This Day in History: Dec. 17

season 2 couple Brittany and Yazan. The two made an appearance via Zoom along with their translator on discovery+'s new streaming show, , and it's safe to say their breakup wasn't amicable.During the season finale that aired in November, Brittany asked Yazan to move to the United States to be with her and he agreed.

Also on this day:  Edward the Confessor, King of England, dies after a reign of nearly 24 years. Catherine de Medici of France dies at age 69.

Also on this day: Utah is admitted as the 45th state.The U.S. Supreme Court, in Gonzalez v.

As of late Saturday, the nation has surpassed 350,000 deaths from coronavirus. At least 350,214 deaths have been reported since the start of the pandemic, Johns Hopkins University said.

Also on this day:  The first classes begin at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. U.S.

Instagram page and blog, has died aged 36.Emily was pregnant with her fifth child and was having breakfast, three days before Christmas, when she "suddenly became unresponsive".A GoFundMe page has been set up by her family in the wake of her tragic passing, in which her unborn baby also died.The page detailed that Emily's husband Joseph, and other family members, did their best to help her as they waited for paramedics to arrive to their home at Rhode Island in the United States.The message on

Also on this day: The first edition of the Gothic novel "Frankenstein" by English author Mary Shelley is published anonymously in London.The Ellis Island Immigrant Station in New York formally opens. Country singer Hank Williams Sr., 29, is found dead in the back seat of his car during a stop in Oak Hill, West Va., while he was being driven to a concert date in Canton, Ohio.

Twitter.A representative for Quinones did not immediately respond to TheWrap’s request for comment.Also Read: Howard Rubenstein, Public Relations Legend, Dies at 88Shabba-Doo earlier this week posted on Instagram that he was feeling sick but that he had tested negative for COVID-19.Born and raised in Chicago, Shabba-Doo was a dancer of Puerto Rican and African American descent and joined up with Basil, Don “Campbellock” Campbell and Fred “Rerun” Berry as one of the members of The Original

Also on this day:  British troops burn Buffalo, N.Y., during the War of 1812.The United States and Mexico sign a treaty under which the U.S. agrees to buy some 45,000 square miles of land from Mexico for $10 million in a deal known as the Gadsden Purchase.

Also on this day: Thomas Becket, the Archbishop of Canterbury, is slain in Canterbury Cathedral by knights loyal to King Henry II.Andrew Johnson, the 17th president of the United States, is born in Raleigh, N.C.Texas is admitted as the 28th state.The massacre on Wounded Knee takes place in South Dakota as an estimated 300 Sioux Indians are killed by U.S.

Also on this day: Italian astronomer Galileo Galilei observes the planet Neptune, but mistakes it for a star. (Neptune wouldn't officially be discovered until 1846 by Johann Gottfried Galle.)Queen Mary II of England dies after more than five years of joint rule with her husband, King William III.John C.

President Franklin D. Roosevelt appoints Gen.

Also on this day:  French army officer Alfred Dreyfus is convicted of treason in a court-martial that triggers worldwide charges of anti-Semitism. (Dreyfus would be vindicated eventually.) Mother Frances Xavier Cabrini, who would brcome the first naturalized U.S.

Paula Abdul is pretty much just like Us.The singer’s daily life consists of doing regular activities such as working out, cooking and spending quality time with her dogs.When it comes to staying fit, the 58-year-old star enjoys yoga and Pilates.“There are certain workouts [that] just live on my calendar — yoga, Pilates, dance and dance fitness — then there’s what I like to call my ‘freestyle fitness,’” the former American Idol judge said in an interview with She Knows in 2019.

Also on this day: During the American Revolutionary War, Gen. George Washington leads his army of about 11,000 men to Valley Forge, Pa., to camp for the winter.A coal mine explosion in Jacobs Creek, Pa.

Yes, “Die Hard” is a Christmas movie.

Also on this day: The 13th Amendment to the Constitution, abolishing slavery, is declared in effect by Secretary of State William H. Seward.

Also on this day: George Washington, the first president of the United States, dies at his Mount Vernon, Va., home at age 67. Alabama joins the Union as the 22nd state.