Historical Events In 1917

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   Cpl. Fliip Konowal (47th Cdn. Infantry Batt.) wins the Victoria Cross at Hill 70, France in the year 1917.  

Aug 22   In the year 1917 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   In the year 1917 race riot in Houston Texas (2 blacks & 11 whites killed)  

Aug 24   Dennis James, Jersey City NJ, wrestling announcer/TV host (PDQ) in the year 1917.  

Aug 25   37th US Mens Tennis: R Lindley Murray beats N W Niles (57 86 63 63) in the year 1917.  

Aug 25   On this day in history don Defore, Cedar Rapids Iowa, actor (George-Hazel, Ozzie & Harriet)  

Aug 26   On this day in history jan Clayton, Tularosa NM, actress (Ellen Miller-Lassie)  

Aug 27   Indians set club record by stealing eight bases in a game on this day in history.  

Aug 27   On this day in history squadron of minesweepers departs U.S. for service off France  

Aug 28   In the year 1917 10 suffragists arrested as they picket the White House  

Aug 28   10 suffragists arrested as they picket White House in the year 1917.  

Aug 28   On this day in history jack Kirby, cartoonist (X-Men, Spiderman, Hulk, Capt America)  

Aug 29   On this day in history isabel Sanford, NYC, actress (Louise-Jeffersons/All in the Family)  

Aug 30   Denis Healey, English politician in the year 1917.  

Aug 30   On this day in history uritsky, leader of Petrogradse Czech, dies  

Sep 02   In the year 1917 cleveland Amory, Nahant Mass, conservationist/TV reviewer (TV Guide)  

Sep 02   Deutsche Vaterlands Party forms (by admiral Tirpitz) in the year 1917.  

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   Fanya Kaplan, Russian who shot at Lenin on Aug 30th, executed in the year 1917.  

Sep 04   On this day in history henry Ford II, automaker (Ford Motor Co)  

Sep 05   Jack Buetel, Dallas Tx, actress (Outlaw, Half Breed) in the year 1917.  

Sep 06   French pilot Georges Guynemer shoots down 54th German aircraft in the year 1917.  

Sep 06   George Mann, captain English cricket team on this day in history.  

Sep 07   John Cornforth, Australian chemist, Nobel Prize laureate on this day in history.  

Sep 08   Charles Edouard Lefebvre, composer, dies at 74 in the year 1917.  

Sep 10   In the year 1917 franfo Fortini, poet  

Sep 11   Ferdinand Marcos, Philippines Pres (1965-86) in the year 1917.  

Sep 11   On this day in history georges Guynemer, French WW I pilot, dies at 22  

Sep 12   Christian Geel, Dutch poet/sculptor/artist on this day in history.  

Sep 12   In the year 1917 eric Lundie, cricketer (WWI Test S Africa v England 1914), dies  

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Jan 01   In the year 1917 birth of jule Gregory Charney, American meteorologist (d. 1981)  

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

Jan 02   Vera Zorina, German dancer (d. 2003) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 03   Vernon Walters, NYC, US permanent rep to the UN was born on this day in history.  

Jan 03   Roger W. Straus, Jr., American publisher (d. 2004) was born in the year 1917.  

Jan 04   In the year 1917 birth of maurice Wohl, English broker/multi-millionaire  

Jan 05   In the year 1917 birth of reginald Smith Brindle, composer  

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

Jan 02   Edward B Tylor, English anthropologist, dies at 84 in the year 1917.  

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

Jan 10   In the year 1917 death of buffalo Bill Cody  

Jan 16   On this day in history death of george Dewey, U.S. admiral (b. 1837)  

Jan 17   Hendrik Goeman Borgesius, Dutch politician, dies at 70 on this day in history.  

Jan 25   In the year 1917 edwin Tyler, cricketer (slow-lefty played once for England 1896), dies  

Jan 29   On this day in history evelyn Baring earl Cromer, English consul-general in Egypt, dies at 75  

Feb 05   On this day in history paul Rubens, composer, dies at 41