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   In the year 1917 3rd battle of Ypres begins  

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

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   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   Frank Little, IWW organizer, lynched in Butte, MT on this day in history.  

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   Jordan Whitfield, PA, actor (Swamp Fox) on this day in history.  

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 in the year 1917.  

Aug 06   In the year 1917 robert Mitchum, Bridgeport Ct, actor (Winds of War, North & South)  

Aug 06   In the year 1917 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 on this day in history.  

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 on this day in history.  

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

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

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   Sgt. Fredrick Hobson (20th Cdn. infanctry Batt.) wins the Victoria Cross at Hill 70, France in the year 1917.  

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

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

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Jan 01   Jule Gregory Charney, American meteorologist (d. 1981) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 01   Albert Mol, Dutch actor (d. 2004) was born in the year 1917.  

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 in the year 1917.  

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

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

Jan 05   In the year 1917 birth of wieland Wagner, German opera director  

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   In the year 1917 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 on this day in history.  

Jan 25   On this day in history 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 in the year 1917.  

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