Page 4: Historical Events In December - 17

1894  Arthur Fiedler the conductor of The Boston Pops Orchestra was born on this day in history.   

1894  On this day in history cricket day 3 1T Aus v Eng Eng 325 all out, 261 behind on 1st inn   

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

1895  Anti-Saloon League of America formed, Washington, DC on this day in history.   

1895  On this day in history george Brownell patents a machine to make paper twine (Mass)   

1899  Frederick "Freddy" Roberts, son of Brit field marshal, dies in battle on December - 17.   

1900  First prize of 100,000 francs offered for communications with extraterrestrials. Martians excluded-considered too easy on this day in history.   

1900  1st prize of 100,00 francs offered for communications with extraterrestrials. Martians excluded-considered too easy on this day in history.   

1900  On December - 17 lucijan Marija Skerjanc, Yugoslavia, composer/conductor   

1902  On December - 17 frank Wedekind's "Der Erdgeist," premieres in Berlin   

1902  Simon Drach, writer on December - 17.   

1903  At 10 35 AM, first sustained motorized aircraft flight (Orville Wright) on this day in history.   

1903  On December - 17 the birth of Erskine Caldwell, American novelist   

1903  On December - 17 at 10:35 AM, 1st sustained motorized aircraft flight (Orville Wright)   

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

1903  At 10:35 AM, first sustained motorized aircraft flight (Orville Wright) on this day in history.   

1904  On December - 17 dmitri B Kabalevsky, St Petersburg Russia, composer (In the Fire) [OS]   

1905  On December - 17 joseph Heifitz, film director   

1906  Fernando Lopez-Garcia, composer on December - 17.   

1907  On December - 17 ugyen Wangchuck became 1st hereditary king of Bhutan   

1907  Kelvin of Largs, [William Thomson], Br physicist (Kelvin), dies at 83 on this day in history.   

1908  Willard Frank Libby, inventor (carbon-14 "atomic clock" (Nobel 1960)) on December - 17.   

1909  Leopold II, king of Belgium, buried in Brussels on this day in history.   

1910  On December - 17 keki Khursedji Tarapore, cricketer (0-72 in his only Test for India)   

1911  William Roerick, actor (Guiding Light) on December - 17.   

1913  On this day in history stefano Gobatti, composer, dies at 61   

1914  On this day in history jews are expelled from Tel Aviv by Turkish authorities   

1914  Austrian troops beat Russians in Limanova Poland on December - 17.   

1914  On this day in history mushtaq Ali, cricketer (prolific Indian batsman of 30's & 40's)   

1916  On this day in history antoine G T "Toon" Hermans, Dutch entertainer/poet (Kolderliedjes)   

1916  On December - 17 grigori Efimovich Rasputin, Russian monk, assassinated   

1917  On December - 17 louis Salvador Palange, composer   

1919  Austria parliament approves 8-hour day on December - 17.   

1920  British Empire receives League of Nations mandate to Nauru on December - 17.   

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1239  On December - 17 birth of kujo Yoritsugu, Japanese Shogun (d. 1256)   

1267  Emperor Go-Uda of Japan (d. 1324) was born on December - 17.   

1493  Philippus A Paracelsus, Swiss physician/alchemist (Liber paramixum) was born on December - 17.   

1554  On this day in history birth of ernst of Bayern, prince/bishop of Liege/archbishop of Cologne   

1619  On this day in history birth of ruprecht, prince of Palts/admiral/chemist/engraver/mathematician   

1619  Prince Rupert of the Rhine, commander in the English Civil War (d. 1682) was born on December - 17.   

1632  Anthony Wood, English antiqurian (d. 1695) was born on this day in history.   

1638  On December - 17 birth of johann Ulrich Sultzberger, composer   

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

0695  On December - 17 begga, ancestress of the Carolingians/saint, dies [or 693]   

0942  Death of William Longsword on this day in history.   

1187  Gregory VIII, [Alberto de Morra], Italian Pope (1187), dies on December - 17.   

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

1213  On December - 17 jean de Matha, French saint, dies at 53   

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

1471  On this day in history isabella of Portugal, duchess of Burgundy, dies