Page 4: Historical Events In October - 17

1903  Irene Ryan, El Paso Texas, actress (Granny-Beverly Hillbillies)   

1904  Bank of Italy opens its doors.   

1904  Bank of Italy (Bank of America) opens its doors   

1904  Nikolai Amani, composer, dies at 32.   

1905  Franco Albini, Italian architect.   

1907  Guglielmo Marconi's company begins the inaugural commercial transatlantic wireless service between Glace Bay, Nova Scotia, Canada and Clifden, Ireland   

1909  Crozy [William] Cole, US jazz drummer.   

1909  Nicola Spinelli, composer, dies at 44   

1910  Julia Ward Howe, composer (Battle Hymn of Republic), dies at 91   

1912  Turkey declares war on Bulgaria and Serbia   

1912  Bulgaria, Greece and Serbia declares war on Turkey.   

1912  John Paul I, [Albino Luciano], 263rd Roman Catholic pope (1978).   

1913  Serbs invade Albania.   

1914  Albert Markos, composer.   

1915  Arthur Miller, NYC, playwright (Death of a Salesman, Crucible)   

1916  Dutch women demonstrate for female suffrage   

1916  Robert Lowery, Kansas City MO, actor (Murder Over NY)   

1917  inaugural train over the Quebec Bridge over the St. Lawrence. This was constructed by the Dominion Government for use by the National Transcontinental Railway. This bridge was notorious in that it fell down twice during construction On August 29, 1907 the south cantilever arm collapsed killing 65 or more workmen   

1917  1st British bombing of Germany.   

1917  Marsha Hunt, Chicago Ill, actress (Jennifer-Peck's Bad Girl, Jigsaw)   

1917  Maria J "Marie" Bakker, actress/wife of Maarten Stranger, dies at 59   

1917  inaugural train over the Quebec Bridge over the St. Lawrence. This was constructed by the Dominion Government for use by the National Transcontinental Railway. This bridge was notorious in that it fell down twice during construction: On August 29, 1907 the south cantilever arm collapsed killing 65 or more workmen   

1918  Yugoslavia proclaims itself a republic   

1918  De Kooy airport in Netherlands opens   

1918  Gordon White, cricketer (WW I Superb S African batsman 1905-12), dies   

1919  Radio Corporation of America (RCA) created   

1919  John Moroney, cricketer (Australian opener 1949-51).   

1920  Chicago Bears (as Decatur Staleys) play 1st NFL game, win 7-0.   

1920  Montgomery Clift, Omaha NE, actor (From Here to Eternity).   

1921  Belgium's public library law goes into force   

1921  George Mackey Brown, poet.   

1921  Katherine Griffith, actress (Pollyanna), dies at 45.   

1922  Scottish worker begins hunger march from Glasgow on London   

1922  Louis Benjamin, showman   

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1253  Ivo of Kermartin, ]]) was born on this day in history.   

1563  On this day in history birth of jodocus Hondius, Flemish mathematician/cartographer   

1577  Cristofano Allori, Italian painter (Judith) was born on October - 17.   

1582  Johann Gerhard, German Lutheran leader (d. 1637) was born on October - 17.   

1623  Francis Turretin, Swiss theologian (d. 1687) was born on October - 17.   

1626  On this day in history birth of simon van Leeuwen, lawyer/historian (Roman-Holland regt)   

1688  Domenico Zipoli, composer was born on October - 17.   

1696  On this day in history birth of august III, king of Poland/monarch Frederik August II of Saksen   

0532  Boniface II, 1st "German" Pope, dies on October - 17.   

1174  On this day in history death of queen Petronila of Aragon (b. 1135)   

1312  On this day in history jan II, duke of Brabant/Limburg (charter of Kortenberg), dies   

1552  Andreas Osiander, Protestant Reformation theologist, dies at 53 on this day in history.   

1586  On this day in history philip Sidney, English poet/diplomat, dies in battle at 32   

1616  On this day in history death of john Pitts, Catholic scholar and writer. (b. 1560)   

1638  Death of Gilles Claesz de Hondecoeter, Flemish (?) painter, buried at about 63 on October - 17.   

1660  On this day in history death of adrian Scrope, English regicide (b. 1601)