{"id":23341,"date":"2023-12-17T05:02:26","date_gmt":"2023-12-16T23:32:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fundabook.com\/en\/?p=23341"},"modified":"2023-12-15T15:29:59","modified_gmt":"2023-12-15T09:59:59","slug":"history-of-17-december","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fundabook.com\/en\/history-of-17-december\/","title":{"rendered":"History of 17 December"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\r\n<li>1992 &#8211;\u00a0U.S. President George H.W. Bush, Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney and Mexican President Carlos Salinas de Gortari signed the North American Free Trade Agreement.<\/li>\r\n<li>1992 &#8211; Israel deported over 400 Palestinians to Lebanese territory in an unprecedented mass expulsion of suspected militants.<\/li>\r\n<li>1996 &#8211; Peruvian guerrillas took hundreds of people hostage at the Japanese embassy in Lima. The siege ended on April 22, 1997, with a commando raid that resulted in the deaths of all the rebels, two commandos and one hostage.<\/li>\r\n<li>1996 &#8211; The Red Cross pulled all but a few of its western staff out of Chechnya after six foreign aid workers were killed by masked gunmen.<\/li>\r\n<li>1997 &#8211;\u00a0U.S. President Clinton\u00a0signed the No Electronic Theft Act. The act removed protection from individuals who claimed that they took no direct financial gains from stealing copyrighted works and downloading them from the Internet.<\/li>\r\n<li>1998 &#8211;\u00a0U.S.\u00a0House Speaker-designate Bob Livingston admitted he&#8217;d had extramarital affairs.<\/li>\r\n<li>2000 &#8211; Terrell Owens (San Francisco 49ers) caught an\u00a0NFL-record 20 passes for 283 yards and a touchdown against the Chicago Bears. The previous record was held by Tom Fears (Los Angeles Rams) with 18 catches on December 3, 1950, against the Green Bay Packers. Owens also broke Jerry Rice&#8217;s franchise record of 16 receptions set in 1994 against the Los Angeles Rams.<\/li>\r\n<li>2002 &#8211;\u00a0U.S. President George W. Bush\u00a0ordered the Pentagon to have ready for use within two years a system for protecting American territory, troops and allies from ballistic missile attacks.<\/li>\r\n<li>2002 &#8211; McDonald&#8217;s Corp. warned that they would report its first quarterly loss in its 47-year history.<\/li>\r\n<li>2002 &#8211; The insurance and finance company Conseco Inc. filed for Chapter 11 protection. It was the third-largest bankruptcy in U.S. history.<\/li>\r\n<li>2002 &#8211; Congo&#8217;s government, opposition parties and rebels signed a peace agreement that ended four years of civil war.<\/li>\r\n<li>2004 &#8211;\u00a0U.S. President George W. Bush\u00a0signed into law the largest overhaul of U.S. intelligence gathering in 50 years. The bill aimed to tighten borders and aviation security. It also created a federal counterterrorism center and a new intelligence director.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\r\n<li>2005\u00a0\u2013 Anti-World Trade Organization\u00a0protesters riot in Wan Chai, Hong Kong.<\/li>\r\n<li>2005 \u2013\u00a0Jigme Singye Wangchuck\u00a0abdicates the throne as King of\u00a0Bhutan.<\/li>\r\n<li>2009\u00a0\u2013\u00a0MV\u00a0<em>Danny F II<\/em>\u00a0sinks off the coast of\u00a0Lebanon, resulting in the deaths of 44 people and over 28,000 animals.<\/li>\r\n<li>2010\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Mohamed Bouazizi\u00a0sets himself on fire. This act became the catalyst for the\u00a0Tunisian Revolution\u00a0and the wider\u00a0Arab Spring.<\/li>\r\n<li>2014\u00a0\u2013 The United States and Cuba re-establish\u00a0diplomatic relations\u00a0after severing them in 1961.