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..."Time takes it all, whether you want it to or not. Time takes it all, time bears it away, and in the end there is only darkness. Sometimes we find others in that darkness, and sometimes we lose them there again." Stephen King — Click here for more from Stephen King Related posts: 2 October 1967 20 October 1967 Categories: History Tags: 17 December, 1967