Page 4: Historical Events In December - 17

1894  Arthur Fiedler the conductor of The Boston Pops Orchestra was born on December - 17.   

1894  Cricket day 3 1T Aus v Eng Eng 325 all out, 261 behind on 1st inn on December - 17.   

1894  On this day in history arthur Fiedler, Boston Mass, conductor (Boston Pops)   

1895  Anti-Saloon League of America formed, Washington, DC on this day in history.   

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 December - 17.   

1900  On this day in history first prize of 100,000 francs offered for communications with extraterrestrials. Martians excluded-considered too easy   

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

1900  On December - 17 lucijan Marija Skerjanc, Yugoslavia, composer/conductor   

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

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  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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

1905  Joseph Heifitz, film director on December - 17.   

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

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

1907  On December - 17 kelvin of Largs, [William Thomson], Br physicist (Kelvin), dies at 83   

1908  Willard Frank Libby, inventor (carbon-14 "atomic clock" (Nobel 1960)) on this day in history.   

1909  Leopold II, king of Belgium, buried in Brussels on this day in history.   

1910  On this day in history keki Khursedji Tarapore, cricketer (0-72 in his only Test for India)   

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

1913  Stefano Gobatti, composer, dies at 61 on December - 17.   

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 December - 17 antoine G T "Toon" Hermans, Dutch entertainer/poet (Kolderliedjes)   

1916  On December - 17 grigori Efimovich Rasputin, Russian monk, assassinated   

1917  On December - 17 louis Salvador Palange, composer   

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

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

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1239  Kujo Yoritsugu, Japanese Shogun (d. 1256) was born on December - 17.   

1267  Emperor Go-Uda of Japan (d. 1324) was born on this day in history.   

1493  On December - 17 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 December - 17 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 this day in history.   

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

1638  Johann Ulrich Sultzberger, composer was born on December - 17.   

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

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

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

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

1471  Isabella of Portugal, duchess of Burgundy, dies on this day in history.