Page 4: Historical Events In December - 17

1894  Arthur Fiedler, Boston Mass, conductor (Boston Pops)   

1895  Anti-Saloon League of America formed, Washington, DC.   

1895  George Brownell patents a machine to make paper twine (Mass)   

1899  Frederick "Freddy" Roberts, son of Brit field marshal, dies in battle   

1900  inaugural prize of 100000 francs offered for communications with extraterrestrials. Martians excluded-considered too easy.   

1900  1st prize of 10000 francs offered for communications with extraterrestrials. Martians excluded-considered too easy   

1900  Lucijan Marija Skerjanc, Yugoslavia, composer/conductor   

1902  Frank Wedekind's "Der Erdgeist," premieres in Berlin.   

1902  Simon Drach, writer   

1903  At 10 35 AM, inaugural sustained motorized aircraft flight (Orville Wright)   

1903  Erskine Caldwell, American novelist is born   

1903  At 10:35 AM, 1st sustained motorized aircraft flight (Orville Wright)   

1903  Erskine P Caldwell, author (Tobacco Road, God's Little Acre)   

1904  Dmitri B Kabalevsky, St Petersburg Russia, composer (In the Fire) [OS].   

1905  Joseph Heifitz, film director   

1906  Fernando Lopez-Garcia, composer   

1907  Ugyen Wangchuck became 1st hereditary king of Bhutan   

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

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

1909  Leopold II, king of Belgium, buried in Brussels.   

1910  Keki Khursedji Tarapore, cricketer (0-72 in his only Test for India)   

1911  William Roerick, actor (Guiding Light)   

1913  Stefano Gobatti, composer, dies at 61   

1914  Jews are expelled from Tel Aviv by Turkish authorities   

1914  Austrian troops beat Russians in Limanova Poland   

1914  Mushtaq Ali, cricketer (prolific Indian batsman of 30's and 40's).   

1916  Antoine G T "Toon" Hermans, Dutch entertainer/poet (Kolderliedjes)   

1916  Grigori Efimovich Rasputin, Russian monk, assassinated.   

1917  Louis Salvador Palange, composer   

1919  Austria parliament approves 8-hour day   

1920  British Empire receives League of Nations mandate to Nauru   

1920  Japan receives League of Nations mandate over Pacific islands.   

1920  South Africa receives League of Nations mandate over SW Africa.   

1920  AL votes to let spitball pitchers to continue using it.   

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1239  Kujo yoritsugu: Japanese shogun   

1267  Emperor go-uda of japan: Emperor go-uda of japan (d. 1324)   

1493  Philippus a paracelsus: Swiss physician/alchemist (liber paramixum)   

1554  Ernst of bayern: Prince/bishop of liege/archbishop of cologne   

1619  Ruprecht: Prince of palts/admiral/chemist/engraver/mathematician   

1619  Prince rupert of the rhine: Commander in the english civil war   

1632  Anthony wood: English antiqurian   

1638  Johann ulrich sultzberger: Composer   

0535  Death of Emperor ankan of japan: Emperor ankan of japan (b. 466)   

0695  Death of Begga: Ancestress of the carolingians/saint,   

0942  William longsword: William longsword   

1187  Gregory viii: [alberto de morra], italian pope (1187),   

1195  Boudouin v: Count of hainault/flanders (boudouin viii),   

1213  Jean de matha: French saint,   

1273  Rumi: Rumi (b.1207)   

1471  Death of Isabella of portugal: Duchess of burgundy,