Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In 1917

Jun 06 Iacob Moresianu, composer, dies at 59 in the year 1917.  

Jun 12 In the year 1917 maria Teresa Carreno, composer, dies at 63  

Jun 15 Kristian Birkeland, Norwegian physicist (b. 1867) died in the year 1917.  

Jun 20 On this day in history james Mason Crafts, US chemist, dies at 78  

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 Johan H C Kern, Dutch linguist (Sanskreet), dies at 84 on this day in history.  

Jul 08 Tom Thomson, Canadian painter (b. 1877) died in the year 1917.  

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 On this day in history ludwig Philipp Scharwenka, Ger composer (Album Polonaise), dies at 70  

Jul 21 In the year 1917 christopher J Forster, British RAF-pilot/capt, dies in battle  

Jul 27 Emil Theodor Kocher, Swiss surgeon, Nobel laureate (b. 1841) died on this day in history.  

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

Aug 01 Frank Little, American labor organizer (lynched) (b. 1879) died on this day in history.  

Aug 07 In the year 1917 death of squadron Commander E.H. Dunning, first pilot to land his aircraft on a moving ship. (b. 1891)  

Aug 15 Thomas J. Higgins, decorated Union Army soldier (b. 1831) died on this day in history.  

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

Aug 30 Uritsky, leader of Petrogradse Czech, dies in the year 1917.  

Sep 03 In the year 1917 death of fanya Kaplan, Russian who shot at Lenin on Aug 30th, executed  

Sep 05 On this day in history death of marian Smoluchowski, Polish physicist (b. 1872)  

Sep 08 Charles Edouard Lefebvre, composer, dies at 74 in the year 1917.  

Sep 11 In the year 1917 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 In the year 1917 death of herbert Morris, Jamaican deserter in France, executed at 17  

Sep 23 Werner Voss, German World War I pilot (b. 1897) died on this day in history.  

Sep 25 Thomas Ashe, Irish revolutionary (b. 1885) died in the year 1917.  

Sep 26 In the year 1917 edgar H G Degas, French painter (ballerina), dies  

Sep 27 On this day in history 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 In the year 1917 death of florence La Badie, American actress  

Oct 15 Mata Hari, Dutch dancer/German spy, executed by firing squad in Paris died on this day in history.  

Oct 17 Maria J "Marie" Bakker, actress/wife of Maarten Stranger, dies at 59 in the year 1917.  

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Jan 01 Jule Gregory Charney, American meteorologist (d. 1981) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 01 Albert Mol, Dutch actor (d. 2004) was born on this day in history.  

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 Roger W. Straus, Jr., American publisher (d. 2004) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 04 Maurice Wohl, English broker/multi-millionaire was born on this day in history.  

Jan 05 In the year 1917 birth of reginald Smith Brindle, composer  

Jan 05 Wieland Wagner, German opera director was born in the year 1917.