Historical Events In 1917

Apr 03   Lenin arrives in Petrograd from Switzerland [NS=April 16] on this day in history.  

Apr 03   Lenin leaves Switzerland for Petrograd on this day in history.  

Apr 04   In the year 1917 british Columbia gives women the provincial vote.  

Apr 04   On this day in history joseph Ortiz, French-Algerian extremist (barricade uprising)  

Apr 05   On this day in history richard Yardumian, Philadelphia, composer (Come Creator Spirit)  

Apr 06   On this day in history julian Faber, CEO (Willis Faber)  

Apr 06   The United States enter World War I in the year 1917.  

Apr 06   On this day in history uS declares war on Germany, enters World War I  

Apr 07   In the year 1917 de Falla's ballet "El Sombrero de tres Picos," premieres in Madrid  

Apr 07   On this day in history r G Armstrong, Birmingham Ala, actor (T.H.E. Cat)  

Apr 07   In the year 1917 spyridon Filiskos Samaras, composer, dies at 53  

Apr 09   Battle of Arras begins on this day in history.  

Apr 09   Capt. Thain Wendell MacDowell (Cdn. 38th Cdn. Infantry Batt.) wins the Victoria Cross at Vimy Ridge France in the year 1917.  

Apr 09   Edward Thomas, poet, killed in WW I on this day in history.  

Apr 09   Johannes Bobrowski, writer in the year 1917.  

Apr 09   On this day in history lance-Sargent Ellis Wellwood Sifton (Cdn. 18th Cdn. Infantry Batt.) wins the Victoria Cross at Vimy Ridge France  

Apr 09   In the year 1917 pvt. William Johnstone Milne (Cdn. 16th Cdn. Infantry Batt.) wins the Victoria Cross at Vimy Ridge France  

Apr 09   In the year 1917 vimy Ridge France stormed by Canadian troops  

Apr 10   On this day in history munition factory explosion at Eddystone PA, kills 133 workers  

Apr 10   In the year 1917 pvt. John George Pattison (Cdn. 50th Cdn. Infantry Batt.) wins the Victoria Cross at Vimy Ridge France  

Apr 10   On this day in history robert Burns Woodward, organic chemist (Nobel 1965)  

Apr 11   Babe Ruth beats NY Yanks, pitching 3-hit 10-3 win for Red Sox on this day in history.  

Apr 11   On this day in history first Battle of Bullecourt, France  

Apr 12   In the year 1917 bijou Theater opens at 222 W 45th St NYC (Demolished 1982)  

Apr 12   On this day in history m Marie Widlow, St Louis Mo, softball pitcher (Hall of Fame 1957)  

Apr 14   On this day in history chic White Sox Ed Cicotte no-hits St Louis Browns, 11-0  

Apr 14   On this day in history lew [Lejzer L] Zamenhof, Polish doc/linguist (Esperanto), dies at 57  

Apr 14   Valerie Hobson, North Ireland, actress (Great Expectations) on this day in history.  

Apr 15   Hans Conried, Balt Md, actor (Bullwinkle Show, Make Room for Daddy) in the year 1917.  

Apr 16   On this day in history lenin returns to Russia to start Bolshevik Revolution  

Apr 16   Lenin returns to Russia to start Bolshevik Revolution. Workers feel a sense of unity in the year 1917.  

Apr 17   Bill Clements, American politician in the year 1917.  

Apr 18   Louise Frederika, Queen of Greece on this day in history.  

Apr 18   Moritz F Freiherr von Bissing, gov-gen of Belg (1914-17), dies at 73 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   Albert Mol, Dutch actor (d. 2004) was born in the year 1917.  

Jan 02   Vera Zorina, German dancer (d. 2003) was born in the year 1917.  

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

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.  

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

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

Jan 10   In the year 1917 death of buffalo Bill Cody  

Jan 16   George Dewey, U.S. admiral (b. 1837) died on this day in history.  

Jan 17   Hendrik Goeman Borgesius, Dutch politician, dies at 70 on this day in history.  

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 on this day in history.  

Feb 05   Paul Rubens, composer, dies at 41 on this day in history.