Page 13: Historical Events In 1917

Aug 21   Company Sgt. Major Robert Hanna (29th Cdn. Infantry Batt.) wins the Victoria Cross at Hill 70, France on this day in history.   

Aug 21   On this day in history cpl. Fliip Konowal (47th Cdn. Infantry Batt.) wins the Victoria Cross at Hill 70, France   

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 on this day in history.   

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) in the year 1917.   

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) on this day in history.   

Aug 26   Jan Clayton, Tularosa NM, actress (Ellen Miller-Lassie) in the year 1917.   

Aug 27   In the year 1917 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   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) on this day in history.   

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 on this day in history.   

Sep 02   On this day in history 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   In the year 1917 eddie "Brat" Stanky, Phil Rizzuto's nemisis/2nd baseman (Dodgers)   

Sep 03   In the year 1917 fanya Kaplan, Russian who shot at Lenin on Aug 30th, executed   

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

Sep 05   In the year 1917 jack Buetel, Dallas Tx, actress (Outlaw, Half Breed)   

Sep 06   In the year 1917 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 on this day in history.   

Sep 08   On this day in history charles Edouard Lefebvre, composer, dies at 74   

Sep 10   On this day in history franfo Fortini, poet   

Sep 11   On this day in history ferdinand Marcos, Philippines Pres (1965-86)   

Sep 11   Georges Guynemer, French WW I pilot, dies at 22 in the year 1917.   

Sep 12   On this day in history christian Geel, Dutch poet/sculptor/artist   

Sep 12   On this day in history eric Lundie, cricketer (WWI Test S Africa v England 1914), dies   

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Jan 01   Jule Gregory Charney, American meteorologist (d. 1981) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 01   On this day in history birth of albert Mol, Dutch actor (d. 2004)   

Jan 02   On this day in history birth of vera Zorina, German dancer (d. 2003)   

Jan 03   On this day in history birth of vernon Walters, NYC, US permanent rep to the UN   

Jan 03   In the year 1917 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   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 in the year 1917.   

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   In the year 1917 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