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December 17: National Day in Bhutan (1907)

1843 - A Christmas Carol, a fictional novella about Ebenezer Scrooge, was first published by Charles Dickens (pictured).
1862 - American Civil War: General Ulysses S. Grant issued General Order No. 11, expelling Jews from Tennessee, Mississippi, and Kentucky.
1903 - Orville and Wilbur Wright aboard the Wright Flyer conducted the first successful flight of a powered fixed-wing aircraft.
1944 - Malmédy massacre: Waffen-SS troops under Joachim Peiper shot at about 150 unarmed prisoners of war with machine guns near Malmedy, Belgium.
1989 - The Simpsons made their debut as an animated series on the Fox television network.

Recent days: December 16 – December 15 – December 14

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