Historical Events In 1917

Jul 06   T E Lawrence captures Port of Agaba from Turkey in the year 1917.  

Jul 07   In the year 1917 elton Britt, Marshall Ark, country singer (Sat Night Jamboree)  

Jul 08   In the year 1917 faye Emerson, Elizabeth La, actress (I've Got a Secret)  

Jul 09   In the year 1917 british warship "Vanguard" explodes at Scapa Flow killing 800  

Jul 09   British warship "Vanguard" explodes at Scapa Flow killing 804 on this day in history.  

Jul 09   Ted Steele, Hartford Ct, orch leader (Cavalcade of Stars) on this day in history.  

Jul 10   On this day in history don Herbert, Waconia Minn, scientist/TV host (Watch Mr Wizard)  

Jul 10   Emma Goldman imprisoned for obstructing draft in the year 1917.  

Jul 10   On this day in history emma Goldman imprisoned for obstructing the draft  

Jul 12   Andrew Wyeth, Chadds Ford Pa, painter (Christina's World) on this day in history.  

Jul 12   On this day in history fournier, Swiss/French postage stamp merchant/forger, dies  

Jul 12   The birth of Andrew Wyeth, American painter in the year 1917.  

Jul 12   The Bisbee Deportation occurs as vigilantes kidnap and deport nearly 1,300 striking miners and others from Bisbee, Arizona in the year 1917.  

Jul 13   In the year 1917 vision of Virgin Mary appeared to children of Fatima, Portugal  

Jul 14   In the year 1917 arthur Leavins, violinist  

Jul 15   On this day in history robert Conquest, English author (Back to Life)  

Jul 16   Ludwig Philipp Scharwenka, Ger composer (Album Polonaise), dies at 70 on this day in history.  

Jul 16   William Bishop, Oak Park Ill, actor (Steve-It's a Great Life) on this day in history.  

Jul 17   On this day in history british Royal family changes its name from Hanover to Windsor  

Jul 17   Lou Bourdeau, baseball player/manager (1948 AP Athlete of Year) on this day in history.  

Jul 19   Robert Aitken, Phila, Zen co-founder (Diamond Sangha) on this day in history.  

Jul 20   In the year 1917 pact of Corfu signed: Serbs, Croats & Slovenes form Yugoslavia  

Jul 20   WW I draft lottery held; #258 is first drawn on this day in history.  

Jul 21   Christopher J Forster, British RAF-pilot/capt, dies in battle on this day in history.  

Jul 22   Alexander Kerensky becomes Russian PM in the year 1917.  

Jul 22   Four members of the Australian Army Nursing Service – Sisters Cawood, Deacon and Ross-King and Staff Nurse Derrer – win Military Medals for rescuing patients trapped in a burning Casualty Clearing Station at Trois Arbes, France These were the first bravery awards won by Australian nurses in action on this day in history.  

Jul 22   On this day in history m Wolf discovers asteroids #879 Ricarda, #880 Herba & #881 Athene  

Jul 23   On this day in history charles Kerruish, president (Tyndwald Isle of Man)  

Jul 23   Cleveland Metropolitan Park District establishes on this day in history.  

Jul 24   In the year 1917 john Hillaby, writer/traveller  

Jul 25   Sir Thomas Whyte introduces the first income tax in Canada as a "temporary" measure (lowest bracket is 4% and highest is 25%) in the year 1917.  

Jul 26   In the year 1917 bertil Nordahl, Sweden, soccer player (Olympic-gold-1948)  

Jul 26   In the year 1917 j Edgar Hoover gets job on ministry of Justice  

Jul 27   In the year 1917 john Cunningham, executive director (British Aerospace)  

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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 in the year 1917.  

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   On this day in history birth of reginald Smith Brindle, composer  

Jan 05   On this day in history birth of wieland Wagner, German opera director  

Jan 02   Edward B Tylor, English anthropologist, dies at 84 in the year 1917.  

Jan 06   Hendrik P G Quack, lawyer/economist (Bank of Neth), dies at 82 on this day in history.  

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

Jan 16   On this day in history death of george Dewey, U.S. admiral (b. 1837)  

Jan 17   In the year 1917 hendrik Goeman Borgesius, Dutch politician, dies at 70  

Jan 25   Edwin Tyler, cricketer (slow-lefty played once for England 1896), dies on this day in history.  

Jan 29   Evelyn Baring earl Cromer, English consul-general in Egypt, dies at 75 in the year 1917.  

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