Page 10: Historical Events In 1917

Jun 16   The first Congress of Soviets convene in Russia in the year 1917.   

Jun 17   British king George V takes the name Windsor on this day in history.   

Jun 17   In the year 1917 the birth of Dean Martin, American film actor and singer   

Jun 18   Akhmet Jevdet Ismail Hajiyev, composer on this day in history.   

Jun 19   In the year 1917 after WW I King George V ordered members of British royal family to dispense with German titles & surnames, they take the name Windsor   

Jun 19   After WW I King George V ordered members of British royal family to dispense with German titles &surnames, they take the name Windsor in the year 1917.   

Jun 19   In the year 1917 joshua Nkomo, Zimbabwan minister (ZAPUA)   

Jun 20   On this day in history j Palisa discovers asteroid #876 Scott   

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

Jun 21   On this day in history hawaiian Red Cross forms   

Jun 21   Hawaiian Red Cross founded on this day in history.   

Jun 23   In the year 1917 31st US Womens Tennis: Molla Mallory beat Marion Vanderhoef (46 60 62)   

Jun 23   Sid Watters Jr, horse trainer in the year 1917.   

Jun 24   On this day in history russian Black Sea fleet mutiny at Sebastopol   

Jun 26   In the year 1917 1st US Expeditionary Force arrive in France during WW I   

Jun 26   The first American Expeditionary Force arrive in France during WW I on this day in history.   

Jun 26   In the year 1917 william Hamilton, British MP   

Jun 27   1st baseball player (Hank Gowdy) to enter WW I military service in the year 1917.   

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

Jun 27   K M Rangnekar, cricketer (batted in 3 Tests India v Australia 1947-48) on this day in history.   

Jun 27   On this day in history ultonia, built for Cunard by Swan Hunter at Wallsend on Tyne, of 8845 tons, she was sunk by the German submarine U53 190 miles south west of the Fastnet Rock. Two people were killed.   

Jun 28   Potato entrepreneurs begins in Amsterdam in the year 1917.   

Jun 28   In the year 1917 willem "Wim" Sonneveld, Dutch singer/actor (My Fair Lady)   

Jun 30   Lena Horne, Bkln NY, actress/singer (Stormy Weather, Wiz) on this day in history.   

Jul 01   On this day in history race riots in East St Louis Illinois (40 to 200 reported killed)   

Jul 02   Herbert Beerbohm Tree, English actor/director (Hamlet), dies on this day in history.   

Jul 02   Pierre Dubois, Dutch literary on this day in history.   

Jul 02   Riots in East St Louis Mo in the year 1917.   

Jul 03   Helene Cordet, entertainer/nightclub owner in the year 1917.   

Jul 03   Spontaneous demonstration at Tauride-palace Petrograd in the year 1917.   

Jul 04   In the year 1917 engineers at Langley Field in Virginia called an airplane flying several miles away   

Jul 04   Johan H C Kern, Dutch linguist (Sanskreet), dies at 84 on this day in history.   

Jul 05   In the year 1917 glenn Reeves, Massillon OH, actor (Defending Your Life)   

Jul 06   Hugo Cole, composer 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 on this day in history.   

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

Jan 03   Vernon Walters, NYC, US permanent rep to the UN was born in the year 1917.   

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   In the year 1917 birth of reginald Smith Brindle, composer   

Jan 05   In the year 1917 birth of wieland Wagner, German opera director   

Jan 02   On this day in history edward B Tylor, English anthropologist, dies at 84   

Jan 06   In the year 1917 hendrik P G Quack, lawyer/economist (Bank of Neth), dies at 82   

Jan 10   Buffalo Bill Cody died on this day in history.   

Jan 16   George Dewey, U.S. admiral (b. 1837) died on this day in history.   

Jan 17   Hendrik Goeman Borgesius, Dutch politician, dies at 70 in the year 1917.   

Jan 25   In the year 1917 edwin Tyler, cricketer (slow-lefty played once for England 1896), dies   

Jan 29   Evelyn Baring earl Cromer, English consul-general in Egypt, dies at 75 on this day in history.   

Feb 05   In the year 1917 paul Rubens, composer, dies at 41