythm-and-blues singer Wanda Hutchinson (The Emotions) is 61. Actor Bill Pullman is 59. Actor Barry Livingston is 59. Country singer Sharon White is 59. Producer-director-writer Peter Farrelly is 56. Pop singer Sarah Dallin (Bananarama) is 51. Country musician Tim Chewning is 50. Country singer Tracy Byrd is 46. Country musician Duane Propes is 46. Actress Laurie Holden is 43. DJ Homicide (Sugar Ray) is 42. Actor Sean Patrick Thomas is 42. Actress Claire Forlani is 41. Pop-rock musician Eddie Fisher (OneRepublic) is 39. Actress Sarah Paulson is 38. Actress Marissa Ribisi is 38. Actor Giovanni Ribisi is 38. Actress Milla Jovovich is 37. Singer Bree Sharp is 37. Actress Jennifer Carpenter is 33. Singer-songwriter Ben Goldwasser (MGMT) is 30. Actress Shannon Woodward is 28. Actress Emma Bell is 26. Actress Vanessa Zima is 26. Actor-singer Nat Wolff is 18.

Born on this day include American Revolutionary War soldier Deborah Sampson, who fought as a man under the alias Robert Shurtleff, in 1760; poet John Greenleaf Whittier in 1807; conductor Arthur Fiedler in 1894; novelist Erskine Caldwell and composer/bandleader Ray Noble, both in 1903; Western swing bandleader/violinist Spade Cooley in 1910; ice cream businessman Burt Baskin in 1913; writer William Safire in 1929; publisher Bob Guccione in 1930; actor George Lindsey in 1935; blues musician Paul Butterfield in 1942.

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Today is Tuesday, Dec. 17, the 351st day of 2013. There are 14 days left in the year.

Today's Highlight in History:
On Dec. 17, 1938, German chemists Otto Hahn and Fritz Strassmann discovered nuclear fission by splitting the nuclei of uranium into lighter elements while performing experiments in Berlin.

One year ago: Newtown, Conn., began laying its dead to rest, holding funerals for two 6-year-old boys, the first of the 20 children killed in the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre. A pair of NASA spacecraft, named Ebb and Flow, were deliberately crashed into a mountain near the moon's north pole, ending a mission that peered into the lunar interior. Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim (BAY'-hym) became the third Division I men's coach, after Mike Krzyzewski and Bob Knight, to reach 900 wins with a 72-68 victory over Detroit in the Gotham Classic. Sen. Daniel Inouye of Hawaii died at age 88.

Today's Birthdays: Actor Armin Mueller-Stahl is 83. Pope Francis is 77. Singer-actor Tommy Steele is 77. Rock singer-musician Art Neville is 76. Actor Bernard Hill is 69. Actor Ernie Hudson is 68. Political commentator Chris Matthews is 68. Comedian-actor Eugene Levy is 67. Actress Marilyn Hassett is 66. Actor Wes Studi is 66. Pop musician Jim Bonfanti (The Raspberries) is 65. Actor Joel Brooks is 64. Rock singer Paul Rodgers is 64. Rhythm-and-blues singer Wanda Hutchinson (The Emotions) is 62. Actor Bill Pullman is 60. Actor Barry Livingston is 60. Country singer Sharon White is 60. Producer-director-writer Peter Farrelly is 57. Rock musician Mike Mills (R.E.M.) is 55. Pop singer Sarah Dallin (Bananarama) is 52. Country musician Tim Chewning is 51. Country singer Tracy Byrd is 47. Country musician Duane Propes is 47. Actress Laurie Holden is 44. DJ Homicide (Sugar Ray) is 43. Actor Sean Patrick Thomas is 43. Actress Claire Forlani is 42. Pop-rock musician Eddie Fisher (OneRepublic) is 40. Actress Sarah Paulson is 39. Actress Marissa Ribisi is 39. Actor Giovanni Ribisi is 39. Actress Milla Jovovich (YO'-vuh-vich) is 38. Singer Bree Sharp is 38. Actress Jennifer Carpenter is 34. Singer-songwriter Ben Goldwasser (MGMT) is 31. Actress Shannon Woodward is 29. Actress Emma Bell is 27. Actress Vanessa Zima is 27. Rock musician Taylor York (Paramore) is 24. Actor-singer Nat Wolff is 19.

