Page 4: Historical Events In December - 17

1894  On December - 17 arthur Fiedler the conductor of The Boston Pops Orchestra was born   

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

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

1895  On December - 17 anti-Saloon League of America formed, Washington, DC   

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 December - 17.   

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

1900  Lucijan Marija Skerjanc, Yugoslavia, composer/conductor on this day in history.   

1902  On this day in history 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  The birth of Erskine Caldwell, American novelist on December - 17.   

1903  At 10:35 AM, 1st sustained motorized aircraft flight (Orville Wright) on this day in history.   

1903  Erskine P Caldwell, author (Tobacco Road, God's Little Acre) on this day in history.   

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

1904  On this day in history dmitri B Kabalevsky, St Petersburg Russia, composer (In the Fire) [OS]   

1905  On December - 17 joseph Heifitz, film director   

1906  On this day in history fernando Lopez-Garcia, composer   

1907  Ugyen Wangchuck became 1st hereditary king of Bhutan on December - 17.   

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 this day in history.   

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 December - 17.   

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

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

1914  On December - 17 jews are expelled from Tel Aviv by Turkish authorities   

1914  Austrian troops beat Russians in Limanova Poland on this day in history.   

1914  On December - 17 mushtaq Ali, cricketer (prolific Indian batsman of 30's & 40's)   

1916  Antoine G T "Toon" Hermans, Dutch entertainer/poet (Kolderliedjes) on December - 17.   

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

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

1919  On this day in history austria parliament approves 8-hour day   

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

1619  On this day in history birth of prince Rupert of the Rhine, commander in the English Civil War (d. 1682)   

1632  Anthony Wood, English antiqurian (d. 1695) was born on December - 17.   

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

0535  Death of Emperor Ankan of Japan (b. 466) on this day in history.   

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

0942  On this day in history death of william Longsword   

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

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

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

1273  On December - 17 death of rumi (b.1207)   

1471  On December - 17 isabella of Portugal, duchess of Burgundy, dies