Page 4: Historical Events In December - 17

1894  Arthur Fiedler the conductor of The Boston Pops Orchestra was born on this day in history.   

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

1894  On this day in history arthur Fiedler, Boston Mass, conductor (Boston Pops)   

1895  On this day in history anti-Saloon League of America formed, Washington, DC   

1895  George Brownell patents a machine to make paper twine (Mass) on December - 17.   

1899  On this day in history frederick "Freddy" Roberts, son of Brit field marshal, dies in battle   

1900  On December - 17 first prize of 100,000 francs offered for communications with extraterrestrials. Martians excluded-considered too easy   

1900  1st prize of 100,00 francs offered for communications with extraterrestrials. Martians excluded-considered too easy on December - 17.   

1900  On December - 17 lucijan Marija Skerjanc, Yugoslavia, composer/conductor   

1902  On this day in history frank Wedekind's "Der Erdgeist," premieres in Berlin   

1902  Simon Drach, writer on December - 17.   

1903  On December - 17 at 10 35 AM, first sustained motorized aircraft flight (Orville Wright)   

1903  On December - 17 the birth of Erskine Caldwell, American novelist   

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

1903  On December - 17 erskine P Caldwell, author (Tobacco Road, God's Little Acre)   

1903  On this day in history at 10:35 AM, first sustained motorized aircraft flight (Orville Wright)   

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

1905  Joseph Heifitz, film director on December - 17.   

1906  On December - 17 fernando Lopez-Garcia, composer   

1907  Ugyen Wangchuck became 1st hereditary king of Bhutan on this day in history.   

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

1908  On December - 17 willard Frank Libby, inventor (carbon-14 "atomic clock" (Nobel 1960))   

1909  On this day in history leopold II, king of Belgium, buried in Brussels   

1910  On this day in history keki Khursedji Tarapore, cricketer (0-72 in his only Test for India)   

1911  William Roerick, actor (Guiding Light) on this day in history.   

1913  Stefano Gobatti, composer, dies at 61 on this day in history.   

1914  Jews are expelled from Tel Aviv by Turkish authorities on this day in history.   

1914  Austrian troops beat Russians in Limanova Poland on this day in history.   

1914  On December - 17 mushtaq Ali, cricketer (prolific Indian batsman of 30's & 40's)   

1916  Antoine G T "Toon" Hermans, Dutch entertainer/poet (Kolderliedjes) on December - 17.   

1916  On December - 17 grigori Efimovich Rasputin, Russian monk, assassinated   

1917  Louis Salvador Palange, composer on this day in history.   

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

1920  British Empire receives League of Nations mandate to Nauru on this day in history.   

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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 this day in history.   

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

1554  On this day in history birth of ernst of Bayern, prince/bishop of Liege/archbishop of Cologne   

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

1619  Prince Rupert of the Rhine, commander in the English Civil War (d. 1682) was born on December - 17.   

1632  On this day in history birth of anthony Wood, English antiqurian (d. 1695)   

1638  On this day in history birth of johann Ulrich Sultzberger, composer   

0535  Death of Emperor Ankan of Japan (b. 466) on this day in history.   

0695  On this day in history begga, ancestress of the Carolingians/saint, dies [or 693]   

0942  On this day in history death of william Longsword   

1187  On this day in history gregory VIII, [Alberto de Morra], Italian Pope (1187), dies   

1195  Boudouin V, count of Hainault/Flanders (Boudouin VIII), dies on this day in history.   

1213  Jean de Matha, French saint, dies at 53 on December - 17.   

1273  Death of Rumi (b.1207) on this day in history.   

1471  Isabella of Portugal, duchess of Burgundy, dies on December - 17.