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Celebrating Birthday Today<\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\r\n<li>1981\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Jerry Hsu, American skateboarder and photographer<\/li>\r\n<li>1981 \u2013\u00a0Tim Wiese, German footballer<\/li>\r\n<li>1982\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Josh Barfield, American baseball player<\/li>\r\n<li>1982 \u2013\u00a0Lorenzo Cittadini, Italian rugby player<\/li>\r\n<li>1982 \u2013\u00a0Craig Kielburger, Canadian activist and author<\/li>\r\n<li>1982 \u2013\u00a0St\u00e9phane Lasme, Gabonese basketball player<\/li>\r\n<li>1982 \u2013\u00a0Ryan Moats, American football player<\/li>\r\n<li>1982 \u2013\u00a0Onur \u00d6zsu, Turkish singer-songwriter<\/li>\r\n<li>1983\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Erik Christensen, Canadian ice hockey player<\/li>\r\n<li>1983 \u2013\u00a0Haron Keitany, Kenyan runner<\/li>\r\n<li>1983 \u2013\u00a0S\u00e9bastien Ogier, French race car driver<\/li>\r\n<li>1984\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Luis Maria Alfageme, Argentinian footballer<\/li>\r\n<li>1984 \u2013\u00a0Julian Bennett, English footballer<\/li>\r\n<li>1984 \u2013\u00a0Andrew Davies, English footballer<\/li>\r\n<li>1984 \u2013\u00a0Mikky Ekko, American singer-songwriter and producer<\/li>\r\n<li>1984 \u2013\u00a0Shannon Woodward, American actress<\/li>\r\n<li>1985\u00a0\u2013\u00a0\u0141ukasz Bro\u017a, Polish footballer<\/li>\r\n<li>1985 \u2013\u00a0Craig Reid, English footballer<\/li>\r\n<li>1985 \u2013\u00a0Greg James, English radio presenter and comedian<\/li>\r\n<li>1986\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Emma Bell, American actress<\/li>\r\n<li>1986 \u2013\u00a0Frank Winterstein, Australian-Samoan rugby league player<\/li>\r\n<li>1987 \u2013 Maryna Arzamasova, Belorussian middle-distance runner<\/li>\r\n<li>1987 \u2013\u00a0Bo Guagua, Chinese businessman<\/li>\r\n<li>1987 \u2013\u00a0Chelsea Manning, American soldier and intelligence analyst<\/li>\r\n<li>1988\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Liisa Ehrberg, Estonian cyclist<\/li>\r\n<li>1988 \u2013\u00a0Grethe Gr\u00fcnberg, Estonian ice dancer<\/li>\r\n<li>1988 \u2013\u00a0Kris Joseph, Canadian basketball player<\/li>\r\n<li>1988 \u2013\u00a0David Rudisha, Kenyan runner<\/li>\r\n<li>1988 \u2013\u00a0Craig Sutherland, Scottish footballer<\/li>\r\n<li>1991\u00a0\u2013\u00a0James Hurst, American football player<\/li>\r\n<li>1991 \u2013\u00a0Jordan Rankin, Australian rugby league player<\/li>\r\n<li>1991 \u2013\u00a0Atsedu Tsegay, Ethiopian runner<\/li>\r\n<li>1992\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Joshua Ingram, Canadian drummer and percussionist<\/li>\r\n<li>1992 \u2013\u00a0Quinton de Kock, South African cricketer<\/li>\r\n<li>1993\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Patricia K\u00fa Flores, Peruvian tennis player<\/li>\r\n<li>1994\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Lloyd Perrett, New Zealand rugby league player<\/li>\r\n<li>1994 \u2013\u00a0Nat Wolff, American singer-songwriter, keyboard player and actor<\/li>\r\n<li>1996\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Elizaveta Tuktamysheva, Russian figure skater<\/li>\r\n<li>1997\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Naiktha Bains, British-Australian tennis player<\/li>\r\n<li>1997 \u2013\u00a0Shoma Uno, Japanese figure skater<\/li>\r\n<li>1998\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Jasmine Armfield, English actress<\/li>\r\n<li>1998 \u2013\u00a0Martin \u00d8degaard, Norwegian footballer<\/li>\r\n<li>1999 \u2013 Mirei Sasaki, Japanese idol<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1992 &#8211;\u00a0U.S. President George H.W. 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