Historical Events In 1917
Sunday, 15 September 2019
Oct 10 Ilona Ference, actress (Quatermass II, Star of My Night) on this day in history.
Oct 11 Franz Alphons Wolpert, composer in the year 1917.
Oct 11 Harry Trott, cricketer (Aust capt played 24 Tests 1888-1898), dies on this day in history.
Oct 12 Hans Bentz van den Berg, Dutch actor (Last Train) on this day in history.
Oct 12 On this day in history the First Battle of Passchendaele, now Passendale
Oct 13 Burr Tillstrom, Chic Ill, puppeteer (Kukla, Fran & Ollie) on this day in history.
Oct 13 Florence La Badie, American actress in the year 1917.
Oct 13 In the year 1917 soviet accept establishment of Petrograd Military
Oct 15 Arthur Schlesinger Jr, Ohio, historian (1946 Pulitzer-Age of Jackson) on this day in history.
Oct 15 In the year 1917 chicago White Sox beat NY Giants, 4 games to 2 in 14th World Series
Oct 15 Mata Hari Dutch dancer/German spy executed by firing squad in Paris on this day in history.
Oct 15 Mata Hari, Dutch dancer/German spy, executed by firing squad in Paris in the year 1917.
Oct 15 In the year 1917 uSS Cassin (DD-43) torpedoed by German submarine U-61 off coast of Ireland. In trying to save the ship, Gunner's Mate Osmond Kelly Ingram becomes first American sailor killed in World War I and later is awarded the Medal of Honor for his heroism. He becomes the first enlisted man to have a ship named for him, in 1919.
Oct 17 In the year 1917 1st British bombing of Germany
Oct 17 In the year 1917 first train over the Quebec Bridge over the St. Lawrence. This was constructed by the Dominion Government for use by the National Transcontinental Railway. This bridge was notorious in that it fell down twice during construction On August 29, 1907 the south cantilever arm collapsed killing 65 or more workmen.
Oct 17 First train over the Quebec Bridge over the St. Lawrence. This was constructed by the Dominion Government for use by the National Transcontinental Railway. This bridge was notorious in that it fell down twice during construction: On August 29, 1907 the south cantilever arm collapsed killing 65 or more workmen on this day in history.
Oct 17 Maria J "Marie" Bakker, actress/wife of Maarten Stranger, dies at 59 on this day in history.
Oct 17 In the year 1917 marsha Hunt, Chicago Ill, actress (Jennifer-Peck's Bad Girl, Jigsaw)
Oct 19 Love Field in Dallas, Texas is opened in the year 1917.
Oct 20 Efrain Jonckheer, premier Dutch Antilles in the year 1917.
Oct 21 1st Americans to see action on front lines of WW I on this day in history.
Oct 21 Dizzy Gillespie, [John B], jazz trumpeter, a creator of modern jazz in the year 1917.
Oct 21 On this day in history first Americans to see action on the front lines of WW I
Oct 22 Joan Fontaine, Tokyo Japan, actress (Gunga Din, Ivanhoe, Rebecca) in the year 1917.
Oct 22 The birth of Joan Fontaine, American actress on this day in history.
Oct 23 1st Infantry division "Big Red One" shoots 1st US shot in WW I on this day in history.
Oct 23 On this day in history robert Bray, Kalispell Mont, actor (Corey-Lassie, Stagecoach West)
Oct 23 The Canadian Railway War Board holds its first meeting in the Canadian Pacific Boardroom in Windsor Station, Montreal. The name was changed to the Railway Association of Canada in 1919. The RAC represents the interests of all railways operating in Canada on this day in history.
Oct 24 Battle at Caporetto: German & Austria smash Italian army in the year 1917.
Oct 24 Marshall Goldberg, NFL halfback (Chicago Cardinals) in the year 1917.
Oct 25 On this day in history in Russia, Bolsheviks led by Vladimir Lenin seizes power
Oct 25 Lee MacPhail, American baseball manager and league executive on this day in history.
Oct 26 Capt. Christopher P.J. O'Kelly (52nd Cdn. Infantry BAtt.) wins the Victoria Cross at Passchendaele, Belgium in the year 1917.
Oct 26 Felix the Cat, cartoon character on this day in history.
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