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Today is Wednesday, Dec. 17, the 351st day of 2014. There are 14 days left in the year.

Today's Highlight in History:
On Dec. 17, 1903, Wilbur and Orville Wright of Dayton, Ohio, conducted the first successful manned powered-airplane flights near Kitty Hawk, N.C., using their experimental craft, the Wright Flyer.

Ten years ago: President George W. Bush signed into law the largest overhaul of U.S. intelligence-gathering in 50 years, creating a national intelligence center and a powerful new position of national intelligence director. Pfizer Inc. said it had found that Celebrex, an arthritis painkiller, raised the risk of heart attack when taken at very high doses.

Five years ago: Large pieces of a climate deal fell into place on the next-to-last day of the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen. Cincinnati Bengals receiver Chris Henry, 26, died a day after falling out of the back of a pickup truck in Charlotte, N.C.. Academy Award-winning actress Jennifer Jones, 90, died in Malibu, Calif.

One year ago: Germany's Parliament elected Chancellor Angela Merkel (AHN'-geh-lah MEHR'-kuhl) to a third term as the leader of Europe's biggest economic power, nearly three months after an awkward election result forced her to put together a new governing coalition. A suicidal gunman opened fire at a Reno, Nev., hospital campus, killing one person and critically wounding two others before ending his own life.

Today's Birthdays: Actor Armin Mueller-Stahl is 84. Pope Francis is 78. Singer-actor Tommy Steele is 78. Rock singer-musician Art Neville is 77. Actor Bernard Hill is 70. Actor Ernie Hudson is 69. Political commentator Chris Matthews is 69. Comedian-actor Eugene Levy is 68. Actress Marilyn Hassett is 67. Actor Wes Studi is 67. Pop musician Jim Bonfanti (The Raspberries) is 66. Actor Joel Brooks is 65. Rock singer Paul Rodgers is 65. Rhythm-and-blues singer Wanda Hutchinson (The Emotions) is 63. Actor Bill Pullman is 61. Actor Barry Livingston is 61. Country singer Sharon White is 61. Producer-director-writer Peter Farrelly is 58. Rock musician Mike Mills (R.E.M.) is 56. Pop singer Sarah Dallin (Bananarama) is 53. Country musician Tim Chewning is 52. Country singer Tracy Byrd is 48. Country musician Duane Propes is 48. Actress Laurie Holden is 45. DJ Homicide (Sugar Ray) is 44. Actor Sean Patrick Thomas is 44. Actress Claire Forlani is 43. Pop-rock musician Eddie Fisher (OneRepublic) is 41. Actress Sarah Paulson is 40. Actress Marissa Ribisi is 40. Actor Giovanni Ribisi is 40. Actress Milla Jovovich (YO'-vuh-vich) is 39. Singer Bree Sharp is 39. Actress Jennifer Carpenter is 35. Singer-songwriter Ben Goldwasser (MGMT) is 32. Rock singer Mikky Ekko is 31. Actress Shannon Woodward is 30. Actress Emma Bell is 28. Actress Vanessa Zima is 28. Rock musician Taylor York (Paramore) is 25. Actor-singer Nat Wolff is 20.

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Today is Thursday, Dec. 17, the 351st day of 2015. There are 14 days left in the year.

Today's Highlight in History:
On Dec. 17, 1865, Franz Schubert's Symphony No. 8, known as the "Unfinished" because only two movements had been completed, was first performed publicly in Vienna, 37 years after the composer's death.

