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2025-12-17

Top reads and historical moments for this date. 5 min read

Rob Reiner

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Robert Reiner was an American filmmaker and actor. He directed a series of acclaimed studio films in a career that spanned comedy, drama, romance, and documentary. Reiner received numerous accolades, including winning two Primetime Emmy Awards and a Hugo Award, as well as nominations for an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award…

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.xxx is a sponsored top-level domain (sTLD) intended as a voluntary option for pornographic sites on the Internet. The s…

Dhurandhar

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Dhurandhar is a 2025 Indian Hindi-language spy action thriller film written, co-produced, and directed by Aditya Dhar. I…

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2025 Bondi Beach shooting

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Penny Marshall

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Susie Wiles

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Lists of deaths by year

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On This Day

10 events

2016

2016_Irkutsk_mass_methanol_poisoning

The first victims of a mass methanol poisoning which eventually killed over 70 inhabitants of Irkutsk, Russia, began arriving at hospitals.

2010

Arab_Spring

Arab Spring: Mohamed Bouazizi, a street vendor in Sidi Bouzid, set himself on fire in protest against police harassment, triggering the Tunisian revolution.

1990

LGBTQ_movements

American gay rights activist William E. Woods brought three same-sex couples to fill out marriage licenses in Honolulu.

1983

The_Troubles

The Troubles: The Provisional Irish Republican Army detonated a car bomb outside Harrods in London, killing six people and injuring about 90 others.

1970

December_1970_protests_in_Poland

Polish soldiers fired at workers (memorial pictured) emerging from trains in Gdynia, beginning the government's crackdown on mass anti-communist protests across the country.

1967

Harold_Holt

Harold Holt, the prime minister of Australia, disappeared while swimming near Portsea, Victoria; his body was never recovered.

1951

Civil_Rights_Congress

The Civil Rights Congress presented a document to the United Nations Genocide Convention charging the United States government with genocide against African Americans.

1948

Finnish_Security_and_Intelligence_Service

The Finnish Security Police was established to remove communist leadership from its predecessor, the State Police.

1945

Flag_of_Kurdistan

The modern flag of Kurdistan was raised for the first time in Mahabad, Iran.

1944

Joachim_Peiper

Nazi troops under Joachim Peiper killed unarmed prisoners of war, captured during the Battle of the Bulge, with machine guns near Malmedy, Belgium.