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 on this day in history.  

Jul 30   Board of Commissioners of Cleveland Metroparks has its 1st meeting on this day in history.  

Jul 31   On this day in history 3rd battle of Ypres begins  

Jul 31   Charlie Finlason, cricketer (S Africa's 1st Test), dies on this day in history.  

Jul 31   On this day in history crpl.Leslie Wilton ANDREW, 2nd Battalion, Wellington Infantry Regiment won the Victoria Cross at La Bassee-Ville, France,  

Jul 31   In the year 1917 third battle of Ypres begins  

Aug 01   Benjamin Roberts, British industrial relations expert on this day in history.  

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

Aug 01   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.  

Aug 06   Robert Mitchum, Bridgeport Ct, actor (Winds of War, North & South) in the year 1917.  

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

Aug 06   World War I: Battle of Mărăşeşti between the Romanian and German armies begins on this day in history.  

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   In the year 1917 phillies steal 5 bases in an inning against Braves  

Aug 14   China declares war on Germany & Austria at start of WW I in the year 1917.  

Aug 14   China declares war on Germany and Austria at start of WW I in the year 1917.  

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

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

Aug 16   Roque Cordero, Panama, composer (Sonata Breve) in the year 1917.  

Aug 17   Italy declares war on Germany & Turkey on this day in history.  

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 on this day in history.  

Aug 18   Casper Weinberger, US Secretary of Defense (1981-87) in the year 1917.  

Aug 18   On this day in history 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   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 on this day in history.  

Aug 20   JFW Adolf Ritter von Baeyer, German chemist (Nobel 1905), dies on this day in history.  

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

Jan 01   In the year 1917 birth of albert Mol, Dutch actor (d. 2004)  

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

Jan 03   Vernon Walters, NYC, US permanent rep to the UN was born on this day in history.  

Jan 03   On this day in history birth of roger W. Straus, Jr., American publisher (d. 2004)  

Jan 04   Maurice Wohl, English broker/multi-millionaire was born on this day in history.  

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   In the year 1917 edward B Tylor, English anthropologist, dies at 84  

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   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   Edwin Tyler, cricketer (slow-lefty played once for England 1896), dies in the year 1917.  

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