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Today is Monday, December 17 the 351st day of 2018. There are 14 days left in the year.
1718 — England declares war on Spain
1777 — France recognizes independence of English colonies in America
1777 — George Washington’s army returns to Valley Forge
1792 — Opening of first legislative assembly of Lower Canada in Quebec City
1821 — Kentucky abolishes debtors prisons
1865 — Franz Schubert’s “Unvolendete Symphony” premieres
1907 — Ugyen Wangchuck became first hereditary king of Bhutan
1909 — Leopold II, king of Belgium, buried in Brussels
1914 — Jews are expelled from Tel Aviv by Turkish authorities
1914 — Austrian troops beat Russians in Limanova Poland
