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  On December - 17 arthur Fiedler, Boston Mass, conductor (Boston Pops)  

1895  On this day in history anti-Saloon League of America formed, Washington, DC  

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 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 December - 17.  

1900  On this day in history lucijan Marija Skerjanc, Yugoslavia, composer/conductor  

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

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1902  Simon Drach, writer on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

1903  On December - 17 at 10:35 AM, 1st sustained motorized aircraft flight (Orville Wright)  

1903  On December - 17 erskine P Caldwell, author (Tobacco Road, God's Little Acre)  

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

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

1905  Joseph Heifitz, film director on December - 17.  

1906  Fernando Lopez-Garcia, composer on this day in history.  

1907  On December - 17 ugyen Wangchuck became 1st hereditary king of Bhutan  

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

1908  Willard Frank Libby, inventor (carbon-14 "atomic clock" (Nobel 1960)) on December - 17.  

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

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

1911  William Roerick, actor (Guiding Light) on this day in history.  

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

1914  Jews are expelled from Tel Aviv by Turkish authorities on December - 17.  

1914  Austrian troops beat Russians in Limanova Poland on December - 17.  

1914  Mushtaq Ali, cricketer (prolific Indian batsman of 30's & 40's) on this day in history.  

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

1916  Grigori Efimovich Rasputin, Russian monk, assassinated on this day in history.  

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

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

1920  On this day in history 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  On December - 17 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 this day in history.  

1619  On December - 17 birth of prince Rupert of the Rhine, commander in the English Civil War (d. 1682)  

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 this day in history.  

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 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  Death of Rumi (b.1207) on this day in history.  

1471  Isabella of Portugal, duchess of Burgundy, dies on December - 17.