Historical Events In 1917

Jul 27   The Allies reach the Yser Canal at the Battle of Passchendaele in the year 1917.  

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   In the year 1917 3rd battle of Ypres begins  

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   Benjamin Roberts, British industrial relations expert in the year 1917.  

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

Aug 01   In the year 1917 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   On this day in history jordan Whitfield, PA, actor (Swamp Fox)  

Aug 04   In the year 1917 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   In the year 1917 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   World War I: Battle of MărăşeÅŸti between the Romanian and German armies begins in the year 1917.  

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   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 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   On this day in history 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   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   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   In the year 1917 casper Weinberger, US Secretary of Defense (1981-87)  

Aug 18   On this day in history 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 in the year 1917.  

Aug 19   In the year 1917 sunday benefit baseball game at the Polo Grounds results in John McGraw andChristy Mathewson's arrest  

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   On this day in history birth of albert Mol, Dutch actor (d. 2004)  

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

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

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

Jan 06   In the year 1917 hendrik P G Quack, lawyer/economist (Bank of Neth), dies at 82  

Jan 10   Buffalo Bill Cody died in the year 1917.  

Jan 16   George Dewey, U.S. admiral (b. 1837) died on this day in history.  

Jan 17   On this day in history 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   In the year 1917 evelyn Baring earl Cromer, English consul-general in Egypt, dies at 75  

Feb 05   In the year 1917 paul Rubens, composer, dies at 41