Famous Deaths In 1917

Jun 06 Iacob Moresianu, composer, dies at 59 on this day in history.  

Jun 12 Maria Teresa Carreno, composer, dies at 63 on this day in history.  

Jun 15 Kristian Birkeland, Norwegian physicist (b. 1867) died on this day in history.  

Jun 20 James Mason Crafts, US chemist, dies at 78 in the year 1917.  

Jun 27 On this day in history gustav von Schmolle, German economist (Historical School), dies at 79  

Jul 02 Herbert Beerbohm Tree, English actor/director (Hamlet), dies on this day in history.  

Jul 04 On this day in history johan H C Kern, Dutch linguist (Sanskreet), dies at 84  

Jul 08 In the year 1917 death of tom Thomson, Canadian painter (b. 1877)  

Jul 12 In the year 1917 fournier, Swiss/French postage stamp merchant/forger, dies  

Jul 14 In the year 1917 death of octave Lapize, French cyclist (b. 1887)  

Jul 16 Ludwig Philipp Scharwenka, Ger composer (Album Polonaise), dies at 70 on this day in history.  

Jul 21 Christopher J Forster, British RAF-pilot/capt, dies in battle on this day in history.  

Jul 27 In the year 1917 death of emil Theodor Kocher, Swiss surgeon, Nobel laureate (b. 1841)  

Jul 31 In the year 1917 charlie Finlason, cricketer (S Africa's 1st Test), dies  

Aug 01 On this day in history death of frank Little, American labor organizer (lynched) (b. 1879)  

Aug 07 Squadron Commander E.H. Dunning, first pilot to land his aircraft on a moving ship. (b. 1891) died on this day in history.  

Aug 15 In the year 1917 death of thomas J. Higgins, decorated Union Army soldier (b. 1831)  

Aug 20 JFW Adolf Ritter von Baeyer, German chemist (Nobel 1905), dies on this day in history.  

Aug 30 On this day in history uritsky, leader of Petrogradse Czech, dies  

Sep 03 On this day in history death of fanya Kaplan, Russian who shot at Lenin on Aug 30th, executed  

Sep 05 Marian Smoluchowski, Polish physicist (b. 1872) died in the year 1917.  

Sep 08 On this day in history charles Edouard Lefebvre, composer, dies at 74  

Sep 11 On this day in history georges Guynemer, French WW I pilot, dies at 22  

Sep 12 Eric Lundie, cricketer (WWI Test S Africa v England 1914), dies on this day in history.  

Sep 20 Herbert Morris, Jamaican deserter in France, executed at 17 died in the year 1917.  

Sep 23 On this day in history death of werner Voss, German World War I pilot (b. 1897)  

Sep 25 In the year 1917 death of thomas Ashe, Irish revolutionary (b. 1885)  

Sep 26 Edgar H G Degas, French painter (ballerina), dies in the year 1917.  

Sep 27 In the year 1917 death of edgar Degas, painter, Paris  

Oct 09 In the year 1917 hussain Kamil, sultan of Egypt (1914-17), dies at 63  

Oct 11 On this day in history harry Trott, cricketer (Aust capt played 24 Tests 1888-1898), dies  

Oct 13 Florence La Badie, American actress died in the year 1917.  

Oct 15 Mata Hari, Dutch dancer/German spy, executed by firing squad in Paris died in the year 1917.  

Oct 17 Maria J "Marie" Bakker, actress/wife of Maarten Stranger, dies at 59 on this day in history.  

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Jan 01 Jule Gregory Charney, American meteorologist (d. 1981) was born in the year 1917.  

Jan 01 In the year 1917 birth of albert Mol, Dutch actor (d. 2004)  

Jan 02 Vera Zorina, German dancer (d. 2003) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 03 In the year 1917 birth of vernon Walters, NYC, US permanent rep to the UN  

Jan 03 On this day in history birth of roger W. Straus, Jr., American publisher (d. 2004)  

Jan 04 In the year 1917 birth of maurice Wohl, English broker/multi-millionaire  

Jan 05 Reginald Smith Brindle, composer was born in the year 1917.  

Jan 05 Wieland Wagner, German opera director was born on this day in history.