447 Historic Events for February 17
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| 1882 |
Birth |
Noah Beery, Smithville AR, actor (Story of Esther, Mark of Zorro)
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| 1882 |
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1st Test Cricket match played at Sydney Cricket Ground
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| 1882 |
Birth |
Kurt Schindler, composer
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| 1883 |
Death |
Napoleon Coste, composer, dies at 76
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| 1883 |
Event |
A Ashwell patents free-toilet in London
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| 1884 |
Birth |
Arthur Vanderpoorten, Flemish minister of Internal affairs (1940)
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| 1885 |
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Bismarck gives Carl Peters' firm management of East-Africa
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| 1887 |
Birth |
Leevi Antti Madetoja, composer
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| 1888 |
Birth |
Otto Stern, German/US physicist (Stern-Gerlach-experiment, Nobel 1943)
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| 1888 |
Birth |
Henrietta P "Hetty" Beck, actress (Bouwmeester Award)
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| 1888 |
Birth |
Ronald Aburthnott Knox, English priest/writer (Viaduct Murder)
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| 1889 |
Birth |
H[aroldson] L Hunt, Texas oil multi-millionaire
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| 1891 |
Birth |
Georg Britting, writer
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| 1892 |
Birth |
Theodor Plievier, German writer (Des Kaisers Kulis, Stalingrad)
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| 1895 |
Birth |
Anita Stewart, NY, actress (South of Hell Mountain)
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| 1895 |
Birth |
Edna Park Edwards, PA
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| 1896 |
Event |
London Country Councils' Muzzling Order becomes effective
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| 1897 |
Event |
National Organization of Mothers forms (Parent Teacher Association)
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| 1897 |
Birth |
Johan[nes A] Kaart, Dutch actor/stage manager (My Fair Lady)
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| 1898 |
Birth |
Tom Lowry, cricketer (NZ batsman in seven Tests and their 1st Test capt)
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| 1901 |
Death |
Ethelbert Woodbridge Nevin, composer, dies at 38
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| 1902 |
Birth |
Marian Anderson, Phila, operatic contralto (banned by D.A.R.)
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| 1903 |
Death |
Joseph Parry, composer, dies at 61
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| 1903 |
Birth |
Johannes Linthorst Homan, director of the queen in Groningen
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| 1904 |
Birth |
Albert Kuyle, [Louis Kuitenbrouwer], Dutch writer (Jesus' Robe)
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