Ten years ago: President George W. Bush, in his weekly radio address, acknowledged he'd personally authorized a secret eavesdropping program in the U.S. following 9/11, calling it "crucial to our national security." Protesters in Hong Kong tried to storm a convention center where World Trade Organization delegates were negotiating a global accord on farming, manufacturing and services. John Ruiz lost the WBA heavyweight title, dropping a disputed majority decision to Nikolay Valuev of Russia in Berlin. Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist Jack Anderson died in Bethesda, Md., at age 83.

Five years ago: President Barack Obama signed into law a huge, holiday-season tax bill extending cuts for all Americans, saluting a new spirit of political compromise as Republicans applauded and liberals seethed. Federal prosecutors reached a settlement with the estate of Florida philanthropist Jeffry (cq) Picower in which his widow, Barbara, agreed to return $7.2 billion that her husband had reaped from Bernard Madoff's giant Ponzi scheme. Don Van Vliet (vleet), a musician and artist who'd performed a complex brand of experimental rock under the name Captain Beefheart, died in Arcata, Calif., at age 69. New Orleans quarterback Drew Brees was voted the 2010 Male Athlete of the Year by members of The Associated Press.

One year ago: The United States and Cuba restored diplomatic relations, sweeping away one of the last vestiges of the Cold War. Sony Pictures canceled the Dec. 25 release of "The Interview," a black comedy about a plot to assassinate North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, after hackers threatened terrorist attacks and the largest multiplex chains in North America pulled the film. Veteran broadcast journalist Richard C. Hottelet, 97, the last of the original "Murrow's Boys," died in Wilton, Connecticut.

Today's Birthdays: Actor Armin Mueller-Stahl is 85. Pope Francis is 79. Singer-actor Tommy Steele is 79. Rock singer-musician Art Neville is 78. Actor Bernard Hill is 71. Actor Ernie Hudson is 70. Political commentator Chris Matthews is 70. Comedian-actor Eugene Levy is 69. Actress Marilyn Hassett is 68. Actor Wes Studi is 68. Pop musician Jim Bonfanti (The Raspberries) is 67. Actor Joel Brooks is 66. Rock singer Paul Rodgers is 66. Rhythm-and-blues singer Wanda Hutchinson (The Emotions) is 64. Actor Bill Pullman is 62. Actor Barry Livingston is 62. Country singer Sharon White is 62. Producer-director-writer Peter Farrelly is 59. Rock musician Mike Mills (R.E.M.) is 57. Pop singer Sarah Dallin (Bananarama) is 54. Country musician Tim Chewning is 53. Country singer Tracy Byrd is 49. Country musician Duane Propes is 49. Actress Laurie Holden is 46. DJ Homicide (Sugar Ray) is 45. Actor Sean Patrick Thomas is 45. Actress Claire Forlani is 44. Pop-rock musician Eddie Fisher (OneRepublic) is 42. Actress Sarah Paulson is 41. Actress Marissa Ribisi is 41. Actor Giovanni Ribisi is 41. Actress Milla Jovovich (YOH'-vuh-vich) is 40. Singer Bree Sharp is 40. Singer-songwriter Ben Goldwasser (MGMT) is 33. Rock singer Mikky Ekko is 32. Actress Shannon Woodward is 31. Actress Emma Bell is 29. Actress Vanessa Zima is 29. Rock musician Taylor York (Paramore) is 26. Actor Graham Rogers is 25. Actor-singer Nat Wolff is 21.

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Today is Saturday, Dec. 17, the 352nd day of 2016. There are 14 days left in the year.

Today's Highlight in History:
On Dec. 17, 1903, Wilbur and Orville Wright of Dayton, Ohio, conducted the first successful manned powered-airplane flights near Kitty Hawk, N.C., using their experimental craft, the Wright Flyer.

Ten years ago: Gunmen in Iraqi army uniforms kidnapped some 30 people at the Red Crescent offices in downtown Baghdad (about half were released the same day). Searchers on Mount Hood in Oregon found the body of missing climber Kelly James (two other climbers, Brian Hall and Jerry "Nikko" Cooke, were never found). Dodgers reliever Larry Sherry, the most valuable player of the 1959 World Series, died in Mission Viejo (vee-AY'-hoh), California, at age 71. Yul Kwon, a management consultant from San Mateo, Calif., emerged as the winner of CBS' "Survivor: Cook Islands."

