What Happened On December 17

What Happened On Dec 17 Timeline

2009 Dec 17 Senator Ben Nelson Rejects Abortion Compromise in Health Care Bill
Another potential obstacle for Reid is moderate Democrat Ben Nelson of Nebraska, who on Thursday rejected compromise abortion language in the health care bill. Nelson has said he cannot s...
2009 Dec 17 Senator Franken Shuts Down Senator Lieberman as Tensions Rise Amidst Health Care Debate
"I must say that I don't know what's happening here in this body but I think it's wrong" —Senator McCain
2009 Dec 17 Tiger Woods' wife to file for divorce
Tiger Woods' wife, Elin Nordegren, will seek a divorce from the world's No. 1 golfer, ABCNews.com is reporting. A source close to Nordegren told the website Wednesday that a "divorce i...
2010 Dec 17 Don Van Vliet, aka 'Captain Beefheart', Dies
Don Van Vliet, who became a rock legend as Captain Beefheart, died today from complications from multiple sclerosis in California. His passing was announced by the New York-based Michael ...
2010 Dec 17 Mohamed Bouazizi sets himself on fire, triggering mass anti-government protests across Tunisia
It started with a young man who set himself on fire, acting out of desperation after police confiscated the fruits and vegetables he sold without a permit. Mohamed Bouazizi was a 26-ye...
2011 Dec 17 Kim Jong-il Dies
Kim Jong-il, the North Korean leader who realized his family’s dream of turning his starving, isolated country into a nuclear-weapons power even as it sank further into despotism, died on...