Historical Events In 1917

Sep 12   On this day in history in Buenos Aires, South America, German buildings are destroyed by angry mob  

Sep 13   On this day in history jon Thorarinsson, composer  

Sep 14   Kerenski regime declares Russian republic on this day in history.  

Sep 14   On this day in history provisional government of Russia established, Republic proclaimed  

Sep 15   In the year 1917 richard Arnell, composer  

Sep 15   On this day in history russia proclaimed a republic by Alexander Kerensky  

Sep 18   In the year 1917 alan Ande Anderson, opera director  

Sep 19   In the year 1917 joe Pasternak, Transylvania Hungary, producer (Spinout, Big City)  

Sep 20   On this day in history arnold "Red" Auerbach, NBA coach/GM (Boston Celtic)  

Sep 20   In the year 1917 british assault on Polygon-forest, France  

Sep 20   Herbert Morris, Jamaican deserter in France, executed at 17 on this day in history.  

Sep 21   On this day in history latvia proclaims independence  

Sep 22   Peter Adams, LA CA, actor (Alternative) in the year 1917.  

Sep 23   Imry Nemeth, Hungary, hammer thrower (Olympic-gold-1948) in the year 1917.  

Sep 24   Colin Cowe, senior bursar (Magdalen College Oxford) in the year 1917.  

Sep 26   On this day in history british assault on Menin-street, France  

Sep 26   In the year 1917 edgar H G Degas, French painter (ballerina), dies  

Sep 27   Broadhurst Theater opens at 235 W 44th St NYC on this day in history.  

Sep 27   On this day in history edgar Degas, painter, Paris  

Sep 27   Louis Auchincloss, Lawrence NY, lawyer/novelist (Watchfires) in the year 1917.  

Sep 30   On this day in history buddy Rich, New York, American jazz drummer and band leader (Buddy Rich Band-Away We Go)  

Oct 01   In the year 1917 rené A de Rooy, Suriname/Antillian poet (Juancho Picaflor)  

Oct 02   In the year 1917 francis Jackson, organist & master of Music/York minister  

Oct 02   HMS Drake, a Armoured cruiser of 14,000 tons built in 1902 torpedoed by U79. She was beached by her Captain, S H Radcliffe in Church Bay on the north coast of Ulster. All the crew was consequently saved on this day in history.  

Oct 04   In the year 1917 albert de Klerk, Dutch composer/conductor  

Oct 04   British assault on Broodseinde, France in the year 1917.  

Oct 05   In the year 1917 robert Adams, English sculptor  

Oct 06   Robert Mitchum, actor (2 for the Seesaw, Ryan's Daughter) in the year 1917.  

Oct 07   Helmut Dantine, Vienna Austria, actor (Shadow of the Cloak) in the year 1917.  

Oct 08   On this day in history danny Murtaugh, baseball manager (Pittsburgh Pirates)  

Oct 08   On this day in history trotski named chairman of Petrograd Soviet  

Oct 09   Hussain Kamil, sultan of Egypt (1914-17), dies at 63 in the year 1917.  

Oct 09   In the year 1917 kusuo Kitamura, Japan, 1500m freestyle swimmer (Olympic-gold-1932)  

Oct 10   In the year 1917 giants Rube Benton is 1st lefty to pitch a World Series no hitter  

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Jan 01   On this day in history birth of jule Gregory Charney, American meteorologist (d. 1981)  

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   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   On this day in history 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   In the year 1917 hendrik P G Quack, lawyer/economist (Bank of Neth), dies at 82  

Jan 10   Buffalo Bill Cody died on this day in history.  

Jan 16   George Dewey, U.S. admiral (b. 1837) died in the year 1917.  

Jan 17   In the year 1917 hendrik Goeman Borgesius, Dutch politician, dies at 70  

Jan 25   On this day in history 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 in the year 1917.  

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