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   In the year 1917 john Lee Hooker, Clarksdale Mississippi, blues guitarist (Canned Heat)   

Aug 22   In the year 1917 pitts Pirates play 4th straight extra inning game, Carson Bigbee sets record of 11 at-bats, they lose in 22 innings to Dodgers   

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   In the year 1917 race riot in Houston Texas (2 blacks & 11 whites killed)   

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   In the year 1917 don Defore, Cedar Rapids Iowa, actor (George-Hazel, Ozzie & Harriet)   

Aug 26   Jan Clayton, Tularosa NM, actress (Ellen Miller-Lassie) on this day in history.   

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   On this day in history 10 suffragists arrested as they picket White House   

Aug 28   On this day in history jack Kirby, cartoonist (X-Men, Spiderman, Hulk, Capt America)   

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   On this day in history uritsky, leader of Petrogradse Czech, dies   

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   1st night bombing of London by German fighter planes on this day in history.   

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   On this day in history henry Ford II, automaker (Ford Motor Co)   

Sep 05   On this day in history jack Buetel, Dallas Tx, actress (Outlaw, Half Breed)   

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   On this day in history john Cornforth, Australian chemist, Nobel Prize laureate   

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   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   Christian Geel, Dutch poet/sculptor/artist on this day in history.   

Sep 12   In the year 1917 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   Albert Mol, Dutch actor (d. 2004) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 02   In the year 1917 birth of vera Zorina, German dancer (d. 2003)   

Jan 03   In the year 1917 birth of vernon Walters, NYC, US permanent rep to the UN   

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 on this day in history.   

Jan 05   In the year 1917 birth of reginald Smith Brindle, composer   

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 on this day in history.   

Jan 10   Buffalo Bill Cody died in the year 1917.   

Jan 16   George Dewey, U.S. admiral (b. 1837) died on this day in history.   

Jan 17   Hendrik Goeman Borgesius, Dutch politician, dies at 70 in the year 1917.   

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 in the year 1917.   

Feb 05   On this day in history paul Rubens, composer, dies at 41