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<p><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/December_17" title="December 17">December 17</a></b>: <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wright_Brothers_Day" title="Wright Brothers Day">Wright Brothers Day</a></b> in the United States (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1903" title="1903">1903</a>); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Day_to_End_Violence_Against_Sex_Workers" title="International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers">International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers</a></b>
</p><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/942" title="942">942</a> – <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Longsword" title="William Longsword">William Longsword</a></b> of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Normandy" title="Normandy">Normandy</a> was ambushed and assassinated by supporters of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arnulf_I,_Count_of_Flanders" title="Arnulf I, Count of Flanders">Arnulf I, Count of Flanders</a>, while the two were at a peace conference to settle their differences.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1948" title="1948">1948</a> – The <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finnish_Security_and_Intelligence_Service" title="Finnish Security and Intelligence Service">Finnish Security Police</a></b> was established to remove communist leadership from its predecessor, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_Police_(Finland)" title="State Police (Finland)">State Police</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1967" title="1967">1967</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Holt" title="Harold Holt">Harold Holt</a>, Prime Minister of Australia, <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disappearance_of_Harold_Holt" title="Disappearance of Harold Holt">disappeared while swimming</a></b> near <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portsea,_Victoria" title="Portsea, Victoria">Portsea, Victoria</a>; his body was never recovered.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1970" title="1970">1970</a> – <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1970_Polish_protests" title="1970 Polish protests">Polish soldiers fired at workers</a></b> emerging from trains in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gdynia" title="Gdynia">Gdynia</a>, beginning the government's crackdown on mass <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-communism" title="Anti-communism">anti-communist</a> protests across the country.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010" title="2010">2010</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arab_Spring" title="Arab Spring">Arab Spring</a>: <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohamed_Bouazizi" title="Mohamed Bouazizi">Mohamed Bouazizi</a></b>, a Tunisian street vendor, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-immolation" title="Self-immolation">set himself on fire</a> in protest against police harassment, triggering the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tunisian_Revolution" title="Tunisian Revolution">Tunisian Revolution</a>.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rumi" title="Rumi">Rumi</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1273); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89mile_Roux" title="Émile Roux">Émile Roux</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1853); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willard_Libby" title="Willard Libby">Willard Libby</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1908); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alicia_Boole_Stott" title="Alicia Boole Stott">Alicia Boole Stott</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1940)</p>
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