Historical Events In 1917

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

Jul 07   Elton Britt, Marshall Ark, country singer (Sat Night Jamboree) on this day in history.  

Jul 08   On this day in history faye Emerson, Elizabeth La, actress (I've Got a Secret)  

Jul 09   On this day in history british warship "Vanguard" explodes at Scapa Flow killing 800  

Jul 09   British warship "Vanguard" explodes at Scapa Flow killing 804 in the year 1917.  

Jul 09   Ted Steele, Hartford Ct, orch leader (Cavalcade of Stars) in the year 1917.  

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

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

Jul 10   Emma Goldman imprisoned for obstructing the draft on this day in history.  

Jul 12   In the year 1917 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 on this day in history.  

Jul 13   On this day in history vision of Virgin Mary appeared to children of Fatima, Portugal  

Jul 14   In the year 1917 arthur Leavins, violinist  

Jul 15   Robert Conquest, English author (Back to Life) in the year 1917.  

Jul 16   On this day in history ludwig Philipp Scharwenka, Ger composer (Album Polonaise), dies at 70  

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

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

Jul 17   On this day in history lou Bourdeau, baseball player/manager (1948 AP Athlete of Year)  

Jul 19   In the year 1917 robert Aitken, Phila, Zen co-founder (Diamond Sangha)  

Jul 20   Pact of Corfu signed: Serbs, Croats & Slovenes form Yugoslavia on this day in history.  

Jul 20   WW I draft lottery held; #258 is first drawn in the year 1917.  

Jul 21   On this day in history christopher J Forster, British RAF-pilot/capt, dies in battle  

Jul 22   In the year 1917 alexander Kerensky becomes Russian PM  

Jul 22   In the year 1917 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   M Wolf discovers asteroids #879 Ricarda, #880 Herba & #881 Athene in the year 1917.  

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

Jul 23   In the year 1917 cleveland Metropolitan Park District establishes  

Jul 24   John Hillaby, writer/traveller on this day in history.  

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

Jul 26   Bertil Nordahl, Sweden, soccer player (Olympic-gold-1948) on this day in history.  

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

Jul 27   On this day in history john Cunningham, executive director (British Aerospace)  

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Jan 01   Jule Gregory Charney, American meteorologist (d. 1981) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 01   Albert Mol, Dutch actor (d. 2004) was born in the year 1917.  

Jan 02   Vera Zorina, German dancer (d. 2003) was born in the year 1917.  

Jan 03   On this day in history birth of vernon Walters, NYC, US permanent rep to the UN  

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

Jan 04   Maurice Wohl, English broker/multi-millionaire was born in the year 1917.  

Jan 05   Reginald Smith Brindle, composer was born in the year 1917.  

Jan 05   Wieland Wagner, German opera director was born in the year 1917.  

Jan 02   Edward B Tylor, English anthropologist, dies at 84 on this day in history.  

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

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

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

Jan 29   On this day in history evelyn Baring earl Cromer, English consul-general in Egypt, dies at 75  

Feb 05   Paul Rubens, composer, dies at 41 in the year 1917.