Historical Events In August - 17
Saturday, 07 September 2024
1896 On this day in history george Washington Carmack discoveres gold in Klondike region of Yukon
1896 On August - 17 henry P de Vries, Dutch painter/poet (Laws of the Americas)
1896 On this day in history bridget Driscoll, 1st Brit to die in an auto-accident
1897 W B Purvis patents electric railway switch on August - 17.
1898 Gerard Schmook, Flemish librarian/historian/custodian on August - 17.
1898 On this day in history carl Johann Adam Zeller, composer, dies at 56
1900 Quincy Howe, Boston Mass, newscaster (CBS Weekend News) on August - 17.
1901 Edmond Audran, composer, dies at 61 on August - 17.
1903 Joe Pulitzer donated $1 million to Columbia U & begins Pulitzer Prizes on August - 17.
1903 Abram Chasins, composer on August - 17.
1904 On August - 17 boston's Jesse Tannehell no-hits Chic White Sox, 6-0
1905 Dutch govt of De Master begins on August - 17.
1905 On this day in history john Hay Whitney, publisher (NY Herald Trib 1961-67)
1906 On this day in history hazel Bishop, chemist/cosmetics manufacturer
1907 Bishop forbids Christian membership in Dutch Textile Union on August - 17.
1907 On this day in history marian Viktorovich Koval, composer
1908 On August - 17 bank of Italy opens new HQ at Clay &Montgomery
1908 B Tarkington & HL Wilson's "Man from Home," premieres in NYC on this day in history.
1908 On this day in history kurt Hessenberg, composer
1909 On this day in history richard Hoffman, composer, dies at 78
1910 Eric Aaltonen, composer on this day in history.
1911 Frederik de Merode, Belgian prince on August - 17.
1912 Edgar Fernhout, Dutch painter/son of Charley Toorop on this day in history.
1913 On this day in history w. Mark Felt, American Watergate informant
1914 On this day in history the Belgian government moves its offices from Brussels to Antwerp.
1914 French troops under gen de Castelnau occupy Chateau Salins on August - 17.
1914 Franklin D Roosevelt Jr, son of FDR/(Rep-D-NY, 1949-55) on August - 17.
1914 On August - 17 james Grierson, British general
1915 On this day in history mob lynches Jewish businessman Leo Frank in Cobb County, Ga after death sentence for murder of 13-year-old girl commuted to life
1915 SS Glenby, this Ropner ship was sunk by gunfire from a U boat St. George's Channel. The Germans then machine gunned the survivors in the life boats, killing two and seriously wounding two others on August - 17.
1915 German troops over run Kovno Lithuiana on August - 17.
1915 Leo Frank, lynched for raping 12 year old in Georgia on this day in history.
1916 On August - 17 bulgarian offensive in Macedonia
1916 On this day in history eleanor Steber, opera singer
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