Five years ago: North Korean leader Kim Jong Il (kim jawng eel) died after more than a decade of iron rule; he was 69, according to official records, but some reports indicated he was 70. Advocates for immigrants gathered outside Alabama's state Capitol in Montgomery to call for repeal of a controversial law they said harkened back to the state's segregationist past.

One year ago: Defense Secretary Ash Carter acknowledged that he sometimes used a personal, unsecured email account to conduct official business after he took office, a practice he called "entirely my mistake." Representatives of Libya's s two rival factions signed a U.N.-brokered deal to form a unity government.

Today's Birthdays — Dec. 17: Actor Armin Mueller-Stahl is 86. Pope Francis is 80. Singer-actor Tommy Steele is 80. Rock singer-musician Art Neville is 79. Actor Bernard Hill is 72. Actor Ernie Hudson is 71. Political commentator Chris Matthews is 71. Comedian-actor Eugene Levy is 70. Actress Marilyn Hassett is 69. Actor Wes Studi is 69. Pop musician Jim Bonfanti (The Raspberries) is 68. Actor Joel Brooks is 67. Rock singer Paul Rodgers is 67. Rhythm-and-blues singer Wanda Hutchinson (The Emotions) is 65. Actor Bill Pullman is 63. Actor Barry Livingston is 63. Country singer Sharon White is 63. Producer-director-writer Peter Farrelly is 60. Rock musician Mike Mills (R.E.M.) is 58. Pop singer Sarah Dallin (Bananarama) is 55. Country musician Tim Chewning is 54. Country singer Tracy Byrd is 50. Country musician Duane Propes is 50. Actress Laurie Holden is 47. DJ Homicide (Sugar Ray) is 46. Actor Sean Patrick Thomas is 46. Actress Claire Forlani is 45. Pop-rock musician Eddie Fisher (OneRepublic) is 43. Actress Sarah Paulson is 42. Actress Marissa Ribisi is 42. Actor Giovanni Ribisi is 42. Actress Milla Jovovich (YO'-vuh-vich) is 41. Singer Bree Sharp is 41. Singer-songwriter Ben Goldwasser (MGMT) is 34. Rock singer Mikky Ekko is 33. Actress Shannon Woodward is 32. Actress Emma Bell is 30. Actress Vanessa Zima is 30. Rock musician Taylor York (Paramore) is 27. Actor Graham Rogers is 26. Actor-singer Nat Wolff is 22.

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Today is Sunday, Dec. 17, the 351st day of 2017. There are 14 days left in the year.

Today's Highlight in History:

On Dec. 17, 1967, Australian Prime Minister Harold Holt, 59, disappeared while swimming in the ocean off Cheviot Beach in Victoria state; despite an extensive search, his body was never found (Holt was succeeded as premier by John McEwen).

Ten years ago: President George W. Bush, addressing a Rotary Club meeting, tried to reassure an edgy public that the economy was "pretty good" despite the mix of a failing housing market, a national credit crunch and surging energy costs. Gov. Jon S. Corzine signed a measure making New Jersey the first state to abolish the death penalty in more than 40 years. NBC announced that Jay Leno and Conan O'Brien were planning to return to their late-night shows in early 2008, even as a writers' strike continued.

Five years ago: Newtown, Connecticut, began laying its dead to rest, holding funerals for two 6-year-old boys, the first of the 20 children killed in the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre. A pair of NASA spacecraft, named Ebb and Flow, were deliberately crashed into a mountain near the moon's north pole, ending a mission that peered into the lunar interior. Longtime U.S. senator and World War II hero Daniel Inouye (ih-NOH'-way), D-Hawaii, died in Bethesda, Maryland, at age 88.

