Historical Events In December - 17
Friday, 26 July 2024
1894 Arthur Fiedler the conductor of The Boston Pops Orchestra was born on December - 17.
1894 On December - 17 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 George Brownell patents a machine to make paper twine (Mass) on this day in history.
1899 On December - 17 frederick "Freddy" Roberts, son of Brit field marshal, dies in battle
1900 On December - 17 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 this day in history.
1900 Lucijan Marija Skerjanc, Yugoslavia, composer/conductor on December - 17.
1902 Frank Wedekind's "Der Erdgeist," premieres in Berlin on December - 17.
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 At 10:35 AM, 1st sustained motorized aircraft flight (Orville Wright) on December - 17.
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 Dmitri B Kabalevsky, St Petersburg Russia, composer (In the Fire) [OS] on December - 17.
1905 Joseph Heifitz, film director on December - 17.
1906 On December - 17 fernando Lopez-Garcia, composer
1907 On this day in history ugyen Wangchuck became 1st hereditary king of Bhutan
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 December - 17 leopold II, king of Belgium, buried in Brussels
1910 Keki Khursedji Tarapore, cricketer (0-72 in his only Test for India) on this day in history.
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 December - 17 austrian troops beat Russians in Limanova Poland
1914 Mushtaq Ali, cricketer (prolific Indian batsman of 30's & 40's) on December - 17.
1916 On December - 17 antoine G T "Toon" Hermans, Dutch entertainer/poet (Kolderliedjes)
1916 Grigori Efimovich Rasputin, Russian monk, assassinated on December - 17.
1917 On December - 17 louis Salvador Palange, composer
1919 Austria parliament approves 8-hour day on this day in history.
1920 On this day in history british Empire receives League of Nations mandate to Nauru
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