Page 4: Historical Events In August - 17

1896  George Washington Carmack discoveres gold in Klondike region of Yukon on August - 17.   

1896  Henry P de Vries, Dutch painter/poet (Laws of the Americas) on August - 17.   

1896  On this day in history bridget Driscoll, 1st Brit to die in an auto-accident   

1897  W B Purvis patents electric railway switch on this day in history.   

1898  Gerard Schmook, Flemish librarian/historian/custodian on August - 17.   

1898  Carl Johann Adam Zeller, composer, dies at 56 on this day in history.   

1900  On August - 17 quincy Howe, Boston Mass, newscaster (CBS Weekend News)   

1901  Edmond Audran, composer, dies at 61 on this day in history.   

1903  On this day in history joe Pulitzer donated $1 million to Columbia U & begins Pulitzer Prizes   

1903  On August - 17 abram Chasins, composer   

1904  Boston's Jesse Tannehell no-hits Chic White Sox, 6-0 on August - 17.   

1905  Dutch govt of De Master begins on August - 17.   

1905  John Hay Whitney, publisher (NY Herald Trib 1961-67) on August - 17.   

1906  Hazel Bishop, chemist/cosmetics manufacturer on this day in history.   

1907  Bishop forbids Christian membership in Dutch Textile Union on this day in history.   

1907  Marian Viktorovich Koval, composer on August - 17.   

1908  On this day in history bank of Italy opens new HQ at Clay &Montgomery   

1908  On August - 17 b Tarkington & HL Wilson's "Man from Home," premieres in NYC   

1908  Kurt Hessenberg, composer on this day in history.   

1909  Richard Hoffman, composer, dies at 78 on August - 17.   

1910  On this day in history eric Aaltonen, composer   

1911  On August - 17 frederik de Merode, Belgian prince   

1912  On this day in history edgar Fernhout, Dutch painter/son of Charley Toorop   

1913  W. Mark Felt, American Watergate informant on this day in history.   

1914  On August - 17 the Belgian government moves its offices from Brussels to Antwerp.   

1914  On August - 17 french troops under gen de Castelnau occupy Chateau Salins   

1914  Franklin D Roosevelt Jr, son of FDR/(Rep-D-NY, 1949-55) on this day in history.   

1914  On August - 17 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 this day in history.   

1915  German troops over run Kovno Lithuiana on August - 17.   

1915  On August - 17 leo Frank, lynched for raping 12 year old in Georgia   

1916  On August - 17 bulgarian offensive in Macedonia   

1916  On August - 17 eleanor Steber, opera singer   

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1473  On this day in history birth of richard, Duke of York (d. 1483?)   

1578  On this day in history birth of francesco Albani, Italian painter (d. 1660)   

1586  On August - 17 birth of johann V Andreae, German vicar/writer (Christenburg)   

1601  On August - 17 birth of pierre de Fermat, mathematician who needed wider margins [or Aug 20]   

1629  On this day in history birth of king John III of Poland (d. 1696)   

1686  On August - 17 birth of nicola Antonio Porpora, composer   

1720  On this day in history birth of charles D J Eisen, French engraver/painter (Contes de La Fontaine)   

1753  On August - 17 birth of josef Dobrovský, Czech linguist (d. 1828)   

0754  Karloman, abbot of Monte cassino, dies at >39 on August - 17.   

1153  Death of Eustace IV of Boulogne, son of Stephen of England (b. 1130) on August - 17.   

1304  On August - 17 death of emperor Go-Fukakusa of Japan (b. 1243)   

1464  On this day in history nikolaus von Cusa, German theologist/mathematician/philosopher, dies   

1510  On this day in history death of edmund Dudley, English treasurer, beheaded   

1536  Death of Pietersz, book publisher (Kersten Knight on this day in history.   

1553  On this day in history charles III, Duke of Savoy, dies   

1635  On August - 17 francisco de Moncada, Spanish earl of Osuna, dies at 48