Historical Events In 1917

Jul 27   On this day in history the Allies reach the Yser Canal at the Battle of Passchendaele.  

Jul 28   Silent Parade in NYC to protest murders of blacks in race riots in the year 1917.  

Jul 30   On this day in history board of Commissioners of Cleveland Metroparks has its 1st meeting  

Jul 31   3rd battle of Ypres begins in the year 1917.  

Jul 31   Charlie Finlason, cricketer (S Africa's 1st Test), dies in the year 1917.  

Jul 31   Crpl.Leslie Wilton ANDREW, 2nd Battalion, Wellington Infantry Regiment won the Victoria Cross at La Bassee-Ville, France, in the year 1917.  

Jul 31   Third battle of Ypres begins on this day in history.  

Aug 01   On this day in history benjamin Roberts, British industrial relations expert  

Aug 01   Frank Little, IWW organizer is lynched in Butte, Montana on this day in history.  

Aug 01   In the year 1917 frank Little, IWW organizer, lynched in Butte, MT  

Aug 01   In the year 1917 start of Third Battle of Ypres – Australian soldiers in action at Menin Road, Glencorse Wood, Polygon Wood, Broodseinde Ridge and Passchendaele  

Aug 03   Jordan Whitfield, PA, actor (Swamp Fox) in the year 1917.  

Aug 04   In the year 1917 pravda calls for killing all capitalists, priests & officers  

Aug 05   British troops attack canal of Ypres in Boesinghe Belgium in the year 1917.  

Aug 06   Robert Mitchum, Bridgeport Ct, actor (Winds of War, North & South) on this day in history.  

Aug 06   On this day in history the birth of Robert Mitchum, American actor  

Aug 06   World War I: Battle of MărăşeÅŸti between the Romanian and German armies begins in the year 1917.  

Aug 11   On this day in history dik Browne, cartoonist (Hi & Lois, Hagar the Horrible)  

Aug 12   On this day in history douglas Gunsekera, banker  

Aug 13   Phillies steal 5 bases in an inning against Braves in the year 1917.  

Aug 14   On this day in history china declares war on Germany & Austria at start of WW I  

Aug 14   On this day in history china declares war on Germany and Austria at start of WW I  

Aug 15   Prv. Michael James O'Rourke (7th Cdn. infantry Batt.) wins the Victoria Cross at Hill 70 France in the year 1917.  

Aug 16   Prv. Harry Brown (10th Cdn. infantry Batt.) wins the Victoria Cross at Hill 70, France in the year 1917.  

Aug 16   Roque Cordero, Panama, composer (Sonata Breve) on this day in history.  

Aug 17   In the year 1917 italy declares war on Germany & Turkey  

Aug 17   On this day in history p Roger Peyrefitte, French writer (Singular Love)  

Aug 18   Capt. (acting Major) Okill Massey Learmonth (2nd Cdn. Infantry Batt.) wins the Victoria Cross at Hill 70, France in the year 1917.  

Aug 18   On this day in history casper Weinberger, US Secretary of Defense (1981-87)  

Aug 18   In the year 1917 dutch Naval Air Force forms (MLD)  

Aug 18   In the year 1917 sgt. Fredrick Hobson (20th Cdn. infanctry Batt.) wins the Victoria Cross at Hill 70, France  

Aug 19   In the year 1917 sunday benefit baseball game at Polo Grounds results in John McGraw & Christy Mathewson's arrest for violating Blue laws  

Aug 19   On this day in history sunday benefit baseball game at the Polo Grounds results in John McGraw andChristy Mathewson's arrest  

Aug 20   On this day in history jFW Adolf Ritter von Baeyer, German chemist (Nobel 1905), dies  

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Jan 01   On this day in history birth of jule Gregory Charney, American meteorologist (d. 1981)  

Jan 01   On this day in history birth of albert Mol, Dutch actor (d. 2004)  

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

Jan 03   In the year 1917 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 on this day in history.  

Jan 05   Reginald Smith Brindle, composer was born on this day in history.  

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   On this day in history death of buffalo Bill Cody  

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   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 on this day in history.  

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