Historical Events In 1917
Monday, 29 May 2023
Jul 27 In the year 1917 the Allies reach the Yser Canal at the Battle of Passchendaele.
Jul 28 On this day in history silent Parade in NYC to protest murders of blacks in race riots
Jul 30 Board of Commissioners of Cleveland Metroparks has its 1st meeting in the year 1917.
Jul 31 3rd battle of Ypres begins on this day in history.
Jul 31 In the year 1917 charlie Finlason, cricketer (S Africa's 1st Test), dies
Jul 31 Crpl.Leslie Wilton ANDREW, 2nd Battalion, Wellington Infantry Regiment won the Victoria Cross at La Bassee-Ville, France, on this day in history.
Jul 31 Third battle of Ypres begins on this day in history.
Aug 01 In the year 1917 benjamin Roberts, British industrial relations expert
Aug 01 Frank Little, IWW organizer is lynched in Butte, Montana in the year 1917.
Aug 01 On this day in history frank Little, IWW organizer, lynched in Butte, MT
Aug 01 Start of Third Battle of Ypres - Australian soldiers in action at Menin Road, Glencorse Wood, Polygon Wood, Broodseinde Ridge and Passchendaele in the year 1917.
Aug 03 In the year 1917 jordan Whitfield, PA, actor (Swamp Fox)
Aug 04 On this day in history pravda calls for killing all capitalists, priests & officers
Aug 05 British troops attack canal of Ypres in Boesinghe Belgium on this day in history.
Aug 06 On this day in history robert Mitchum, Bridgeport Ct, actor (Winds of War, North & South)
Aug 06 The birth of Robert Mitchum, American actor in the year 1917.
Aug 06 In the year 1917 world War I: Battle of Mărăşeşti between the Romanian and German armies begins.
Aug 11 In the year 1917 dik Browne, cartoonist (Hi & Lois, Hagar the Horrible)
Aug 12 Douglas Gunsekera, banker in the year 1917.
Aug 13 Phillies steal 5 bases in an inning against Braves in the year 1917.
Aug 14 China declares war on Germany & Austria at start of WW I on this day in history.
Aug 14 China declares war on Germany and Austria at start of WW I on this day in history.
Aug 15 On this day in history prv. Michael James O'Rourke (7th Cdn. infantry Batt.) wins the Victoria Cross at Hill 70 France
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) in the year 1917.
Aug 17 In the year 1917 italy declares war on Germany & Turkey
Aug 17 P Roger Peyrefitte, French writer (Singular Love) in the year 1917.
Aug 18 In the year 1917 capt. (acting Major) Okill Massey Learmonth (2nd Cdn. Infantry Batt.) wins the Victoria Cross at Hill 70, France
Aug 18 Casper Weinberger, US Secretary of Defense (1981-87) on this day in history.
Aug 18 In the year 1917 dutch Naval Air Force forms (MLD)
Aug 18 Sgt. Fredrick Hobson (20th Cdn. infanctry Batt.) wins the Victoria Cross at Hill 70, France on this day in history.
Aug 19 On this day in history sunday benefit baseball game at Polo Grounds results in John McGraw & Christy Mathewson's arrest for violating Blue laws
Aug 19 Sunday benefit baseball game at the Polo Grounds results in John McGraw andChristy Mathewson's arrest in the year 1917.
Aug 20 In the year 1917 jFW Adolf Ritter von Baeyer, German chemist (Nobel 1905), dies
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