On this day: December 17
POSTED: 01:50 PM PST Dec 14, 2012
UPDATED: 11:00 PM PST Dec 16, 2012
France recognizes America as a nation, the Wright brothers take flight, Tiny Tim marries Miss Vicki in front of millions of TV viewers, and Kim Jong-il dies, all on this day.
Courtesy of Newsweek
1975: Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme is found guilty by a federal jury in Sacramento, Calif., for trying to assassinate U.S. President Gerald Ford on Sept. 5. She would be sentenced to life in prison, but was paroled from a Texas prison hospital on Aug. 14, 2009, after more than three decades behind bars.
