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  Cricket day 3 1T Aus v Eng Eng 325 all out, 261 behind on 1st inn on this day in history.   

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

1895  On this day in history anti-Saloon League of America formed, Washington, DC   

1895  On December - 17 george Brownell patents a machine to make paper twine (Mass)   

1899  Frederick "Freddy" Roberts, son of Brit field marshal, dies in battle on this day in history.   

1900  First prize of 100,000 francs offered for communications with extraterrestrials. Martians excluded-considered too easy on December - 17.   

1900  1st prize of 100,00 francs offered for communications with extraterrestrials. Martians excluded-considered too easy on December - 17.   

1900  Lucijan Marija Skerjanc, Yugoslavia, composer/conductor on December - 17.   

1902  Frank Wedekind's "Der Erdgeist," premieres in Berlin on this day in history.   

1902  Simon Drach, writer on December - 17.   

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

1903  The birth of Erskine Caldwell, American novelist on this day in history.   

1903  At 10:35 AM, 1st sustained motorized aircraft flight (Orville Wright) on December - 17.   

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 this day in history dmitri B Kabalevsky, St Petersburg Russia, composer (In the Fire) [OS]   

1905  On this day in history joseph Heifitz, film director   

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

1907  Ugyen Wangchuck became 1st hereditary king of Bhutan on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history leopold II, king of Belgium, buried in Brussels   

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

1911  On this day in history william Roerick, actor (Guiding Light)   

1913  Stefano Gobatti, composer, dies at 61 on this day in history.   

1914  Jews are expelled from Tel Aviv by Turkish authorities on December - 17.   

1914  On this day in history austrian troops beat Russians in Limanova Poland   

1914  Mushtaq Ali, cricketer (prolific Indian batsman of 30's & 40's) on this day in history.   

1916  Antoine G T "Toon" Hermans, Dutch entertainer/poet (Kolderliedjes) on this day in history.   

1916  Grigori Efimovich Rasputin, Russian monk, assassinated on December - 17.   

1917  On this day in history louis Salvador Palange, composer   

1919  On December - 17 austria parliament approves 8-hour day   

1920  On December - 17 british Empire receives League of Nations mandate to Nauru   

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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 this day in history.   

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

1554  Ernst of Bayern, prince/bishop of Liege/archbishop of Cologne was born on this day in history.   

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

1619  On December - 17 birth of prince Rupert of the Rhine, commander in the English Civil War (d. 1682)   

1632  On this day in history birth of anthony Wood, English antiqurian (d. 1695)   

1638  Johann Ulrich Sultzberger, composer was born on this day in history.   

0535  Death of Emperor Ankan of Japan (b. 466) on December - 17.   

0695  Begga, ancestress of the Carolingians/saint, dies [or 693] on December - 17.   

0942  On December - 17 death of william Longsword   

1187  Gregory VIII, [Alberto de Morra], Italian Pope (1187), dies on this day in history.   

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

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

1273  Death of Rumi (b.1207) on this day in history.   

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