Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In 1917

Jun 06 Iacob Moresianu, composer, dies at 59 on this day in history.  

Jun 12 Maria Teresa Carreno, composer, dies at 63 on this day in history.  

Jun 15 Kristian Birkeland, Norwegian physicist (b. 1867) died on this day in history.  

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

Jun 27 Gustav von Schmolle, German economist (Historical School), dies at 79 on this day in history.  

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 Ludwig Philipp Scharwenka, Ger composer (Album Polonaise), dies at 70 in the year 1917.  

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

Jul 27 Emil Theodor Kocher, Swiss surgeon, Nobel laureate (b. 1841) died in the year 1917.  

Jul 31 In the year 1917 charlie Finlason, cricketer (S Africa's 1st Test), dies  

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

Aug 07 Squadron Commander E.H. Dunning, first pilot to land his aircraft on a moving ship. (b. 1891) died on this day in history.  

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 in the year 1917.  

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 In the year 1917 death of marian Smoluchowski, Polish physicist (b. 1872)  

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

Sep 11 Georges Guynemer, French WW I pilot, dies at 22 in the year 1917.  

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 in the year 1917.  

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

Sep 26 Edgar H G Degas, French painter (ballerina), dies in the year 1917.  

Sep 27 Edgar Degas, painter, Paris died on this day in history.  

Oct 09 Hussain Kamil, sultan of Egypt (1914-17), dies at 63 in the year 1917.  

Oct 11 Harry Trott, cricketer (Aust capt played 24 Tests 1888-1898), dies on this day in history.  

Oct 13 Florence La Badie, American actress died in the year 1917.  

Oct 15 In the year 1917 death of mata Hari, Dutch dancer/German spy, executed by firing squad in Paris  

Oct 17 On this day in history maria J "Marie" Bakker, actress/wife of Maarten Stranger, dies at 59  

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

Jan 01 In the year 1917 birth of albert Mol, Dutch actor (d. 2004)  

Jan 02 Vera Zorina, German dancer (d. 2003) was born on this day in history.  

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

Jan 03 On this day in history birth of roger W. Straus, Jr., American publisher (d. 2004)  

Jan 04 Maurice Wohl, English broker/multi-millionaire was born in the year 1917.  

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.