Page 11: Historical Events In 1917

Jul 06   On this day in history t E Lawrence captures Port of Agaba from Turkey   

Jul 07   On this day in history 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   British warship "Vanguard" explodes at Scapa Flow killing 800 in the year 1917.   

Jul 09   On this day in history british warship "Vanguard" explodes at Scapa Flow killing 804   

Jul 09   On this day in history ted Steele, Hartford Ct, orch leader (Cavalcade of Stars)   

Jul 10   In the year 1917 don Herbert, Waconia Minn, scientist/TV host (Watch Mr Wizard)   

Jul 10   In the year 1917 emma Goldman imprisoned for obstructing draft   

Jul 10   In the year 1917 emma Goldman imprisoned for obstructing the draft   

Jul 12   On this day in history andrew Wyeth, Chadds Ford Pa, painter (Christina's World)   

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

Jul 12   The birth of Andrew Wyeth, American painter on this day in history.   

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   Vision of Virgin Mary appeared to children of Fatima, Portugal in the year 1917.   

Jul 14   In the year 1917 arthur Leavins, violinist   

Jul 15   Robert Conquest, English author (Back to Life) on this day in history.   

Jul 16   Ludwig Philipp Scharwenka, Ger composer (Album Polonaise), dies at 70 in the year 1917.   

Jul 16   William Bishop, Oak Park Ill, actor (Steve-It's a Great Life) in the year 1917.   

Jul 17   British Royal family changes its name from Hanover to Windsor on this day in history.   

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

Jul 19   On this day in history robert Aitken, Phila, Zen co-founder (Diamond Sangha)   

Jul 20   Pact of Corfu signed: Serbs, Croats & Slovenes form Yugoslavia in the year 1917.   

Jul 20   On this day in history wW I draft lottery held; #258 is first drawn   

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

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

Jul 22   On this day in history 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   

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

Jul 23   Charles Kerruish, president (Tyndwald Isle of Man) on this day in history.   

Jul 23   On this day in history cleveland Metropolitan Park District establishes   

Jul 24   John Hillaby, writer/traveller in the year 1917.   

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

Jul 26   Bertil Nordahl, Sweden, soccer player (Olympic-gold-1948) in the year 1917.   

Jul 26   J Edgar Hoover gets job on ministry of Justice in the year 1917.   

Jul 27   John Cunningham, executive director (British Aerospace) on this day in history.   

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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 on this day in history.   

Jan 03   Roger W. Straus, Jr., American publisher (d. 2004) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 04   On this day in history birth of maurice Wohl, English broker/multi-millionaire   

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.   

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

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

Jan 10   On this day in history death of buffalo Bill Cody   

Jan 16   George Dewey, U.S. admiral (b. 1837) died in the year 1917.   

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   On this day in history paul Rubens, composer, dies at 41