On this day: December 17
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.
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.
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