Page 12: 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   3rd battle of Ypres begins in the year 1917.   

Jul 31   In the year 1917 charlie Finlason, cricketer (S Africa's 1st Test), dies   

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   In the year 1917 frank Little, IWW organizer is lynched in Butte, Montana   

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   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   On this day in history british troops attack canal of Ypres in Boesinghe Belgium   

Aug 06   On this day in history robert Mitchum, Bridgeport Ct, actor (Winds of War, North & South)   

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

Aug 06   In the year 1917 world War I: Battle of MărăşeÅŸti 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   On this day in history phillies steal 5 bases in an inning against Braves   

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

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

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

Aug 16   Prv. Harry Brown (10th Cdn. infantry Batt.) wins the Victoria Cross at Hill 70, France on this day in history.   

Aug 16   In the year 1917 roque Cordero, Panama, composer (Sonata Breve)   

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

Aug 17   P Roger Peyrefitte, French writer (Singular Love) in the year 1917.   

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   In the year 1917 casper Weinberger, US Secretary of Defense (1981-87)   

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   Sunday benefit baseball game at Polo Grounds results in John McGraw & Christy Mathewson's arrest for violating Blue laws on this day in history.   

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

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

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

Jan 05   Wieland Wagner, German opera director was born on this day in history.   

Jan 02   On this day in history 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   Buffalo Bill Cody died in the year 1917.   

Jan 16   In the year 1917 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 on this day in history.   

Jan 29   In the year 1917 evelyn Baring earl Cromer, English consul-general in Egypt, dies at 75   

Feb 05   On this day in history paul Rubens, composer, dies at 41