One year ago: President-elect Donald Trump said he intended to nominate Mick Mulvaney, a conservative Republican congressman from South Carolina, to be the White House budget director. Three-year-old Acen (AY'-sin) King was fatally shot in a road-rage incident in Little Rock, Arkansas, while riding in a car with his grandmother; a suspect faces a first-degree murder charge. Dr. Henry Heimlich (HYM'-lihk), the surgeon who created the life-saving Heimlich maneuver for choking victims, died in Cincinnati at age 96.

Today's Birthdays — Dec. 17: Actor Armin Mueller-Stahl is 87. Pope Francis is 81. Singer-actor Tommy Steele is 81. Rock singer-musician Art Neville is 80. Actor Bernard Hill is 73. Actor Ernie Hudson is 72. Political commentator Chris Matthews is 72. Comedian-actor Eugene Levy is 71. Actress Marilyn Hassett is 70. Actor Wes Studi is 70. Pop musician Jim Bonfanti (The Raspberries) is 69. Actor Joel Brooks is 68. Rock singer Paul Rodgers is 68. Rhythm-and-blues singer Wanda Hutchinson (The Emotions) is 66. Actor Bill Pullman is 64. Actor Barry Livingston is 64. Country singer Sharon White is 64. Producer-director-writer Peter Farrelly is 61. Rock musician Mike Mills (R.E.M.) is 59. Pop singer Sarah Dallin (Bananarama) is 56. Country musician Tim Chewning is 55. Country singer Tracy Byrd is 51. Country musician Duane Propes is 51. Actress Laurie Holden is 48. DJ Homicide (Sugar Ray) is 47. Actor Sean Patrick Thomas is 47. Actress Claire Forlani is 46. Pop-rock musician Eddie Fisher (OneRepublic) is 44. Actress Sarah Paulson is 43. Actress Marissa Ribisi is 43. Actor Giovanni Ribisi is 43. Actress Milla Jovovich (YO'-vuh-vich) is 42. Singer Bree Sharp is 42. Singer-songwriter Ben Goldwasser (MGMT) is 35. Rock singer Mikky Ekko is 34. Actress Shannon Woodward is 33. Actress Emma Bell is 31. Actress Vanessa Zima is 31. Rock musician Taylor York (Paramore) is 28. Actor Graham Rogers is 27. Actor-singer Nat Wolff is 23.

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Today is Monday, Dec. 17, the 351st day of 2018. There are 14 days left in the year.

Today's Highlights in History:
On Dec. 17, 1903, brothers Wilbur and Orville Wright of Dayton, Ohio, conducted the first successful manned powered-airplane flights near Kitty Hawk, N.C., using their experimental craft, the Wright Flyer. The flight lasted 12 seconds and covered 120 feet. Wilbur Wright flew 852 feet later that day.

On Dec. 17, 1944, the U.S. War Department announced it was ending its policy of excluding people of Japanese ancestry from the West Coast. The more than 110,000 Japanese Americans who had been relocated after the 1941 Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor were told they would be allowed to return home on Jan. 2, 1945.

On Dec. 17, 2011, North Korean leader Kim Jong Il died after more than a decade of iron rule. He was listed as 69 according to official records, but some reports indicated he was 70. His son, Kim Jong Un, took over leadership.

10 years ago in 2008: President-elect Barack Obama named former Iowa Gov. Tom Vilsack as agriculture secretary and Colorado Sen. Ken Salazar of Colorado to head the Interior Department. OPEC agreed to slash 2.2 million barrels from daily production — its single largest cut ever. Pro Football Hall of Famer Sammy Baugh died in Rotan, Texas, at age 94.

5 years ago in 2013: Germany's Parliament elected Chancellor Angela Merkel to a third term as the leader of Europe's biggest economic power, nearly three months after an awkward election result forced her to put together a new governing coalition. A suicidal gunman opened fire at a Reno, Nev., hospital campus, killing one person and critically wounding two others before ending his own life.

