Historical Events In August - 17
Thursday, 28 March 2024
1896 On this day in history george Washington Carmack discoveres gold in Klondike region of Yukon
1896 Henry P de Vries, Dutch painter/poet (Laws of the Americas) on this day in history.
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 Gerard Schmook, Flemish librarian/historian/custodian on this day in history.
1898 On August - 17 carl Johann Adam Zeller, composer, dies at 56
1900 On this day in history 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 August - 17.
1904 On August - 17 boston's Jesse Tannehell no-hits Chic White Sox, 6-0
1905 Dutch govt of De Master begins on this day in history.
1905 On this day in history john Hay Whitney, publisher (NY Herald Trib 1961-67)
1906 On August - 17 hazel Bishop, chemist/cosmetics manufacturer
1907 On August - 17 bishop forbids Christian membership in Dutch Textile Union
1907 Marian Viktorovich Koval, composer on this day in history.
1908 On this day in history bank of Italy opens new HQ at Clay &Montgomery
1908 B Tarkington & HL Wilson's "Man from Home," premieres in NYC on this day in history.
1908 On this day in history kurt Hessenberg, composer
1909 Richard Hoffman, composer, dies at 78 on August - 17.
1910 On this day in history eric Aaltonen, composer
1911 On this day in history frederik de Merode, Belgian prince
1912 On August - 17 edgar Fernhout, Dutch painter/son of Charley Toorop
1913 On August - 17 w. Mark Felt, American Watergate informant
1914 On this day in history the Belgian government moves its offices from Brussels to Antwerp.
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 August - 17.
1914 On this day in history james Grierson, British general
1915 On August - 17 mob lynches Jewish businessman Leo Frank in Cobb County, Ga after death sentence for murder of 13-year-old girl commuted to life
1915 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 on August - 17.
1915 German troops over run Kovno Lithuiana on this day in history.
1915 Leo Frank, lynched for raping 12 year old in Georgia on this day in history.
1916 Bulgarian offensive in Macedonia on this day in history.
1916 On this day in history eleanor Steber, opera singer
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