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 December - 17.   

1894  On December - 17 arthur Fiedler, Boston Mass, conductor (Boston Pops)   

1895  Anti-Saloon League of America formed, Washington, DC on this day in history.   

1895  On this day in history george Brownell patents a machine to make paper twine (Mass)   

1899  Frederick "Freddy" Roberts, son of Brit field marshal, dies in battle on December - 17.   

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

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

1900  Lucijan Marija Skerjanc, Yugoslavia, composer/conductor on this day in history.   

1902  Frank Wedekind's "Der Erdgeist," premieres in Berlin on December - 17.   

1902  Simon Drach, writer on December - 17.   

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

1903  On December - 17 the birth of Erskine Caldwell, American novelist   

1903  On December - 17 at 10:35 AM, 1st sustained motorized aircraft flight (Orville Wright)   

1903  On this day in history erskine P Caldwell, author (Tobacco Road, God's Little Acre)   

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

1904  On December - 17 dmitri B Kabalevsky, St Petersburg Russia, composer (In the Fire) [OS]   

1905  Joseph Heifitz, film director on this day in history.   

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

1907  Ugyen Wangchuck became 1st hereditary king of Bhutan on December - 17.   

1907  On this day in history kelvin of Largs, [William Thomson], Br physicist (Kelvin), dies at 83   

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

1909  Leopold II, king of Belgium, buried in Brussels on December - 17.   

1910  Keki Khursedji Tarapore, cricketer (0-72 in his only Test for India) on December - 17.   

1911  On December - 17 william Roerick, actor (Guiding Light)   

1913  On this day in history stefano Gobatti, composer, dies at 61   

1914  Jews are expelled from Tel Aviv by Turkish authorities on December - 17.   

1914  On December - 17 austrian troops beat Russians in Limanova Poland   

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  On this day in history grigori Efimovich Rasputin, Russian monk, assassinated   

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

1919  Austria parliament approves 8-hour day on this day in history.   

1920  British Empire receives League of Nations mandate to Nauru on this day in history.   

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1239  Kujo Yoritsugu, Japanese Shogun (d. 1256) was born on this day in history.   

1267  On this day in history birth of emperor Go-Uda of Japan (d. 1324)   

1493  On this day in history birth of philippus A Paracelsus, Swiss physician/alchemist (Liber paramixum)   

1554  Ernst of Bayern, prince/bishop of Liege/archbishop of Cologne was born on this day in history.   

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 December - 17.   

1632  On December - 17 birth of anthony Wood, English antiqurian (d. 1695)   

1638  On December - 17 birth of johann Ulrich Sultzberger, composer   

0535  Death of Emperor Ankan of Japan (b. 466) on this day in history.   

0695  Begga, ancestress of the Carolingians/saint, dies [or 693] on December - 17.   

0942  On December - 17 death of william Longsword   

1187  Gregory VIII, [Alberto de Morra], Italian Pope (1187), dies on December - 17.   

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

1213  On December - 17 jean de Matha, French saint, dies at 53   

1273  On December - 17 death of rumi (b.1207)   

1471  Isabella of Portugal, duchess of Burgundy, dies on December - 17.