Historical Events In 1917
Tuesday, 19 March 2024
Aug 21 On this day in history company Sgt. Major Robert Hanna (29th Cdn. Infantry Batt.) wins the Victoria Cross at Hill 70, France
Aug 21 Cpl. Fliip Konowal (47th Cdn. Infantry Batt.) wins the Victoria Cross at Hill 70, France on this day in history.
Aug 22 In the year 1917 john Lee Hooker, Clarksdale Mississippi, blues guitarist (Canned Heat)
Aug 22 On this day in history 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 on this day in history.
Aug 23 On this day in history race riot in Houston Texas (2 blacks & 11 whites killed)
Aug 24 In the year 1917 dennis James, Jersey City NJ, wrestling announcer/TV host (PDQ)
Aug 25 37th US Mens Tennis: R Lindley Murray beats N W Niles (57 86 63 63) in the year 1917.
Aug 25 Don Defore, Cedar Rapids Iowa, actor (George-Hazel, Ozzie & Harriet) in the year 1917.
Aug 26 In the year 1917 jan Clayton, Tularosa NM, actress (Ellen Miller-Lassie)
Aug 27 In the year 1917 indians set club record by stealing eight bases in a game
Aug 27 In the year 1917 squadron of minesweepers departs U.S. for service off France
Aug 28 10 suffragists arrested as they picket the White House on this day in history.
Aug 28 On this day in history 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 In the year 1917 isabel Sanford, NYC, actress (Louise-Jeffersons/All in the Family)
Aug 30 Denis Healey, English politician on this day in history.
Aug 30 On this day in history uritsky, leader of Petrogradse Czech, dies
Sep 02 Cleveland Amory, Nahant Mass, conservationist/TV reviewer (TV Guide) on this day in history.
Sep 02 Deutsche Vaterlands Party forms (by admiral Tirpitz) on this day in history.
Sep 03 1st night bombing of London by German fighter planes on this day in history.
Sep 03 Eddie "Brat" Stanky, Phil Rizzuto's nemisis/2nd baseman (Dodgers) on this day in history.
Sep 03 Fanya Kaplan, Russian who shot at Lenin on Aug 30th, executed in the year 1917.
Sep 04 Henry Ford II, automaker (Ford Motor Co) on this day in history.
Sep 05 Jack Buetel, Dallas Tx, actress (Outlaw, Half Breed) in the year 1917.
Sep 06 On this day in history french pilot Georges Guynemer shoots down 54th German aircraft
Sep 06 George Mann, captain English cricket team on this day in history.
Sep 07 John Cornforth, Australian chemist, Nobel Prize laureate in the year 1917.
Sep 08 On this day in history charles Edouard Lefebvre, composer, dies at 74
Sep 10 In the year 1917 franfo Fortini, poet
Sep 11 Ferdinand Marcos, Philippines Pres (1965-86) on this day in history.
Sep 11 Georges Guynemer, French WW I pilot, dies at 22 in the year 1917.
Sep 12 In the year 1917 christian Geel, Dutch poet/sculptor/artist
Sep 12 On this day in history eric Lundie, cricketer (WWI Test S Africa v England 1914), dies
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