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 December - 17.   

1894  Arthur Fiedler, Boston Mass, conductor (Boston Pops) on December - 17.   

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  On this day in history frederick "Freddy" Roberts, son of Brit field marshal, dies in battle   

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

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

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

1902  Frank Wedekind's "Der Erdgeist," premieres in Berlin on December - 17.   

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  The birth of Erskine Caldwell, American novelist on December - 17.   

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

1903  On this day in history erskine P Caldwell, author (Tobacco Road, God's Little Acre)   

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

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

1905  On December - 17 joseph Heifitz, film director   

1906  On December - 17 fernando Lopez-Garcia, composer   

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

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

1908  On this day in history willard Frank Libby, inventor (carbon-14 "atomic clock" (Nobel 1960))   

1909  On this day in history leopold II, king of Belgium, buried in Brussels   

1910  Keki Khursedji Tarapore, cricketer (0-72 in his only Test for India) on this day in history.   

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

1913  On December - 17 stefano Gobatti, composer, dies at 61   

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

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

1916  On this day in history grigori Efimovich Rasputin, Russian monk, assassinated   

1917  Louis Salvador Palange, composer on this day in history.   

1919  Austria parliament approves 8-hour day on this day in history.   

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

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1239  On this day in history birth of kujo Yoritsugu, Japanese Shogun (d. 1256)   

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

1493  On this day in history birth of philippus A Paracelsus, Swiss physician/alchemist (Liber paramixum)   

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  On December - 17 birth of anthony Wood, English antiqurian (d. 1695)   

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

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

0695  On this day in history begga, ancestress of the Carolingians/saint, dies [or 693]   

0942  Death of William Longsword on December - 17.   

1187  On this day in history gregory VIII, [Alberto de Morra], Italian Pope (1187), dies   

1195  On this day in history boudouin V, count of Hainault/Flanders (Boudouin VIII), dies   

1213  Jean de Matha, French saint, dies at 53 on this day in history.   

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

1471  Isabella of Portugal, duchess of Burgundy, dies on December - 17.