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   On this day in history cpl. Fliip Konowal (47th Cdn. Infantry Batt.) wins the Victoria Cross at Hill 70, France   

Aug 22   John Lee Hooker, Clarksdale Mississippi, blues guitarist (Canned Heat) in the year 1917.   

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) on this day in history.   

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   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 in the year 1917.   

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

Aug 28   On this day in history 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) on this day in history.   

Aug 29   Isabel Sanford, NYC, actress (Louise-Jeffersons/All in the Family) on this day in history.   

Aug 30   On this day in history denis Healey, English politician   

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

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

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

Sep 03   In the year 1917 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 on this day in history.   

Sep 04   Henry Ford II, automaker (Ford Motor Co) in the year 1917.   

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 in the year 1917.   

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   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 on this day in history.   

Sep 12   In the year 1917 christian Geel, Dutch poet/sculptor/artist   

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   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 in the year 1917.   

Jan 03   Roger W. Straus, Jr., American publisher (d. 2004) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 04   Maurice Wohl, English broker/multi-millionaire was born on this day in history.   

Jan 05   Reginald Smith Brindle, composer was born on this day in history.   

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

Jan 02   On this day in history edward B Tylor, English anthropologist, dies at 84   

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

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   In the year 1917 hendrik Goeman Borgesius, Dutch politician, dies at 70   

Jan 25   Edwin Tyler, cricketer (slow-lefty played once for England 1896), dies in the year 1917.   

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

Feb 05   Paul Rubens, composer, dies at 41 on this day in history.