Historical Events In 1917

Jul 27   The Allies reach the Yser Canal at the Battle of Passchendaele in the year 1917.   

Jul 28   In the year 1917 silent Parade in NYC to protest murders of blacks in race riots   

Jul 30   Board of Commissioners of Cleveland Metroparks has its 1st meeting on this day in history.   

Jul 31   On this day in history 3rd battle of Ypres begins   

Jul 31   Charlie Finlason, cricketer (S Africa's 1st Test), dies in the year 1917.   

Jul 31   On this day in history crpl.Leslie Wilton ANDREW, 2nd Battalion, Wellington Infantry Regiment won the Victoria Cross at La Bassee-Ville, France,   

Jul 31   Third battle of Ypres begins on this day in history.   

Aug 01   On this day in history benjamin Roberts, British industrial relations expert   

Aug 01   On this day in history frank Little, IWW organizer is lynched in Butte, Montana   

Aug 01   On this day in history frank Little, IWW organizer, lynched in Butte, MT   

Aug 01   Start of Third Battle of Ypres - Australian soldiers in action at Menin Road, Glencorse Wood, Polygon Wood, Broodseinde Ridge and Passchendaele in the year 1917.   

Aug 03   On this day in history jordan Whitfield, PA, actor (Swamp Fox)   

Aug 04   On this day in history pravda calls for killing all capitalists, priests & officers   

Aug 05   British troops attack canal of Ypres in Boesinghe Belgium in the year 1917.   

Aug 06   Robert Mitchum, Bridgeport Ct, actor (Winds of War, North & South) in the year 1917.   

Aug 06   In the year 1917 the birth of Robert Mitchum, American actor   

Aug 06   World War I: Battle of MărăşeÅŸti between the Romanian and German armies begins on this day in history.   

Aug 11   Dik Browne, cartoonist (Hi & Lois, Hagar the Horrible) on this day in history.   

Aug 12   Douglas Gunsekera, banker in the year 1917.   

Aug 13   Phillies steal 5 bases in an inning against Braves on this day in history.   

Aug 14   On this day in history china declares war on Germany & Austria at start of WW I   

Aug 14   On this day in history china declares war on Germany and Austria at start of WW I   

Aug 15   Prv. Michael James O'Rourke (7th Cdn. infantry Batt.) wins the Victoria Cross at Hill 70 France in the year 1917.   

Aug 16   On this day in history prv. Harry Brown (10th Cdn. infantry Batt.) wins the Victoria Cross at Hill 70, France   

Aug 16   Roque Cordero, Panama, composer (Sonata Breve) on this day in history.   

Aug 17   In the year 1917 italy declares war on Germany & Turkey   

Aug 17   In the year 1917 p Roger Peyrefitte, French writer (Singular Love)   

Aug 18   In the year 1917 capt. (acting Major) Okill Massey Learmonth (2nd Cdn. Infantry Batt.) wins the Victoria Cross at Hill 70, France   

Aug 18   On this day in history casper Weinberger, US Secretary of Defense (1981-87)   

Aug 18   Dutch Naval Air Force forms (MLD) on this day in history.   

Aug 18   In the year 1917 sgt. Fredrick Hobson (20th Cdn. infanctry Batt.) wins the Victoria Cross at Hill 70, France   

Aug 19   In the year 1917 sunday benefit baseball game at Polo Grounds results in John McGraw & Christy Mathewson's arrest for violating Blue laws   

Aug 19   Sunday benefit baseball game at the Polo Grounds results in John McGraw andChristy Mathewson's arrest in the year 1917.   

Aug 20   JFW Adolf Ritter von Baeyer, German chemist (Nobel 1905), dies in the year 1917.   

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Jan 01   On this day in history birth of jule Gregory Charney, American meteorologist (d. 1981)   

Jan 01   On this day in history birth of albert Mol, Dutch actor (d. 2004)   

Jan 02   In the year 1917 birth of vera Zorina, German dancer (d. 2003)   

Jan 03   Vernon Walters, NYC, US permanent rep to the UN was born in the year 1917.   

Jan 03   In the year 1917 birth of roger W. Straus, Jr., American publisher (d. 2004)   

Jan 04   On this day in history birth of maurice Wohl, English broker/multi-millionaire   

Jan 05   On this day in history birth of reginald Smith Brindle, composer   

Jan 05   In the year 1917 birth of wieland Wagner, German opera director   

Jan 02   Edward B Tylor, English anthropologist, dies at 84 on this day in history.   

Jan 06   Hendrik P G Quack, lawyer/economist (Bank of Neth), dies at 82 on this day in history.   

Jan 10   On this day in history death of buffalo Bill Cody   

Jan 16   On this day in history death of george Dewey, U.S. admiral (b. 1837)   

Jan 17   Hendrik Goeman Borgesius, Dutch politician, dies at 70 in the year 1917.   

Jan 25   On this day in history edwin Tyler, cricketer (slow-lefty played once for England 1896), dies   

Jan 29   Evelyn Baring earl Cromer, English consul-general in Egypt, dies at 75 in the year 1917.   

Feb 05   Paul Rubens, composer, dies at 41 in the year 1917.