1 year ago in 2017: Facing an investigation of allegations of sexual misconduct and using racist language, Carolina Panthers owner Jerry Richardson announced that he would sell the NFL team after the season. "Star Wars: The Last Jedi" took in $220 million in its debut weekend in North America, good for the second-best opening ever and behind only its predecessor, "The Force Awakens." French sailor Francois Gabart broke the record for sailing around the world alone, circumnavigating the planet in just 42 days and 16 hours. Chile elected former President Sebastian Pinera to a new term in office in the country's run-off election. He previously served from 2010-14.

Today's Birthdays — Monday, Dec. 17, 2018: Actor Armin Mueller-Stahl is 88. Pope Francis (born Jorge Mario Bergoglio) is 82. Singer-actor Tommy Steele is 82. Keyboardist-singer Art Neville (Neville Brothers, solo) is 81.

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari is 76. Actor Bernard Hill is 74. Actor Ernie Hudson (Ghostbusters, Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone) is 73. Journalist/author Chris Matthews (host of MSNBC’s Hardball) is 73. Comedian-actor Eugene Levy (SCTV, American Pie films) is 72. Actress Marilyn Hassett is 71. Actor Wes Studi (The Last of the Mohicans, Geronimo: An American Legend) is 71. Pop musician Jim Bonfanti (The Raspberries) is 70.

Actor Joel Brooks (Six Feet Under) is 69. Rock singer Paul Rodgers (Free, Bad Company, The Firm, Queen with Paul Rodgers) is 69. Rhythm-and-blues singer Wanda Hutchinson Vaughn (The Emotions) is 67. Actor Bill Pullman (Independence Day) is 65. Actor Barry Livingston (My Three Sons) is 65. Country singer Sharon White (The Whites) is 65. Director-producer Peter Farrelly (There’s Something About Mary, Dumb and Dumber) is 62. Rock musician Mike Mills (R.E.M., Hindu Love Gods) is 60.

Pop singer Sarah Dallin (Bananarama) is 57. Country musician Tim Chewning is 56. Country singer Tracy Byrd is 52. Bassist Duane Propes (Little Texas) is 52.

Actress Laurie Holden (The Walking Dead) is 49. MMA fighter Chuck Liddell is 49. DJ Homicide (Sugar Ray) is 48. Actor Sean Patrick Thomas (The District) is 48. Actress Claire Forlani (Meet Joe Black, CSI: NY) is 47. Drummer Eddie Fisher (One Republic) is 45. Actress Sarah Paulson (American Horror Story) is 44. Actor Giovanni Ribisi (That Thing You Do, The Mod Squad) is 44. Actress Marissa Ribisi (Dazed and Confused, Pleasantville) is 44. Celebrity pastry chef Duff Goldman is 44.

Actress/model/musician Milla Jovovich (Chaplin, Dazed and Confused, Two Moon Junction, Return to the Blue Lagoon, The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc, Kuffs, Zoolander, The Fifth Element, Resident Evil movies) is 43.

Singer Bree Sharp is 43. Boxer/politician/entertainer Manny Pacquiao is 40. MLB player Chase Utley (Philadelphia Phillies, Los Angeles Dodgers) is 40.

Singer-songwriter Ben Goldwasser (MGMT) is 36. Rock singer Mikky Ekko is 35. Actress Shannon Woodward (Westworld, Raising Hope) is 34. Actress Emma Bell (The Walking Dead) is 32. Actress Vanessa Zima is 32. Convicted spy Chelsea Manning (born Bradley Manning) is 31.

Rock musician Taylor York (Paramore) is 29. Actor Graham Rogers (Quantico) is 28. Actor-singer Nat Wolff (The Naked Brothers Band) is 24.

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In 1903, brothers Wilbur and Orville Wright of Dayton, Ohio, conducted the first successful manned powered-airplane flights near Kitty Hawk, N.C., using their experimental craft, the Wright Flyer. The flight lasted 12 seconds and covered 120 feet. Wilbur Wright flew 852 feet later that day.

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In 1955 - Carl Perkins wrote "Blue Suede Shoes." Less than 48 hours later, he recorded it in Memphis, TN.


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