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December 17: National Day in Bhutan (1907)
1862 – American Civil War: Union General Ulysses S. Grant (pictured) issued General Order No. 11, expelling Jews from Tennessee, Mississippi, and Kentucky.
1918 – About 1,000 demonstrators marched on Government House in Darwin, Australia, where they burnt an effigy of Administrator John Gilruth and demanded his resignation.
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.
1970 – Soldiers fired at workers emerging from trains in Gdynia, Poland, beginning the government's brutal crackdown on mass anti-communist protests across the country.
2009 – The livestock transport ship MV Danny F II capsized and sank in bad weather off the coast of Lebanon, resulting in 40 human and over 28,000 animal deaths.
More anniversaries: December 16 – December 17 – December 18
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