Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In 1917

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

Jun 12 On this day in history maria Teresa Carreno, composer, dies at 63  

Jun 15 In the year 1917 death of kristian Birkeland, Norwegian physicist (b. 1867)  

Jun 20 In the year 1917 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 Fournier, Swiss/French postage stamp merchant/forger, dies on this day in history.  

Jul 14 Octave Lapize, French cyclist (b. 1887) died in the year 1917.  

Jul 16 On this day in history ludwig Philipp Scharwenka, Ger composer (Album Polonaise), dies at 70  

Jul 21 On this day in history 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 on this day in history.  

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

Aug 20 In the year 1917 jFW Adolf Ritter von Baeyer, German chemist (Nobel 1905), dies  

Aug 30 In the year 1917 uritsky, leader of Petrogradse Czech, dies  

Sep 03 Fanya Kaplan, Russian who shot at Lenin on Aug 30th, executed died on this day in history.  

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

Sep 08 In the year 1917 charles Edouard Lefebvre, composer, dies at 74  

Sep 11 Georges Guynemer, French WW I pilot, dies at 22 on this day in history.  

Sep 12 Eric Lundie, cricketer (WWI Test S Africa v England 1914), dies in the year 1917.  

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

Sep 23 In the year 1917 death of werner Voss, German World War I pilot (b. 1897)  

Sep 25 Thomas Ashe, Irish revolutionary (b. 1885) died on this day in history.  

Sep 26 Edgar H G Degas, French painter (ballerina), dies on this day in history.  

Sep 27 Edgar Degas, painter, Paris died in the year 1917.  

Oct 09 On this day in history 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 In the year 1917 death of mata Hari, Dutch dancer/German spy, executed by firing squad in Paris  

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 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 On this day in history birth of vera Zorina, German dancer (d. 2003)  

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

Jan 03 Roger W. Straus, Jr., American publisher (d. 2004) was born in the year 1917.  

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

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.