Historical Events In 1917
Friday, 25 October 2024
Aug 21 In the year 1917 company Sgt. Major Robert Hanna (29th Cdn. Infantry Batt.) wins the Victoria Cross at Hill 70, France
Aug 21 In the year 1917 cpl. Fliip Konowal (47th Cdn. Infantry Batt.) wins the Victoria Cross at Hill 70, France
Aug 22 On this day in history 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 in the year 1917.
Aug 23 On this day in history 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 & 11 whites killed) in the year 1917.
Aug 24 Dennis James, Jersey City NJ, wrestling announcer/TV host (PDQ) on this day in history.
Aug 25 37th US Mens Tennis: R Lindley Murray beats N W Niles (57 86 63 63) on this day in history.
Aug 25 On this day in history don Defore, Cedar Rapids Iowa, actor (George-Hazel, Ozzie & Harriet)
Aug 26 Jan Clayton, Tularosa NM, actress (Ellen Miller-Lassie) in the year 1917.
Aug 27 On this day in history indians set club record by stealing eight bases in a game
Aug 27 Squadron of minesweepers departs U.S. for service off France on this day in history.
Aug 28 In the year 1917 10 suffragists arrested as they picket the White House
Aug 28 In the year 1917 10 suffragists arrested as they picket White House
Aug 28 Jack Kirby, cartoonist (X-Men, Spiderman, Hulk, Capt America) in the year 1917.
Aug 29 Isabel Sanford, NYC, actress (Louise-Jeffersons/All in the Family) on this day in history.
Aug 30 In the year 1917 denis Healey, English politician
Aug 30 Uritsky, leader of Petrogradse Czech, dies on this day in history.
Sep 02 In the year 1917 cleveland Amory, Nahant Mass, conservationist/TV reviewer (TV Guide)
Sep 02 On this day in history deutsche Vaterlands Party forms (by admiral Tirpitz)
Sep 03 On this day in history 1st night bombing of London by German fighter planes
Sep 03 Eddie "Brat" Stanky, Phil Rizzuto's nemisis/2nd baseman (Dodgers) on this day in history.
Sep 03 On this day in history fanya Kaplan, Russian who shot at Lenin on Aug 30th, executed
Sep 04 In the year 1917 henry Ford II, automaker (Ford Motor Co)
Sep 05 In the year 1917 jack Buetel, Dallas Tx, actress (Outlaw, Half Breed)
Sep 06 On this day in history french pilot Georges Guynemer shoots down 54th German aircraft
Sep 06 On this day in history george Mann, captain English cricket team
Sep 07 In the year 1917 john Cornforth, Australian chemist, Nobel Prize laureate
Sep 08 Charles Edouard Lefebvre, composer, dies at 74 on this day in history.
Sep 10 On this day in history franfo Fortini, poet
Sep 11 In the year 1917 ferdinand Marcos, Philippines Pres (1965-86)
Sep 11 On this day in history georges Guynemer, French WW I pilot, dies at 22
Sep 12 Christian Geel, Dutch poet/sculptor/artist in the year 1917.
Sep 12 Eric Lundie, cricketer (WWI Test S Africa v England 1914), dies in the year 1917.
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