Historical Events In 1917

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

Jul 28   In the year 1917 silent Parade in NYC to protest murders of blacks in race riots  

Jul 30   In the year 1917 board of Commissioners of Cleveland Metroparks has its 1st meeting  

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

Jul 31   On this day in history charlie Finlason, cricketer (S Africa's 1st Test), dies  

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

Jul 31   On this day in history third battle of Ypres begins  

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

Aug 01   On this day in history 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   On this day in history 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   Pravda calls for killing all capitalists, priests & officers on this day in history.  

Aug 05   On this day in history british troops attack canal of Ypres in Boesinghe Belgium  

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

Aug 06   The birth of Robert Mitchum, American actor in the year 1917.  

Aug 06   On this day in history world War I: Battle of MărăşeÅŸti between the Romanian and German armies begins.  

Aug 11   Dik Browne, cartoonist (Hi & Lois, Hagar the Horrible) in the year 1917.  

Aug 12   On this day in history douglas Gunsekera, banker  

Aug 13   Phillies steal 5 bases in an inning against Braves on this day in history.  

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   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) on this day in history.  

Aug 17   On this day in history italy declares war on Germany & Turkey  

Aug 17   In the year 1917 p Roger Peyrefitte, French writer (Singular Love)  

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) in the year 1917.  

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   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 in the year 1917.  

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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   In the year 1917 birth of vera Zorina, German dancer (d. 2003)  

Jan 03   On this day in history birth of vernon Walters, NYC, US permanent rep to the UN  

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 in the year 1917.  

Jan 05   On this day in history birth of reginald Smith Brindle, composer  

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   Hendrik P G Quack, lawyer/economist (Bank of Neth), dies at 82 on this day in history.  

Jan 10   In the year 1917 death of buffalo Bill Cody  

Jan 16   In the year 1917 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   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