Page 13: Historical Events In 1917

Aug 24   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).   

Aug 25   Don Defore, Cedar Rapids Iowa, actor (George-Hazel, Ozzie and Harriet)   

Aug 26   Jan Clayton, Tularosa NM, actress (Ellen Miller-Lassie)   

Aug 27   Indians set club record by stealing eight bases in a game   

Aug 27   Squadron of minesweepers departs U.S. for service off France.   

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

Aug 28   10 suffragists arrested as they picket White House.   

Aug 28   Jack Kirby, cartoonist (X-Men, Spiderman, Hulk, Capt America).   

Aug 29   Isabel Sanford, NYC, actress (Louise-Jeffersons/All in the Family)   

Aug 30   Denis Healey, English politician.   

Aug 30   Uritsky, leader of Petrogradse Czech, dies.   

Sep 02   Cleveland Amory, Nahant Mass, conservationist/TV reviewer (TV Guide)   

Sep 02   Deutsche Vaterlands Party forms (by admiral Tirpitz).   

Sep 03   1st night bombing of London by German fighter planes   

Sep 03   Eddie "Brat" Stanky, Phil Rizzuto's nemisis/2nd baseman (Dodgers)   

Sep 03   Fanya Kaplan, Russian who shot at Lenin on Aug 30th, executed   

Sep 04   Henry Ford II, automaker (Ford Motor Co)   

Sep 05   Jack Buetel, Dallas Tx, actress (Outlaw, Half Breed).   

Sep 06   French pilot Georges Guynemer shoots down 54th German aircraft.   

Sep 06   George Mann, captain English cricket team   

Sep 07   John Cornforth, Australian chemist, Nobel Prize laureate.   

Sep 08   Charles Edouard Lefebvre, composer, dies at 74   

Sep 10   Franfo Fortini, poet.   

Sep 11   Ferdinand Marcos, Philippines Pres (1965-86)   

Sep 11   Georges Guynemer, French WW I pilot, dies at 22.   

Sep 12   Christian Geel, Dutch poet/sculptor/artist   

Sep 12   Eric Lundie, cricketer (WWI Test S Africa v England 1914), dies   

Sep 12   In Buenos Aires, South America, German buildings are destroyed by angry mob.   

Sep 13   Jon Thorarinsson, composer.   

Sep 14   Kerenski regime declares Russian republic.   

Sep 14   Provisional government of Russia established, Republic proclaimed   

Sep 15   Richard Arnell, composer.   

Sep 15   Russia proclaimed a republic by Alexander Kerensky.   

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Jan 01   Jule gregory charney: American meteorologist    

Jan 01   Albert mol: Dutch actor   

Jan 02   Vera zorina: German dancer    

Jan 03   Vernon walters: Nyc, us permanent rep to the un   

Jan 03   Roger w. straus: Jr., american publisher    

Jan 04   Maurice wohl: English broker/multi-millionaire   

Jan 05   Reginald smith brindle: Composer   

Jan 05   Wieland wagner: German opera director   

Jan 02   Edward b tylor: English anthropologist,    

Jan 06   Hendrik p g quack: Lawyer/economist (bank of neth),   

Jan 10   Buffalo bill cody: Buffalo bill cody   

Jan 16   George dewey: U.s. admiral (b. 1837)   

Jan 17   Hendrik goeman borgesius: Dutch politician,    

Jan 25   Edwin tyler: Cricketer (slow-lefty played once for england 1896),    

Jan 29   Evelyn baring earl cromer: English consul-general in egypt,   

Feb 05   Paul rubens: Composer,