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On this day 17th December
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1778 Sir Humphry Davy 1927 Robert Robinson 1934 Karl Denver 1936 Tommy Steele 1937 Kerry Packer 1943 Dave Dee 1944 Bernard Hill 1945 Jacqueline Wilson 1947 Simon Bates 1969 Chris Mason 1973 Paula Radcliffe 2007 James Windsor, Viscount Severn, son of Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex Music 1892 'The Nutcracker' was performed for the first time at St. Petersburg with music by Tchaikovsky and danced by the Russian Imperial Ballet. 1954 Bill Haley and the Comets entered the UK singles chart with 'Shake Rattle and Roll'. 1964 Georgie Fame entered the UK charts with future number one 'Yeh, Yeh'. 1971 David Bowie's 'Hunky Dory' LP was released in the US, his first album to be released there. Sport 1903 At Kill Devil Hill, North Carolina, Orville Wright made the first successful controlled flight in a powered aircraft. 1967 Greengrocer Alec Rose completed a 14,500 mile lone voyage from Britain to Australia People & Showbiz 1843 Charles Dickens published 'A Christmas Carol'. 1989 The first complete episode of 'The Simpsons' was broadcast on American television. The episode was called 'The Simpsons Christmas Special: Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire' General Events 1538 Pope Paul III excommunicates Henry VIII of England. 1577 Francis Drake sets sail from Plymouth, England, on a secret mission to explore the Pacific Coast of the Americas for English Queen Elizabeth I. 1897 The first radio transmission at sea occurred when a signal was sent from Alum Bay on the Isle of Wight to the steamer 'Solent' in the Solent. 1903 The Wright Brothers make their first powered and heavier-than-air flight in the Wright Flyer at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. 1954 The British Petroleum company was formed. 1986 Mrs Davina Thompson made medical history when she became the first person in the world to be given new heart, lungs and liver, at Papworth Hospital in Cambridge. 1991 The Fun House on Blackpool's pleasure beach was destroyed by fire, causing an estimated £10million damage. |
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