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   Cpl. Fliip Konowal (47th Cdn. Infantry Batt.) wins the Victoria Cross at Hill 70, France on this day in history.  

Aug 22   John Lee Hooker, Clarksdale Mississippi, blues guitarist (Canned Heat) on this day in history.  

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) in the year 1917.  

Aug 25   37th US Mens Tennis: R Lindley Murray beats N W Niles (57 86 63 63) in the year 1917.  

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) in the year 1917.  

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

Aug 28   10 suffragists arrested as they picket White House on this day in history.  

Aug 28   In the year 1917 jack Kirby, cartoonist (X-Men, Spiderman, Hulk, Capt America)  

Aug 29   On this day in history isabel Sanford, NYC, actress (Louise-Jeffersons/All in the Family)  

Aug 30   In the year 1917 denis Healey, English politician  

Aug 30   Uritsky, leader of Petrogradse Czech, dies in the year 1917.  

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) on this day in history.  

Sep 03   On this day in history 1st night bombing of London by German fighter planes  

Sep 03   On this day in history eddie "Brat" Stanky, Phil Rizzuto's nemisis/2nd baseman (Dodgers)  

Sep 03   Fanya Kaplan, Russian who shot at Lenin on Aug 30th, executed on this day in history.  

Sep 04   On this day in history 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   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   Charles Edouard Lefebvre, composer, dies at 74 in the year 1917.  

Sep 10   Franfo Fortini, poet in the year 1917.  

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

Sep 11   In the year 1917 georges Guynemer, French WW I pilot, dies at 22  

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

Sep 12   Eric Lundie, cricketer (WWI Test S Africa v England 1914), dies on this day in history.  

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Jan 01   In the year 1917 birth of jule Gregory Charney, American meteorologist (d. 1981)  

Jan 01   Albert Mol, Dutch actor (d. 2004) was born on this day in history.  

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

Jan 03   Vernon Walters, NYC, US permanent rep to the UN was born on this day in history.  

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   Reginald Smith Brindle, composer was born in the year 1917.  

Jan 05   In the year 1917 birth of wieland Wagner, German opera director  

Jan 02   Edward B Tylor, English anthropologist, dies at 84 on this day in history.  

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

Jan 17   In the year 1917 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   On this day in history paul Rubens, composer, dies at 41