Page 13: Historical Events In 1917

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   In the year 1917 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   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   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) on this day in history.   

Aug 25   Don Defore, Cedar Rapids Iowa, actor (George-Hazel, Ozzie & Harriet) in the year 1917.   

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

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

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   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 on this day in history.   

Sep 02   On this day in history cleveland Amory, Nahant Mass, conservationist/TV reviewer (TV Guide)   

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

Sep 03   1st night bombing of London by German fighter planes in the year 1917.   

Sep 03   In the year 1917 eddie "Brat" Stanky, Phil Rizzuto's nemisis/2nd baseman (Dodgers)   

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

Sep 06   French pilot Georges Guynemer shoots down 54th German aircraft on this day in history.   

Sep 06   On this day in history george Mann, captain English cricket team   

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

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

Sep 10   In the year 1917 franfo Fortini, poet   

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

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

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Jan 01   Jule Gregory Charney, American meteorologist (d. 1981) was born in the year 1917.   

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   In the year 1917 birth of vernon Walters, NYC, US permanent rep to the UN   

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

Jan 04   On this day in history birth of maurice Wohl, English broker/multi-millionaire   

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 in the year 1917.   

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

Jan 10   On this day in history 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   Edwin Tyler, cricketer (slow-lefty played once for England 1896), dies on this day in history.   

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.