Page 4: Historical Events In August - 17

1896  On August - 17 george Washington Carmack discoveres gold in Klondike region of Yukon   

1896  On this day in history 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  W B Purvis patents electric railway switch on August - 17.   

1898  On this day in history gerard Schmook, Flemish librarian/historian/custodian   

1898  On this day in history carl Johann Adam Zeller, composer, dies at 56   

1900  Quincy Howe, Boston Mass, newscaster (CBS Weekend News) on August - 17.   

1901  On August - 17 edmond Audran, composer, dies at 61   

1903  Joe Pulitzer donated $1 million to Columbia U & begins Pulitzer Prizes on this day in history.   

1903  Abram Chasins, composer on August - 17.   

1904  On this day in history boston's Jesse Tannehell no-hits Chic White Sox, 6-0   

1905  Dutch govt of De Master begins on this day in history.   

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

1906  On this day in history hazel Bishop, chemist/cosmetics manufacturer   

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

1907  Marian Viktorovich Koval, composer on this day in history.   

1908  Bank of Italy opens new HQ at Clay &Montgomery on this day in history.   

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

1908  On August - 17 kurt Hessenberg, composer   

1909  On August - 17 richard Hoffman, composer, dies at 78   

1910  Eric Aaltonen, composer on August - 17.   

1911  On August - 17 frederik de Merode, Belgian prince   

1912  Edgar Fernhout, Dutch painter/son of Charley Toorop on August - 17.   

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 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 August - 17.   

1914  On this day in history james Grierson, British general   

1915  Mob lynches Jewish businessman Leo Frank in Cobb County, Ga after death sentence for murder of 13-year-old girl commuted to life on August - 17.   

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 August - 17.   

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

1915  Leo Frank, lynched for raping 12 year old in Georgia on this day in history.   

1916  On August - 17 bulgarian offensive in Macedonia   

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

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1473  On August - 17 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 this day in history.   

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

1629  King John III of Poland (d. 1696) was born on this day in history.   

1686  Nicola Antonio Porpora, composer was born on this day in history.   

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

1753  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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  Death of Edmund Dudley, English treasurer, beheaded on August - 17.   

1536  On this day in history death of pietersz, book publisher (Kersten Knight   

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

1635  Francisco de Moncada, Spanish earl of Osuna, dies at 48 on August - 17.