Page 4: Historical Events In December - 17

1894  Arthur Fiedler the conductor of The Boston Pops Orchestra was born on this day in history.   

1894  Cricket day 3 1T Aus v Eng Eng 325 all out, 261 behind on 1st inn on this day in history.   

1894  Arthur Fiedler, Boston Mass, conductor (Boston Pops) on December - 17.   

1895  On December - 17 anti-Saloon League of America formed, Washington, DC   

1895  George Brownell patents a machine to make paper twine (Mass) on December - 17.   

1899  Frederick "Freddy" Roberts, son of Brit field marshal, dies in battle on this day in history.   

1900  On December - 17 first prize of 100,000 francs offered for communications with extraterrestrials. Martians excluded-considered too easy   

1900  On this day in history 1st prize of 100,00 francs offered for communications with extraterrestrials. Martians excluded-considered too easy   

1900  On December - 17 lucijan Marija Skerjanc, Yugoslavia, composer/conductor   

1902  On December - 17 frank Wedekind's "Der Erdgeist," premieres in Berlin   

1902  On December - 17 simon Drach, writer   

1903  On this day in history at 10 35 AM, first sustained motorized aircraft flight (Orville Wright)   

1903  On this day in history the birth of Erskine Caldwell, American novelist   

1903  At 10:35 AM, 1st sustained motorized aircraft flight (Orville Wright) on this day in history.   

1903  Erskine P Caldwell, author (Tobacco Road, God's Little Acre) on December - 17.   

1903  At 10:35 AM, first sustained motorized aircraft flight (Orville Wright) on December - 17.   

1904  Dmitri B Kabalevsky, St Petersburg Russia, composer (In the Fire) [OS] on December - 17.   

1905  Joseph Heifitz, film director on December - 17.   

1906  On this day in history fernando Lopez-Garcia, composer   

1907  On this day in history ugyen Wangchuck became 1st hereditary king of Bhutan   

1907  Kelvin of Largs, [William Thomson], Br physicist (Kelvin), dies at 83 on December - 17.   

1908  Willard Frank Libby, inventor (carbon-14 "atomic clock" (Nobel 1960)) on December - 17.   

1909  Leopold II, king of Belgium, buried in Brussels on this day in history.   

1910  On December - 17 keki Khursedji Tarapore, cricketer (0-72 in his only Test for India)   

1911  William Roerick, actor (Guiding Light) on December - 17.   

1913  On December - 17 stefano Gobatti, composer, dies at 61   

1914  On this day in history jews are expelled from Tel Aviv by Turkish authorities   

1914  Austrian troops beat Russians in Limanova Poland on December - 17.   

1914  On this day in history mushtaq Ali, cricketer (prolific Indian batsman of 30's & 40's)   

1916  On this day in history antoine G T "Toon" Hermans, Dutch entertainer/poet (Kolderliedjes)   

1916  Grigori Efimovich Rasputin, Russian monk, assassinated on December - 17.   

1917  Louis Salvador Palange, composer on this day in history.   

1919  On this day in history austria parliament approves 8-hour day   

1920  On December - 17 british Empire receives League of Nations mandate to Nauru   

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1239  Kujo Yoritsugu, Japanese Shogun (d. 1256) was born on December - 17.   

1267  On December - 17 birth of emperor Go-Uda of Japan (d. 1324)   

1493  Philippus A Paracelsus, Swiss physician/alchemist (Liber paramixum) was born on December - 17.   

1554  On December - 17 birth of ernst of Bayern, prince/bishop of Liege/archbishop of Cologne   

1619  On this day in history birth of ruprecht, prince of Palts/admiral/chemist/engraver/mathematician   

1619  Prince Rupert of the Rhine, commander in the English Civil War (d. 1682) was born on this day in history.   

1632  Anthony Wood, English antiqurian (d. 1695) was born on December - 17.   

1638  On this day in history birth of johann Ulrich Sultzberger, composer   

0535  Death of Emperor Ankan of Japan (b. 466) on December - 17.   

0695  On this day in history begga, ancestress of the Carolingians/saint, dies [or 693]   

0942  On December - 17 death of william Longsword   

1187  On this day in history gregory VIII, [Alberto de Morra], Italian Pope (1187), dies   

1195  On this day in history boudouin V, count of Hainault/Flanders (Boudouin VIII), dies   

1213  On this day in history jean de Matha, French saint, dies at 53   

1273  Death of Rumi (b.1207) on December - 17.   

1471  Isabella of Portugal, duchess of Burgundy, dies on this day in history.