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December 17
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In 1777, France recognized American independence.
In 1830, South American patriot Simon Bolivar died in Colombia.
In 1903, the Wright Brothers, Orville and Wilbur, staged the first successful powered-airplane flights near Kitty Hawk, N.C.
In 1925, Col. William "Billy" Mitchell was convicted at his court martial of insubordination.
In 1933, in the first world championship football game, the Chicago Bears defeated the New York Giants, 23-21.
In 1939, during World War II, the German pocket battleship Graf Spee was scuttled by its crew, ending the Battle of the River Plate off Uruguay.
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Newspaper columnist William Safire (1929)
Penthouse Publisher Robert Guccione (1930)
Singer-actor Tommy Steele (1936)
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"We read history through our prejudices."
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Wendell Phillips, American author and abolitionist
(1811-1884)