17 December 1967 December 16, 2011 Author: Staff The Prime Minister of Australia Harold Holt disappears while swimming near Portsea, Victoria and is assumed to have drowned. Famous Words of Inspiration..."Absence diminishes mediocre passions and increases great ones, as the wind extinguishes candles and fans fires." Francois de La Rochefoucauld — Click here for more from Francois de La Rochefoucauld Related posts: 2 October 1967 20 October 1967 Categories: History Tags: 17 December, 1967