The queen agreed on December 17, a warrant was signed on January 27, and the Exchequer paid Quiney his expenses on February 27, 1598/9.

Alexander Emmanuel Rodolphe Agassiz ( December 17, 1835 – March 27, 1910 ), son of Louis Agassiz and stepson of Elizabeth Cabot Agassiz, was an American scientist and engineer.

First assisted take-off flight by the Wright Brothers, December 17, 1903

While there are many competing claims for the earliest powered, heavier-than-air flight, the most widely-accepted date is December 17, 1903 by the Wright brothers.

On December 21, 2008, Atlanta beat the Minnesota Vikings 24 – 17 to clinch a wild card spot, earning a trip to the playoffs for the first time since 2004.

He led tours of its interior through December 17, 2010.

On December 17, however, Bradley observed that the star was moving southwards, a motion further shown by observations on the 20th.

With the information contained in Chanute's book, the personal assistance of Chanute himself, and research carried out in their own wind tunnel, the Wright brothers gained enough knowledge of aerodynamics to fly the first powered aircraft on December 17, 1903.

Digicel was finally granted a licence on 17 December 2007 and plans to start operations in the BVI sometime in 2008.

This, combined with bad timing and perceived inexperience led to the failure of the Budget and consequently the fall of the government on 17 December 1852.

#** Prince Louis Napoléon Murat ( Paris, December 22, 1851-Paris, September 22, 1912 ), married in Odessa, 23 November, 1873 Eudoxia Mikhailovna Somova ( Kharkov, February 17, 1850-Nice, May 6, 1924 ), related to Orest Somov, and had issue now extinct in male line ( great-grandfather of actor René Auberjonois )

Chaplin starred in the West End production at the Duke of York's Theatre from 17 October to 2 December 1905.

In December 2004, the EU leaders announced that accession negotiations with Croatia would start on March 17, 2005 provided that Croatian government cooperates fully with the ICTY.

* Gaetano Bisleti ( 5 November 1916 – 17 December 1928 )

* Camillo Laurenti ( 17 December 1928 – 16 December 1935 )

Unable, however, to resist the urging of Charles V, the pope, after proposing Mantua as the place of meeting, convened the council at Trent ( at that time a free city of the Holy Roman Empire under a prince-bishop ), on December 13, 1545 ; the Pope's decision to transfer it to Bologna in March, 1547 on the pretext of avoiding a plague failed to take effect and the Council was indefinitely prorogued on 17 September 1549.

Cleveland then won a playoff game 8-3 against the New York Giants on December 17 behind a pair of Groza field goals, turning the tables on a team that handed the Browns both of their regular-season losses.

The Wright brothers made their first successful test flights on December 17, 1903 and were distinguished by their ability to control their flights for substantial periods ( more so than the ability to produce lift from an airfoil, which was known ).

Under the Global and All-Inclusive Agreement, signed on 17 December 2002, in Pretoria, there was to be one President and four Vice-Presidents, one from the government, one from the Rally for Congolese Democracy, one from the MLC, and one from civil society.

The 1969 edition of the Guinness Book lists Lawrence Hill ( age 22 ) of Bolton as having consumed a 2. 5 pint yard of ale in 6. 5 seconds on December 17, 1964.

** December 17 ( Eastern Orthodox liturgics )

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A year later, he transferred to the University of Washington at Seattle, where in 1965 he received a bachelor of arts degree in interior design. Chihuly victimized by his own success ?, an April 17, 2006 article from the Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Roberto and Vera celebrated the Great One's return to form on August 17, 1965 ( one day before Roberto's birthday ), with the birth of their first son, Roberto Clemente, Jr., the first of three children, including Luis Roberto and Enrique Roberto.

The fair runs until October 18, 1964 and reopens April 21, 1965, finally closing October 17, 1965.

* March 17 – Nat King Cole, African-American singer ( Unforgettable ) ( d. 1965 )

* May 17 – Tich Freeman, English cricketer ( d. 1965 )

* September 17 – Earl Webb, American baseball player ( d. 1965 )

* February 17 – Abraham Fraenkel, German-born Israeli mathematician and recipient of the Israel Prize ( d. 1965 )

* April 17 – George Adamski, Polish-born alleged UFO traveler ( d. 1965 )

Then, in December 1965 and March 1966, Nature and The Lancet published the first preliminary reports by British cytogeneticist Patricia Jacobs and colleagues at the MRC Human Genetics Unit at Western General Hospital in Edinburgh of a chromosome survey of 315 male patients at The State Hospital outside Carstairs, Lanarkshire — Scotland ’ s only special security hospital for the developmentally disabled — that found nine patients, ages 17 to 36, averaging almost 6 ft. in height ( avg.

* June 17 – Rodney King, American police brutality victim ( b. 1965 )

Sir Edward Richard George " Ted " Heath, KG, MBE, PC ( 9 July 1916 – 17 July 2005 ) was a British Conservative politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom ( 1970 – 74 ) and as Leader of the Conservative Party ( 1965 – 75 ).

The Act was sent to Congress by President Johnson on March 17, 1965.

*" Apples and Bananas " ( US # 75, April 1965, AC # 17, 1965 )

Both countries have established diplomatic relations on July 17, 1965.

In a recently published letter to Israeli journalist, writer, and translator Shlomo Even-Shoshan dated May 17, 1965, Anatoli Kuznetsov commented on the Babi Yar atrocity:

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* Ranger 8 – 17 February 1965 – Lunar impact

In all, he broke the American record for the mile four times: once as a high school senior ( 3: 55. 3 on 27 June 1965 ), twice as a college freshman ( 3: 53. 7 on 4 June 1966 & 3: 51. 3 on 17 July 1966 ), and once as a college sophomore ( 3: 51. 1 on 23 June 1967 ).

Walter Clement Pipp ( February 17, 1893 – January 11, 1965 ) was an American first baseman in Major League Baseball, now best remembered as the man who lost his starting role to Lou Gehrig at the beginning of Gehrig's streak of 2, 130 consecutive games.

** Launched 17 February 1965

The fair ran for two six-month seasons, April 22 – October 18, 1964 and April 21 – October 17, 1965.

The last one was held at Farragut Reservation, Idaho, from July 17 to July 26, 1965, with 12, 000 girls in attendance.

Introduced early on April 17, 1964, dubbed as a " 1964½ " model by Mustang fans, the 1965 Mustang was the automaker's most successful launch since the Model A.