Historical Events In December - 17
Friday, 03 July 2020
1894 On December - 17 arthur Fiedler the conductor of The Boston Pops Orchestra was born
1894 Cricket day 3 1T Aus v Eng Eng 325 all out, 261 behind on 1st inn on this day in history.
1894 On this day in history arthur Fiedler, Boston Mass, conductor (Boston Pops)
1895 On this day in history 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 December - 17.
1900 First prize of 100,000 francs offered for communications with extraterrestrials. Martians excluded-considered too easy on December - 17.
1900 On this day in history 1st prize of 100,00 francs offered for communications with extraterrestrials. Martians excluded-considered too easy
1900 On this day in history lucijan Marija Skerjanc, Yugoslavia, composer/conductor
1902 Frank Wedekind's "Der Erdgeist," premieres in Berlin on December - 17.
1902 On this day in history simon Drach, writer
1903 At 10 35 AM, first sustained motorized aircraft flight (Orville Wright) on December - 17.
1903 The birth of Erskine Caldwell, American novelist on December - 17.
1903 At 10:35 AM, 1st sustained motorized aircraft flight (Orville Wright) on December - 17.
1903 On December - 17 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 Dmitri B Kabalevsky, St Petersburg Russia, composer (In the Fire) [OS] on December - 17.
1905 Joseph Heifitz, film director on December - 17.
1906 Fernando Lopez-Garcia, composer on this day in history.
1907 Ugyen Wangchuck became 1st hereditary king of Bhutan on December - 17.
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 On this day in history leopold II, king of Belgium, buried in Brussels
1910 Keki Khursedji Tarapore, cricketer (0-72 in his only Test for India) on December - 17.
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 On this day in history austrian troops beat Russians in Limanova Poland
1914 Mushtaq Ali, cricketer (prolific Indian batsman of 30's & 40's) on this day in history.
1916 Antoine G T "Toon" Hermans, Dutch entertainer/poet (Kolderliedjes) on this day in history.
1916 Grigori Efimovich Rasputin, Russian monk, assassinated on December - 17.
1917 Louis Salvador Palange, composer on December - 17.
1919 On December - 17 austria parliament approves 8-hour day
1920 On this day in history british Empire receives League of Nations mandate to Nauru
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