Historical Events In December - 17

1894  On this day in history arthur Fiedler the conductor of The Boston Pops Orchestra was born  

1894  On December - 17 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  George Brownell patents a machine to make paper twine (Mass) on December - 17.  

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

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  On this day in history lucijan Marija Skerjanc, Yugoslavia, composer/conductor  

1902  On this day in history frank Wedekind's "Der Erdgeist," premieres in Berlin  

1902  On December - 17 simon Drach, writer  

1903  On this day in history at 10 35 AM, first sustained motorized aircraft flight (Orville Wright)  

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

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

1904  Dmitri B Kabalevsky, St Petersburg Russia, composer (In the Fire) [OS] on December - 17.  

1905  On this day in history joseph Heifitz, film director  

1906  On this day in history 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 December - 17 willard Frank Libby, inventor (carbon-14 "atomic clock" (Nobel 1960))  

1909  Leopold II, king of Belgium, buried in Brussels on December - 17.  

1910  Keki Khursedji Tarapore, cricketer (0-72 in his only Test for India) on December - 17.  

1911  On December - 17 william Roerick, actor (Guiding Light)  

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

1914  Jews are expelled from Tel Aviv by Turkish authorities on this day in history.  

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

1914  On December - 17 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  Louis Salvador Palange, composer on this day in history.  

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

1920  British Empire receives League of Nations mandate to Nauru on this day in history.  

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

1267  On this day in history birth of emperor Go-Uda of Japan (d. 1324)  

1493  Philippus A Paracelsus, Swiss physician/alchemist (Liber paramixum) was born on this day in history.  

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

1619  Ruprecht, prince of Palts/admiral/chemist/engraver/mathematician was born on December - 17.  

1619  Prince Rupert of the Rhine, commander in the English Civil War (d. 1682) was born on this day in history.  

1632  On December - 17 birth of anthony Wood, English antiqurian (d. 1695)  

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

0535  On December - 17 death of emperor Ankan of Japan (b. 466)  

0695  Begga, ancestress of the Carolingians/saint, dies [or 693] on this day in history.  

0942  Death of William Longsword on this day in history.  

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

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