Page 4: Historical Events In August - 17

1896  On this day in history george Washington Carmack discoveres gold in Klondike region of Yukon   

1896  On this day in history henry P de Vries, Dutch painter/poet (Laws of the Americas)   

1896  On August - 17 bridget Driscoll, 1st Brit to die in an auto-accident   

1897  On August - 17 w B Purvis patents electric railway switch   

1898  On this day in history gerard Schmook, Flemish librarian/historian/custodian   

1898  On August - 17 carl Johann Adam Zeller, composer, dies at 56   

1900  On August - 17 quincy Howe, Boston Mass, newscaster (CBS Weekend News)   

1901  On August - 17 edmond Audran, composer, dies at 61   

1903  On August - 17 joe Pulitzer donated $1 million to Columbia U & begins Pulitzer Prizes   

1903  Abram Chasins, composer on this day in history.   

1904  Boston's Jesse Tannehell no-hits Chic White Sox, 6-0 on this day in history.   

1905  Dutch govt of De Master begins on this day in history.   

1905  John Hay Whitney, publisher (NY Herald Trib 1961-67) on this day in history.   

1906  Hazel Bishop, chemist/cosmetics manufacturer on August - 17.   

1907  Bishop forbids Christian membership in Dutch Textile Union on this day in history.   

1907  On this day in history marian Viktorovich Koval, composer   

1908  On this day in history bank of Italy opens new HQ at Clay &Montgomery   

1908  On this day in history b Tarkington & HL Wilson's "Man from Home," premieres in NYC   

1908  On August - 17 kurt Hessenberg, composer   

1909  Richard Hoffman, composer, dies at 78 on August - 17.   

1910  On August - 17 eric Aaltonen, composer   

1911  On August - 17 frederik de Merode, Belgian prince   

1912  Edgar Fernhout, Dutch painter/son of Charley Toorop on August - 17.   

1913  On August - 17 w. Mark Felt, American Watergate informant   

1914  The Belgian government moves its offices from Brussels to Antwerp on August - 17.   

1914  French troops under gen de Castelnau occupy Chateau Salins on August - 17.   

1914  Franklin D Roosevelt Jr, son of FDR/(Rep-D-NY, 1949-55) on this day in history.   

1914  James Grierson, British general on August - 17.   

1915  Mob lynches Jewish businessman Leo Frank in Cobb County, Ga after death sentence for murder of 13-year-old girl commuted to life on August - 17.   

1915  On August - 17 sS Glenby, this Ropner ship was sunk by gunfire from a U boat St. George's Channel. The Germans then machine gunned the survivors in the life boats, killing two and seriously wounding two others   

1915  German troops over run Kovno Lithuiana on this day in history.   

1915  Leo Frank, lynched for raping 12 year old in Georgia on August - 17.   

1916  On August - 17 bulgarian offensive in Macedonia   

1916  Eleanor Steber, opera singer on August - 17.   

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1473  On this day in history birth of richard, Duke of York (d. 1483?)   

1578  Francesco Albani, Italian painter (d. 1660) was born on August - 17.   

1586  On August - 17 birth of johann V Andreae, German vicar/writer (Christenburg)   

1601  On this day in history birth of pierre de Fermat, mathematician who needed wider margins [or Aug 20]   

1629  On this day in history birth of king John III of Poland (d. 1696)   

1686  On August - 17 birth of nicola Antonio Porpora, composer   

1720  Charles D J Eisen, French engraver/painter (Contes de La Fontaine) was born on this day in history.   

1753  Josef Dobrovský, Czech linguist (d. 1828) was born on August - 17.   

0754  On this day in history karloman, abbot of Monte cassino, dies at >39   

1153  On August - 17 death of eustace IV of Boulogne, son of Stephen of England (b. 1130)   

1304  On August - 17 death of emperor Go-Fukakusa of Japan (b. 1243)   

1464  On August - 17 nikolaus von Cusa, German theologist/mathematician/philosopher, dies   

1510  Death of Edmund Dudley, English treasurer, beheaded on August - 17.   

1536  On August - 17 death of pietersz, book publisher (Kersten Knight   

1553  Charles III, Duke of Savoy, dies on this day in history.   

1635  Francisco de Moncada, Spanish earl of Osuna, dies at 48 on August - 17.