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

Jan 01   In the year 1917 birth of albert Mol, Dutch actor (d. 2004)   

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 in the year 1917.   

Jan 03   On this day in history birth of roger W. Straus, Jr., American publisher (d. 2004)   

Jan 04   Maurice Wohl, English broker/multi-millionaire was born in the year 1917.   

Jan 05   On this day in history birth of reginald Smith Brindle, composer   

Jan 05   On this day in history birth of wieland Wagner, German opera director   

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   On this day in history death of buffalo Bill Cody   

Jan 16   In the year 1917 death of george Dewey, U.S. admiral (b. 1837)   

Jan 17   On this day in history 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 in the year 1917.