Historical Events In December - 17

1894  On December - 17 arthur Fiedler the conductor of The Boston Pops Orchestra was born   

1894  Cricket day 3 1T Aus v Eng Eng 325 all out, 261 behind on 1st inn on December - 17.   

1894  Arthur Fiedler, Boston Mass, conductor (Boston Pops) on this day in history.   

1895  Anti-Saloon League of America formed, Washington, DC on this day in history.   

1895  On this day in history george Brownell patents a machine to make paper twine (Mass)   

1899  On December - 17 frederick "Freddy" Roberts, son of Brit field marshal, dies in battle   

1900  First prize of 100,000 francs offered for communications with extraterrestrials. Martians excluded-considered too easy on this day in history.   

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  On December - 17 frank Wedekind's "Der Erdgeist," premieres in Berlin   

1902  On December - 17 simon Drach, writer   

1903  At 10 35 AM, first sustained motorized aircraft flight (Orville Wright) on December - 17.   

1903  The birth of Erskine Caldwell, American novelist on December - 17.   

1903  At 10:35 AM, 1st sustained motorized aircraft flight (Orville Wright) on this day in history.   

1903  Erskine P Caldwell, author (Tobacco Road, God's Little Acre) on this day in history.   

1903  At 10:35 AM, first sustained motorized aircraft flight (Orville Wright) on December - 17.   

1904  On December - 17 dmitri B Kabalevsky, St Petersburg Russia, composer (In the Fire) [OS]   

1905  Joseph Heifitz, film director on this day in history.   

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

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

1907  On this day in history kelvin of Largs, [William Thomson], Br physicist (Kelvin), dies at 83   

1908  On this day in history willard Frank Libby, inventor (carbon-14 "atomic clock" (Nobel 1960))   

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

1910  Keki Khursedji Tarapore, cricketer (0-72 in his only Test for India) on December - 17.   

1911  On this day in history 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 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 December - 17.   

1916  Antoine G T "Toon" Hermans, Dutch entertainer/poet (Kolderliedjes) on this day in history.   

1916  On this day in history grigori Efimovich Rasputin, Russian monk, assassinated   

1917  On December - 17 louis Salvador Palange, composer   

1919  Austria parliament approves 8-hour day on December - 17.   

1920  On this day in history british Empire receives League of Nations mandate to Nauru   

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1239  On this day in history birth of kujo Yoritsugu, Japanese Shogun (d. 1256)   

1267  Emperor Go-Uda of Japan (d. 1324) was born on December - 17.   

1493  On this day in history birth of philippus A Paracelsus, Swiss physician/alchemist (Liber paramixum)   

1554  Ernst of Bayern, prince/bishop of Liege/archbishop of Cologne was born on this day in history.   

1619  Ruprecht, prince of Palts/admiral/chemist/engraver/mathematician was born on this day in history.   

1619  On this day in history birth of prince Rupert of the Rhine, commander in the English Civil War (d. 1682)   

1632  Anthony Wood, English antiqurian (d. 1695) was born on December - 17.   

1638  Johann Ulrich Sultzberger, composer was born on this day in history.   

0535  On this day in history death of emperor Ankan of Japan (b. 466)   

0695  Begga, ancestress of the Carolingians/saint, dies [or 693] on this day in history.   

0942  Death of William Longsword on December - 17.   

1187  On December - 17 gregory VIII, [Alberto de Morra], Italian Pope (1187), dies   

1195  Boudouin V, count of Hainault/Flanders (Boudouin VIII), dies on December - 17.   

1213  On December - 17 jean de Matha, French saint, dies at 53   

1273  On this day in history death of rumi (b.1207)   

1471  On December - 17 isabella of Portugal, duchess of Burgundy, dies