Saturday, December 17, 2022

History for December 17

History for December 17 - On-This-Day.com
William Safire 1929 - Newspaper columnist
  • 1791 - A traffic regulation in New York City established the first street to go "One Way."
  • 1903 - The first successful gasoline-powered airplane flight took place near Kitty Hawk, NC. Orville and Wilbur Wright made the flight.
  • 1944 - The U.S. Army announced the end of its policy of excluding Japanese-Americans from the West Coast which ensured that Japanese-Americans were released from detention camps.
  • 1975 - Lynette Fromme was sentenced to life in prison for her attempt on the life of U.S. President Ford.
  • 1976 - WTCG-TV, Atlanta, GA, changed its call letters to WTBS, and was uplinked via satellite. The station became the first commercial TV station to cover the entire U.S.

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