Famous Deaths 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 on this day in history.  

Jun 20 In the year 1917 james Mason Crafts, US chemist, dies at 78  

Jun 27 In the year 1917 gustav von Schmolle, German economist (Historical School), dies at 79  

Jul 02 In the year 1917 herbert Beerbohm Tree, English actor/director (Hamlet), dies  

Jul 04 On this day in history johan H C Kern, Dutch linguist (Sanskreet), dies at 84  

Jul 08 On this day in history death of tom Thomson, Canadian painter (b. 1877)  

Jul 12 In the year 1917 fournier, Swiss/French postage stamp merchant/forger, dies  

Jul 14 On this day in history death of octave Lapize, French cyclist (b. 1887)  

Jul 16 In the year 1917 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 On this day in history charlie Finlason, cricketer (S Africa's 1st Test), dies  

Aug 01 On this day in history death of frank Little, American labor organizer (lynched) (b. 1879)  

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 On this day in history jFW Adolf Ritter von Baeyer, German chemist (Nobel 1905), dies  

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

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

Sep 05 Marian Smoluchowski, Polish physicist (b. 1872) died on this day in history.  

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 In the year 1917 eric Lundie, cricketer (WWI Test S Africa v England 1914), dies  

Sep 20 Herbert Morris, Jamaican deserter in France, executed at 17 died on this day in history.  

Sep 23 Werner Voss, German World War I pilot (b. 1897) died in the year 1917.  

Sep 25 In the year 1917 death of thomas Ashe, Irish revolutionary (b. 1885)  

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 Hussain Kamil, sultan of Egypt (1914-17), dies at 63 on this day in history.  

Oct 11 Harry Trott, cricketer (Aust capt played 24 Tests 1888-1898), dies in the year 1917.  

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

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 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 on this day in history.  

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

Jan 03 In the year 1917 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 In the year 1917 birth of reginald Smith Brindle, composer  

Jan 05 Wieland Wagner, German opera director was born on this day in history.