Page 12: Historical Events In 1917

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

Jul 31   Third battle of Ypres begins.   

Aug 01   Benjamin Roberts, British industrial relations expert   

Aug 01   Frank Little, IWW organizer is lynched in Butte, Montana.   

Aug 01   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.   

Aug 03   Jordan Whitfield, PA, actor (Swamp Fox)   

Aug 04   Pravda calls for killing all capitalists, priests and officers.   

Aug 05   British troops attack canal of Ypres in Boesinghe Belgium.   

Aug 06   Robert Mitchum, American actor is born.   

Aug 06   Robert Mitchum, Bridgeport Ct, actor (Winds of War, North and South)   

Aug 06   World War I: Battle of MărăşeÅŸti between the Romanian and German armies begins.   

Aug 11   Dik Browne, cartoonist (Hi and Lois, Hagar the Horrible).   

Aug 12   Douglas Gunsekera, banker.   

Aug 13   Phillies steal 5 bases in an inning against Braves   

Aug 14   China declares war on Germany and Austria at start of WW I   

Aug 15   In this year, Prv. Michael James O'Rourke (7th Cdn. infantry Batt.) claims the Victoria Cross at Hill 70 France.   

Aug 16   In this year, Prv. Harry Brown (10th Cdn. infantry Batt.) claims the Victoria Cross at Hill 70, France   

Aug 16   Roque Cordero, Panama, composer (Sonata Breve).   

Aug 17   Italy declares war on Germany and Turkey.   

Aug 17   P Roger Peyrefitte, French writer (Singular Love).   

Aug 18   Casper Weinberger, US Secretary of Defense (1981-87).   

Aug 18   Dutch Naval Air Force forms (MLD).   

Aug 18   In this year, Capt. (acting Major) Okill Massey Learmonth (2nd Cdn. Infantry Batt.) claims the Victoria Cross at Hill 70, France   

Aug 18   In this year, Sgt. Fredrick Hobson (20th Cdn. infanctry Batt.) claims the Victoria Cross at Hill 70, France   

Aug 19   Sunday benefit baseball game at Polo Grounds results in John McGraw and 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   

Aug 20   JFW Adolf Ritter von Baeyer, German chemist (Nobel 1905), dies   

Aug 21   In this year, Company Sgt. Major Robert Hanna (29th Cdn. Infantry Batt.) claims the Victoria Cross at Hill 70, France   

Aug 21   In this year, Cpl. Fliip Konowal (47th Cdn. Infantry Batt.) claims the Victoria Cross at Hill 70, France.   

Aug 22   John Lee Hooker, Clarksdale Mississippi, blues guitarist (Canned Heat).   

Aug 22   Pitts Pirates play 4th straight extra inning game, Carson Bigbee sets record of 11 at-bats, they lose in 22 innings to Dodgers   

Aug 23   Ontario cabinet passes order-in-council allowing the city of Berlin to change its name to Kitchener, effective Sept. 1; due to wartime anti-German sentiment   

Aug 23   Race riot in Houston Texas (2 blacks and 11 whites killed).   

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Jan 01   Jule gregory charney: American meteorologist   

Jan 01   Albert mol: Dutch actor   

Jan 02   Vera zorina: German dancer    

Jan 03   Vernon walters: Nyc, us permanent rep to the un   

Jan 03   Roger w. straus: Jr., american publisher   

Jan 04   Maurice wohl: English broker/multi-millionaire   

Jan 05   Reginald smith brindle: Composer   

Jan 05   Wieland wagner: German opera director   

Jan 02   Edward b tylor: English anthropologist,   

Jan 06   Hendrik p g quack: Lawyer/economist (bank of neth),   

Jan 10   Buffalo bill cody: Buffalo bill cody   

Jan 16   George dewey: U.s. admiral (b. 1837)   

Jan 17   Hendrik goeman borgesius: Dutch politician,   

Jan 25   Edwin tyler: Cricketer (slow-lefty played once for england 1896),   

Jan 29   Evelyn baring earl cromer: English consul-general in egypt,   

Feb 05   Paul rubens: Composer,