Historical Events In December - 17
Sunday, 28 November 2021
1894 On December - 17 arthur Fiedler the conductor of The Boston Pops Orchestra was born
1894 On December - 17 cricket day 3 1T Aus v Eng Eng 325 all out, 261 behind on 1st inn
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 On December - 17 george Brownell patents a machine to make paper twine (Mass)
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 1st prize of 100,00 francs offered for communications with extraterrestrials. Martians excluded-considered too easy on December - 17.
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 December - 17 simon Drach, writer
1903 At 10 35 AM, first sustained motorized aircraft flight (Orville Wright) on this day in history.
1903 The birth of Erskine Caldwell, American novelist on this day in history.
1903 On December - 17 at 10:35 AM, 1st sustained motorized aircraft flight (Orville Wright)
1903 On December - 17 erskine P Caldwell, author (Tobacco Road, God's Little Acre)
1903 On this day in history at 10:35 AM, first sustained motorized aircraft flight (Orville Wright)
1904 On this day in history dmitri B Kabalevsky, St Petersburg Russia, composer (In the Fire) [OS]
1905 On this day in history joseph Heifitz, film director
1906 Fernando Lopez-Garcia, composer on this day in history.
1907 On December - 17 ugyen Wangchuck became 1st hereditary king of Bhutan
1907 Kelvin of Largs, [William Thomson], Br physicist (Kelvin), dies at 83 on this day in history.
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 Keki Khursedji Tarapore, cricketer (0-72 in his only Test for India) on December - 17.
1911 William Roerick, actor (Guiding Light) on this day in history.
1913 On December - 17 stefano Gobatti, composer, dies at 61
1914 Jews are expelled from Tel Aviv by Turkish authorities on this day in history.
1914 Austrian troops beat Russians in Limanova Poland on this day in history.
1914 On this day in history mushtaq Ali, cricketer (prolific Indian batsman of 30's & 40's)
1916 Antoine G T "Toon" Hermans, Dutch entertainer/poet (Kolderliedjes) on December - 17.
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 On December - 17 british Empire receives League of Nations mandate to Nauru
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