December 17
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| *[[1989]] - Premiere animated television series [[The Simpsons]]. | *[[1989]] - Premiere animated television series [[The Simpsons]]. | ||
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| + | *[[1493]] – [[Paracelsus]], Swiss physician and scientist (d. 1541) | ||
| *[[1770]] - ([[Baptism]]) - [[Ludwig van Beethoven]], German composer (d. [[1827]]) | *[[1770]] - ([[Baptism]]) - [[Ludwig van Beethoven]], German composer (d. [[1827]]) | ||
| *[[1830]] - [[Jules de Goncourt]], French publisher (d. [[1870]]) | *[[1830]] - [[Jules de Goncourt]], French publisher (d. [[1870]]) | ||
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| *[[1830]] - [[Simón Bolívar]], Venezuelan-born liberator, six nations (b. [[1783]]) | *[[1830]] - [[Simón Bolívar]], Venezuelan-born liberator, six nations (b. [[1783]]) | ||
| *[[1833]] - [[Kaspar Hauser]], German foundling (b. [[1812]]) | *[[1833]] - [[Kaspar Hauser]], German foundling (b. [[1812]]) | ||
| + | *[[1881]] – [[Lewis H. Morgan]], American lawyer, anthropologist, and theorist (b. 1818) | ||
| *[[1897]] - [[Alphonse Daudet]], French writer (b. [[1840]]) | *[[1897]] - [[Alphonse Daudet]], French writer (b. [[1840]]) | ||
| *[[1987]] - [[Marguerite Yourcenar]], Belgian novelist (b. [[1903]]) | *[[1987]] - [[Marguerite Yourcenar]], Belgian novelist (b. [[1903]]) | ||
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| *[[1999]] - [[Grover Washington, Jr.]], American saxophonist (b. [[1943]]) | *[[1999]] - [[Grover Washington, Jr.]], American saxophonist (b. [[1943]]) | ||
| *[[2004]] - [[Tom Wesselmann]], American pop artist (b. [[1931]]) | *[[2004]] - [[Tom Wesselmann]], American pop artist (b. [[1931]]) | ||
| + | *[[2020]] - [[Stanley Cowell]], American jazz pianist, co-founder of [[Strata-East Records]] (b. [[1941]]) | ||
| *[[2022]] – [[Philip Pearlstein]], American soldier and painter (b. 1924) | *[[2022]] – [[Philip Pearlstein]], American soldier and painter (b. 1924) | ||
| *[[2022]] - [[Mike Hodges]], British director (b. 1932) | *[[2022]] - [[Mike Hodges]], British director (b. 1932) | ||
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Art and culture
- 1914 - Harrison Narcotics Tax Act is voted in the United States
- 1989 - Premiere animated television series The Simpsons.
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Births
- 1493 – Paracelsus, Swiss physician and scientist (d. 1541)
- 1770 - (Baptism) - Ludwig van Beethoven, German composer (d. 1827)
- 1830 - Jules de Goncourt, French publisher (d. 1870)
- 1873 - Ford Madox Ford, English writer (d. 1939)
- 1884 - Waldo Peirce, American painter, (b. 1970)
- 1903 - Erskine Caldwell, American author (d. 1987)
- 1907 - Alexandr Hackenschmied Austrian-born photographer and filmmaker (d. 2004)
- 1937 - John Kennedy Toole, American novelist (d. 1969)
- 1939 - Eddie Kendricks, American singer (The Temptations) (d. 1992)
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Deaths
- 1830 - Simón Bolívar, Venezuelan-born liberator, six nations (b. 1783)
- 1833 - Kaspar Hauser, German foundling (b. 1812)
- 1881 – Lewis H. Morgan, American lawyer, anthropologist, and theorist (b. 1818)
- 1897 - Alphonse Daudet, French writer (b. 1840)
- 1987 - Marguerite Yourcenar, Belgian novelist (b. 1903)
- 1949 – Robert Eisler, Austrian Jewish polymath (b. 1882)
- 1999 - Grover Washington, Jr., American saxophonist (b. 1943)
- 2004 - Tom Wesselmann, American pop artist (b. 1931)
- 2020 - Stanley Cowell, American jazz pianist, co-founder of Strata-East Records (b. 1941)
- 2022 – Philip Pearlstein, American soldier and painter (b. 1924)
- 2022 - Mike Hodges, British director (b. 1932)
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