December 17

December 17 is the 351st day of the year (352nd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. It is preceded by December 16, and succeeded by December 18. Following December 17, there are 14 days in the year.

Blavatsky's Gem of the Day

"If you examine a man that has been well-disciplined and purified by philosophy, you will find nothing that is unsound, false, or foul in him."

Events

• 1878 – Helena Petrovna Blavatsky and Henry Steel Olcott left New York for India.
• 1882 – Mme. Blavatsky and Col. Olcott left Bombay to establish the new Headquarters at Adyar, Madras.
• 1884 – Mme. Blavatsky arrived at Madras after her visit to Europe and received a tumultuous reception. She spoke at a Pachaiappa's Hall packed with supporters, declaring that Emma Coulomb's letters, as they stand, had not been written by her.

Births

• YEAR – NAME, SOMETHING ABOUT PERSON (d. YEAR) - THIS IS JUST AN EXAMPLE

Deaths

• YEAR – NAME, SOMETHING ABOUT PERSON (b. YEAR) - THIS IS JUST AN EXAMPLE

Holidays and observances

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External links

• This Date in Wikipedia