This Happened Today, December 17…
1862- General Ulysses S. Grant issues order #11, expelling Jews from Tennessee.
1978- Manny Pacquiao, boxer, was born in the Philippines.
1986- American mafia hit-man Richard Kuklinski is arrested at a roadblock.
2003- Otto Graham, NFL Quarterback, died due to a heart aneurysm.
2013- Angela Merkel is elected Chancellor of Germany for a third term.