Page 4: Historical Events In August - 17

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

1896  On August - 17 henry P de Vries, Dutch painter/poet (Laws of the Americas)   

1896  Bridget Driscoll, 1st Brit to die in an auto-accident on August - 17.   

1897  On August - 17 w B Purvis patents electric railway switch   

1898  Gerard Schmook, Flemish librarian/historian/custodian on this day in history.   

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

1900  Quincy Howe, Boston Mass, newscaster (CBS Weekend News) on this day in history.   

1901  On this day in history edmond Audran, composer, dies at 61   

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 this day in history.   

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

1905  John Hay Whitney, publisher (NY Herald Trib 1961-67) on this day in history.   

1906  On August - 17 hazel Bishop, chemist/cosmetics manufacturer   

1907  Bishop forbids Christian membership in Dutch Textile Union on August - 17.   

1907  Marian Viktorovich Koval, composer on August - 17.   

1908  Bank of Italy opens new HQ at Clay &Montgomery on August - 17.   

1908  B Tarkington & HL Wilson's "Man from Home," premieres in NYC on August - 17.   

1908  On August - 17 kurt Hessenberg, composer   

1909  On this day in history richard Hoffman, composer, dies at 78   

1910  Eric Aaltonen, composer on this day in history.   

1911  On August - 17 frederik de Merode, Belgian prince   

1912  Edgar Fernhout, Dutch painter/son of Charley Toorop on this day in history.   

1913  On this day in history w. Mark Felt, American Watergate informant   

1914  On this day in history the Belgian government moves its offices from Brussels to Antwerp.   

1914  On this day in history french troops under gen de Castelnau occupy Chateau Salins   

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

1914  James Grierson, British general on this day in history.   

1915  On this day in history 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  On this day in history german troops over run Kovno Lithuiana   

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

1916  On this day in history bulgarian offensive in Macedonia   

1916  Eleanor Steber, opera singer on this day in history.   

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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  Johann V Andreae, German vicar/writer (Christenburg) was born on August - 17.   

1601  Pierre de Fermat, mathematician who needed wider margins [or Aug 20] was born on this day in history.   

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

1686  On this day in history 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  Josef Dobrovský, Czech linguist (d. 1828) was born on this day in history.   

0754  Karloman, abbot of Monte cassino, dies at >39 on this day in history.   

1153  On August - 17 death of eustace IV of Boulogne, son of Stephen of England (b. 1130)   

1304  Death of Emperor Go-Fukakusa of Japan (b. 1243) on this day in history.   

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

1510  On August - 17 death of edmund Dudley, English treasurer, beheaded   

1536  On August - 17 death of pietersz, book publisher (Kersten Knight   

1553  On August - 17 charles III, Duke of Savoy, dies   

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