Historical Events In December - 17
Saturday, 07 September 2024
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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