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

Jul 09   In the year 1917 british warship "Vanguard" explodes at Scapa Flow killing 804  

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

Jul 10   Don Herbert, Waconia Minn, scientist/TV host (Watch Mr Wizard) on this day in history.  

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

Jul 12   On this day in history the birth of Andrew Wyeth, American painter  

Jul 12   On this day in history the Bisbee Deportation occurs as vigilantes kidnap and deport nearly 1,300 striking miners and others from Bisbee, Arizona.  

Jul 13   Vision of Virgin Mary appeared to children of Fatima, Portugal on this day in history.  

Jul 14   Arthur Leavins, violinist on this day in history.  

Jul 15   In the year 1917 robert Conquest, English author (Back to Life)  

Jul 16   In the year 1917 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   British Royal family changes its name from Hanover to Windsor on this day in history.  

Jul 17   In the year 1917 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   On this day in history pact of Corfu signed: Serbs, Croats & Slovenes form Yugoslavia  

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   In the year 1917 alexander Kerensky becomes Russian PM  

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   In the year 1917 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   In the year 1917 cleveland Metropolitan Park District establishes  

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

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

Jul 26   On this day in history bertil Nordahl, Sweden, soccer player (Olympic-gold-1948)  

Jul 26   On this day in history j Edgar Hoover gets job on ministry of Justice  

Jul 27   John Cunningham, executive director (British Aerospace) in the year 1917.  

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Jan 01   In the year 1917 birth of jule Gregory Charney, American meteorologist (d. 1981)  

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

Jan 02   On this day in history birth of vera Zorina, German dancer (d. 2003)  

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

Jan 03   In the year 1917 birth of roger W. Straus, Jr., American publisher (d. 2004)  

Jan 04   In the year 1917 birth of maurice Wohl, English broker/multi-millionaire  

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

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

Jan 10   Buffalo Bill Cody died in the year 1917.  

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

Jan 17   On this day in history 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   In the year 1917 evelyn Baring earl Cromer, English consul-general in Egypt, dies at 75  

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