447 Historic Events for February 17
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| 1904 |
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Giacomo Puccini's opera "Madama Butterfly," premieres in Milan
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| 1905 |
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Frances Willard becomes 1st women honored in National Statuary Hall
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| 1905 |
Death |
Serge Alexandrovich, gov-gen Moscow, murdered
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| 1906 |
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Theodore Roosevelt's daughter Alice marries in the White House
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| 1906 |
Birth |
Ramon Tapales, composer
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| 1906 |
Birth |
Galo Plaza Lasso, pres of Ecuador (1948-52), head of OAS (1968-75)
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| 1907 |
Death |
Henry Steel Olcott, US co-founder (Theosophist Society), dies at 74
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| 1907 |
Birth |
Alec Wilder, Rochester NY, composer (1973 ASCAP award)
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| 1907 |
Birth |
Charles B Timmer, Dutch translator/writer (Russia Black on White)
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| 1907 |
Death |
Henry Olcott, co-founder (Theosophical Society-Madras), dies
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| 1908 |
Birth |
Staats Cotsworth, Oak Park IL, actor (Peyton Place)
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| 1908 |
Death |
Geronimo, Apache chief, dies at about 79
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| 1908 |
Birth |
Walter L "Red" Barber, Miss, sports announcer (Bkln Dodgers, NY Yanks)
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| 1909 |
Birth |
Marjorie Lawrence, Australia, soprano (Venus-Tannh„user)
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| 1909 |
Birth |
Joseph "Poeske" Scherens, Belgian cyclist (champ sprinter 1932-37)[NS]
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| 1910 |
Birth |
Marc Lawrence, NYC, actor (Man With Golden Gun)
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| 1910 |
Birth |
Ai Qing, poet
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| 1911 |
Event |
1st hydroplane flight to and from a ship (Glenn Curtiss, San Diego)
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| 1911 |
Birth |
Arthur Hunnicutt, Gravelly AR, actor (Big Sky, Apache Uprising)
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| 1912 |
Death |
Aloys von Aerenthal, foreign minister (Austria-Hungary), dies at 57
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| 1912 |
Death |
L Oates, British explorer (Antarctica), dies
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| 1913 |
Event |
NY Armory Show introduces Picasso, Matisse, Duchamp to US public
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| 1913 |
Event |
1st minimum wage law in US takes effect (Oregon)
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| 1913 |
Birth |
Jos‚phine F "Fietje" van Anrooy, Dutch actress/director
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| 1913 |
Birth |
Oskar Danon, composer
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