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Historical Events In December - 17

Sunday, 28 May 2023

1894  On this day in history arthur Fiedler the conductor of The Boston Pops Orchestra was born  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1894  On December - 17 cricket day 3 1T Aus v Eng Eng 325 all out, 261 behind on 1st inn  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1894  On December - 17 arthur Fiedler, Boston Mass, conductor (Boston Pops)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1895  Anti-Saloon League of America formed, Washington, DC on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1895  George Brownell patents a machine to make paper twine (Mass) on December - 17.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1899  Frederick "Freddy" Roberts, son of Brit field marshal, dies in battle on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1900  On December - 17 first prize of 100,000 francs offered for communications with extraterrestrials. Martians excluded-considered too easy  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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

1900  On this day in history lucijan Marija Skerjanc, Yugoslavia, composer/conductor  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1902  On this day in history frank Wedekind's "Der Erdgeist," premieres in Berlin  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1902  On December - 17 simon Drach, writer  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1903  On this day in history at 10 35 AM, first sustained motorized aircraft flight (Orville Wright)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1903  On December - 17 the birth of Erskine Caldwell, American novelist  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1903  On December - 17 at 10:35 AM, 1st sustained motorized aircraft flight (Orville Wright)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1903  On this day in history erskine P Caldwell, author (Tobacco Road, God's Little Acre)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1903  At 10:35 AM, first sustained motorized aircraft flight (Orville Wright) on December - 17.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1904  Dmitri B Kabalevsky, St Petersburg Russia, composer (In the Fire) [OS] on December - 17.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1905  On this day in history joseph Heifitz, film director  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1906  On this day in history fernando Lopez-Garcia, composer  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1907  Ugyen Wangchuck became 1st hereditary king of Bhutan on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1907  On this day in history kelvin of Largs, [William Thomson], Br physicist (Kelvin), dies at 83  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1908  On December - 17 willard Frank Libby, inventor (carbon-14 "atomic clock" (Nobel 1960))  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1909  Leopold II, king of Belgium, buried in Brussels on December - 17.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1910  Keki Khursedji Tarapore, cricketer (0-72 in his only Test for India) on December - 17.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1911  On December - 17 william Roerick, actor (Guiding Light)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1913  On December - 17 stefano Gobatti, composer, dies at 61  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1914  Jews are expelled from Tel Aviv by Turkish authorities on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1914  On this day in history austrian troops beat Russians in Limanova Poland  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1914  On December - 17 mushtaq Ali, cricketer (prolific Indian batsman of 30's & 40's)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1916  On this day in history antoine G T "Toon" Hermans, Dutch entertainer/poet (Kolderliedjes)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1916  On December - 17 grigori Efimovich Rasputin, Russian monk, assassinated  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1917  Louis Salvador Palange, composer on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1919  Austria parliament approves 8-hour day on December - 17.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1920  British Empire receives League of Nations mandate to Nauru on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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Days In December

List Of Important Days In December

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Famous Birthdays In December - 17

Famous People Born On This Day In History

1239  On this day in history birth of kujo Yoritsugu, Japanese Shogun (d. 1256)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1267  On this day in history birth of emperor Go-Uda of Japan (d. 1324)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1493  Philippus A Paracelsus, Swiss physician/alchemist (Liber paramixum) was born on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1554  On this day in history birth of ernst of Bayern, prince/bishop of Liege/archbishop of Cologne  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1619  Ruprecht, prince of Palts/admiral/chemist/engraver/mathematician was born on December - 17.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1619  Prince Rupert of the Rhine, commander in the English Civil War (d. 1682) was born on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1632  On December - 17 birth of anthony Wood, English antiqurian (d. 1695)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1638  On December - 17 birth of johann Ulrich Sultzberger, composer  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Famous Deaths In December - 17

Famous People Died On This Day In History

0535  On December - 17 death of emperor Ankan of Japan (b. 466)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

0695  Begga, ancestress of the Carolingians/saint, dies [or 693] on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

0942  Death of William Longsword on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1187  Gregory VIII, [Alberto de Morra], Italian Pope (1187), dies on December - 17.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1195  On December - 17 boudouin V, count of Hainault/Flanders (Boudouin VIII), dies  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1213  On December - 17 jean de Matha, French saint, dies at 53  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1273  Death of Rumi (b.1207) on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1471  On this day in history isabella of Portugal, duchess of Burgundy, dies  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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