Page 13: 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   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   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   In the year 1917 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   In the year 1917 dennis James, Jersey City NJ, wrestling announcer/TV host (PDQ)   

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

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   Indians set club record by stealing eight bases in a game in the year 1917.   

Aug 27   In the year 1917 squadron of minesweepers departs U.S. for service off France   

Aug 28   On this day in history 10 suffragists arrested as they picket the White House   

Aug 28   On this day in history 10 suffragists arrested as they picket White House   

Aug 28   In the year 1917 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 on this day in history.   

Aug 30   Uritsky, leader of Petrogradse Czech, dies in the year 1917.   

Sep 02   Cleveland Amory, Nahant Mass, conservationist/TV reviewer (TV Guide) in the year 1917.   

Sep 02   In the year 1917 deutsche Vaterlands Party forms (by admiral Tirpitz)   

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) in the year 1917.   

Sep 03   Fanya Kaplan, Russian who shot at Lenin on Aug 30th, executed in the year 1917.   

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   In the year 1917 george Mann, captain English cricket team   

Sep 07   John Cornforth, Australian chemist, Nobel Prize laureate in the year 1917.   

Sep 08   In the year 1917 charles Edouard Lefebvre, composer, dies at 74   

Sep 10   On this day in history franfo Fortini, poet   

Sep 11   In the year 1917 ferdinand Marcos, Philippines Pres (1965-86)   

Sep 11   In the year 1917 georges Guynemer, French WW I pilot, dies at 22   

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

Sep 12   Eric Lundie, cricketer (WWI Test S Africa v England 1914), dies in the year 1917.   

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Jan 01   On this day in history birth of jule Gregory Charney, American meteorologist (d. 1981)   

Jan 01   Albert Mol, Dutch actor (d. 2004) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 02   In the year 1917 birth of vera Zorina, German dancer (d. 2003)   

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

Jan 03   In the year 1917 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   Reginald Smith Brindle, composer was born in the year 1917.   

Jan 05   Wieland Wagner, German opera director was born in the year 1917.   

Jan 02   Edward B Tylor, English anthropologist, dies at 84 on this day in history.   

Jan 06   On this day in history hendrik P G Quack, lawyer/economist (Bank of Neth), dies at 82   

Jan 10   Buffalo Bill Cody died on this day in history.   

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   On this day in history edwin Tyler, cricketer (slow-lefty played once for England 1896), dies   

Jan 29   Evelyn Baring earl Cromer, English consul-general in Egypt, dies at 75 on this day in history.   

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