Historical Events In February - 17
Saturday, 07 September 2024
1885 Bismarck gives Carl Peters' firm management of East-Africa on February - 17.
1887 Leevi Antti Madetoja, composer on February - 17.
1888 Henrietta P "Hetty" Beck, actress (Bouwmeester Award) on February - 17.
1889 On February - 17 h[aroldson] L Hunt, Texas oil multi-millionaire
1891 On this day in history georg Britting, writer
1892 On this day in history theodor Plievier, German writer (Des Kaisers Kulis, Stalingrad)
1895 Anita Stewart, NY, actress (South of Hell Mountain) on February - 17.
1896 London Country Councils' Muzzling Order becomes effective on this day in history.
1897 On this day in history national Organization of Mothers forms (Parent Teacher Association)
1897 On February - 17 johan[nes A] Kaart, Dutch actor/stage manager (My Fair Lady)
1898 On this day in history tom Lowry, cricketer (NZ batsman in seven Tests & their 1st Test capt)
1901 On February - 17 ethelbert Woodbridge Nevin, composer, dies at 38
1902 On this day in history marian Anderson, Phila, operatic contralto (banned by D.A.R.)
1903 On this day in history johannes Linthorst Homan, director of the queen in Groningen
1903 Joseph Parry, composer, dies at 61 on February - 17.
1904 On this day in history giacomo Puccini's opera "Madama Butterfly," premieres in Milan
1904 On this day in history albert Kuyle, [Louis Kuitenbrouwer], Dutch writer (Jesus' Robe)
1905 On February - 17 frances Willard becomes 1st women honored in National Statuary Hall
1905 On this day in history serge Alexandrovich, gov-gen Moscow, murdered
1906 Theodore Roosevelt's daughter Alice marries in the White House on February - 17.
1906 On this day in history galo Plaza Lasso, pres of Ecuador (1948-52), head of OAS (1968-75)
1907 On this day in history alec Wilder, Rochester NY, composer (1973 ASCAP award)
1907 Henry Olcott, co-founder (Theosophical Society-Madras), dies on this day in history.
1908 Staats Cotsworth, Oak Park IL, actor (Peyton Place) on February - 17.
1908 Geronimo, Apache chief, dies at about 79 on this day in history.
1909 Joseph "Poeske" Scherens, Belgian cyclist (champ sprinter 1932-37)[NS] on February - 17.
1910 On February - 17 ai Qing, poet
1911 On February - 17 1st hydroplane flight to & from a ship (Glenn Curtiss, San Diego)
1911 On February - 17 arthur Hunnicutt, Gravelly AR, actor (Big Sky, Apache Uprising)
1912 Aloys von Aerenthal, foreign minister (Austria-Hungary), dies at 57 on February - 17.
1913 New York Armory Show introduces Picasso, Matisse, Duchamp to American public. The show is considered "shocking" and calls to close it are made on February - 17.
1913 1st minimum wage law in US takes effect (Oregon) on this day in history.
1913 Josephine F "Fietje" van Anrooy, Dutch actress/director on February - 17.
1914 Albert Westerlinck, [Jose J M Aerts], Flemish literary on February - 17.
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