Historical Events In August - 17

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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1473  Richard, Duke of York (d. 1483?) was born on August - 17.   

1578  On this day in history birth of francesco Albani, Italian painter (d. 1660)   

1586  On August - 17 birth of johann V Andreae, German vicar/writer (Christenburg)   

1601  On August - 17 birth of pierre de Fermat, mathematician who needed wider margins [or Aug 20]   

1629  On August - 17 birth of king John III of Poland (d. 1696)   

1686  On this day in history birth of nicola Antonio Porpora, composer   

1720  Charles D J Eisen, French engraver/painter (Contes de La Fontaine) was born on August - 17.   

1753  On August - 17 birth of josef Dobrovský, Czech linguist (d. 1828)   

0754  Karloman, abbot of Monte cassino, dies at >39 on August - 17.   

1153  Death of Eustace IV of Boulogne, son of Stephen of England (b. 1130) on this day in history.   

1304  On August - 17 death of emperor Go-Fukakusa of Japan (b. 1243)   

1464  Nikolaus von Cusa, German theologist/mathematician/philosopher, dies on August - 17.   

1510  Death of Edmund Dudley, English treasurer, beheaded on this day in history.   

1536  Death of Pietersz, book publisher (Kersten Knight on August - 17.   

1553  On August - 17 charles III, Duke of Savoy, dies   

1635  Francisco de Moncada, Spanish earl of Osuna, dies at 48 on this day in history.