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
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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