Famous Birthdays In December - 17

1848  On December - 17 birth of frederick Grant Gleason, composer  

1853  Herbert Beerbohm Tree, England, actor/theater manager (Trilby) was born on December - 17.  

1853  Émile Roux, French physician (d. 1933) was born on this day in history.  

1859  Paul César Helleu, French artist (d. 1927) was born on December - 17.  

1861  On this day in history birth of fritz Volbach, German musicologist/conductor/composer  

1863  On December - 17 birth of ion Vidu, composer  

1864  John Felix August Korling, composer was born on this day in history.  

1869  On this day in history birth of nikolay Ivanovich Kazanli, composer  

1873  Ford Madox Ford, England, novelist/editor (Inheritors) was born on December - 17.  

1874  William Lyon Mackenzie King, (L), 10th Canadian PM (1921-30, 1935-48) was born on December - 17.  

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1881  Aubrey Faulkner, cricketer (great S Afr all-rounder early 20th cent) was born on this day in history.  

1881  Johannes CB "Jan" Sluyters, Dutch painter was born on December - 17.  

1883  On December - 17 birth of raimu, French actor (d. 1946)  

1887  Josef Lada, Czech painter (d. 1957) was born on this day in history.  

1887  On this day in history birth of hermine Reuss, Empress of Germany and Duchess of Bohemia (d. 1947)  

1888  On this day in history birth of king Alexander I of Yugoslavia (d. 1934)  

1891  Robertson Hare, London England, actor (Our Girl Friday, Banana Ridge) was born on December - 17.  

1892  Sam Barry, American basketball coach (d. 1950) was born on December - 17.  

1893  On this day in history birth of erwin Piscator, German stage director (Der Stellvertreter)  

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

1894  On this day in history birth of hans Henny Jahnn, writer  

1894  Hans [Henry] Kramers, Dutch theoretical physicist (quantum mechanics) was born on this day in history.  

1894  Willem Schermerhorn, Neth premier (1945-46) was born on this day in history.  

1895  David Butler, SF CA, director (April in Paris, Calamity Jane) was born on December - 17.  

1900  Lucijan Marija Skerjanc, Yugoslavia, composer/conductor was born on December - 17.  

1900  On this day in history birth of mary Cartwright, English mathematician (d. 1998)  

1900  On December - 17 birth of katina Paxinou, Greek actress (d. 1973)  

1902  On December - 17 birth of simon Drach, writer  

1903  On December - 17 birth of erskine P Caldwell, author (Tobacco Road, God's Little Acre)  

1903  On this day in history birth of ray Noble, English bandleader and actor (d. 1978)  

1904  On this day in history birth of dmitri B Kabalevsky, St Petersburg Russia, composer (In the Fire) [OS]  

1904  On December - 17 birth of paul Cadmus, NYC, etcher/painter (Sailors & Floozies)  

1905  On December - 17 birth of joseph Heifitz, film director  

1905  Simo Häyhä, Finnish sniper (d. 2002) was born on December - 17.  

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0535  On this day in history death of emperor Ankan of Japan (b. 466)  

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

0942  On this day in history death of william Longsword  

1187  Gregory VIII, [Alberto de Morra], Italian Pope (1187), dies on this day in history.  

1195  Boudouin V, count of Hainault/Flanders (Boudouin VIII), dies on December - 17.  

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

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

1471  On December - 17 isabella of Portugal, duchess of Burgundy, dies