Page 4: Historical Events In December - 17

1894  Arthur Fiedler the conductor of The Boston Pops Orchestra was born.   

1894  Cricket day 3 1T Aus v Eng Eng 325 all out, 261 behind on 1st inn   

1894  Arthur Fiedler, Boston Mass, conductor (Boston Pops).   

1895  Anti-Saloon League of America formed, Washington, DC.   

1895  George Brownell patents a machine to make paper twine (Mass).   

1899  Frederick "Freddy" Roberts, son of Brit field marshal, dies in battle   

1900  inaugural prize of 100000 francs offered for communications with extraterrestrials. Martians excluded-considered too easy.   

1900  1st prize of 10000 francs offered for communications with extraterrestrials. Martians excluded-considered too easy   

1900  Lucijan Marija Skerjanc, Yugoslavia, composer/conductor   

1902  Frank Wedekind's "Der Erdgeist," premieres in Berlin   

1902  Simon Drach, writer   

1903  At 10 35 AM, inaugural sustained motorized aircraft flight (Orville Wright).   

1903  Erskine Caldwell, American novelist is born   

1903  At 10:35 AM, 1st sustained motorized aircraft flight (Orville Wright)   

1903  Erskine P Caldwell, author (Tobacco Road, God's Little Acre).   

1903  At 10:35 AM, inaugural sustained motorized aircraft flight (Orville Wright)   

1904  Dmitri B Kabalevsky, St Petersburg Russia, composer (In the Fire) [OS]   

1905  Joseph Heifitz, film director.   

1906  Fernando Lopez-Garcia, composer   

1907  Ugyen Wangchuck became 1st hereditary king of Bhutan.   

1907  Kelvin of Largs, [William Thomson], Br physicist (Kelvin), dies at 83   

1908  Willard Frank Libby, inventor (carbon-14 "atomic clock" (Nobel 1960)).   

1909  Leopold II, king of Belgium, buried in Brussels.   

1910  Keki Khursedji Tarapore, cricketer (0-72 in his only Test for India)   

1911  William Roerick, actor (Guiding Light).   

1913  Stefano Gobatti, composer, dies at 61   

1914  Jews are expelled from Tel Aviv by Turkish authorities   

1914  Austrian troops beat Russians in Limanova Poland.   

1914  Mushtaq Ali, cricketer (prolific Indian batsman of 30's and 40's)   

1916  Antoine G T "Toon" Hermans, Dutch entertainer/poet (Kolderliedjes)   

1916  Grigori Efimovich Rasputin, Russian monk, assassinated   

1917  Louis Salvador Palange, composer.   

1919  Austria parliament approves 8-hour day.   

1920  British Empire receives League of Nations mandate to Nauru   

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1239  Kujo yoritsugu: Japanese shogun   

1267  Emperor go-uda of japan: Emperor go-uda of japan (d. 1324)   

1493  Philippus a paracelsus: Swiss physician/alchemist (liber paramixum)   

1554  Ernst of bayern: Prince/bishop of liege/archbishop of cologne   

1619  Ruprecht: Prince of palts/admiral/chemist/engraver/mathematician   

1619  Prince rupert of the rhine: Commander in the english civil war   

1632  Anthony wood: English antiqurian   

1638  Johann ulrich sultzberger: Composer   

0535  Death of Emperor ankan of japan: Emperor ankan of japan (b. 466)   

0695  Begga: Ancestress of the carolingians/saint,   

0942  Death of William longsword: William longsword   

1187  Death of Gregory viii: [alberto de morra], italian pope (1187),   

1195  Boudouin v: Count of hainault/flanders (boudouin viii),   

1213  Death of Jean de matha: French saint,   

1273  Death of Rumi: Rumi (b.1207)   

1471  Death of Isabella of portugal: Duchess of burgundy,