On This Day:
Tuesday December 17, 2013 This is the 351st day of the year, with 14 days remaining in 2013. Fact of the Day: bathroom classifications Bathrooms are classified into four sizes. A half bath has a toilet and sink only, while a three-quarter bath has a toilet, sink, and shower. A full bath has a toilet and sink, a tub with shower, and some storage space. A master bath has a toilet, a single or double sink (usually with a vanity), a large tub and separate shower, storage space, and a makeup table.
Holidays Feast day of St. Lazarus, St. Sturmi, St. Begga, St. Wivina, and St. Olympias.
Bhutan: National Day.
Pan American Aviation Day.
Wright Brothers Day.
Events 1777 - France recognized American independence.
1903 - Orville Wright and Wilbur Wright went on the first successful manned and self-propelled airplane flights, at Kill Devil Hills near Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.
1957 - The United States successfully test-fired the Atlas intercontinental ballistic missile.
1969 - An estimated 50 million TV viewers watched singer Tiny Tim marry his fiancee, Miss Vicky, on NBC's "Tonight Show."
1989 - "The Simpsons" premieres on TV.
1996 - Kofi Annan of Ghana was appointed United Nations Secretary-General.
Births 1778 - Humphry Davy, English chemist and inventor.
1807 - John Greenleaf Whittier, American poet, abolitionist, reformer, and founder of the Liberal Party.
1894 - Arthur Fiedler, American, conductor Boston Pops Orchestra.
1908 - Willard Frank Libby, American chemist who won a Nobel Prize for his part in creating the carbon-14 method of dating artifacts.
Deaths 1830 - Simón Bolívar, South American revolutionary leader and statesman.
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