| December 17th 1944 | | M-Ocean View streetcar resumes service & is extended to Market St
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| December 17th 1944 | | US Army announces end of excluding Jap-Americans from West Coast
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| December 17th 1944 | | US destroyers sink in storm off Philippines, 790 killed
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| December 17th 1946 | | Bradman & Barnes complete 405 run 5th wkt stand, score 234 ea
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| December 17th 1946 | | US V-2 rocket reaches 183 km, White Sands Proving Grounds, NM
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| December 17th 1947 | | WEWS TV channel 5 in Cleveland, OH (ABC) begins broadcasting
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| December 17th 1947 | | NY struck by a blizzard, resulting with 27" of snow
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| December 17th 1949 | | "Regina" closes at 46th St Theater NYC after 86 performances
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| December 17th 1949 | | Burma recognizes People's Republic of China
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| December 17th 1951 | | Dutch Communist Party members forbidden to be civil servants
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| December 17th 1953 | | FCC approves RCA's black & white-compatible color TV specifications
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| December 17th 1953 | | Dmitri Shostakovitch' 10th Symphony, premieres in Leningrad
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| December 17th 1954 | | 1st fully automated railroad freight yard (Gary, Indiana)
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| December 17th 1954 | | WEAU TV channel 13 in Eau Claire, WI (NBC) begins broadcasting
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| December 17th 1957 | | US successfully test-fires Atlas intercontinental ballistic missile
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