Historical Events In 1917

Sep 12   In Buenos Aires, South America, German buildings are destroyed by angry mob in the year 1917.  

Sep 13   Jon Thorarinsson, composer in the year 1917.  

Sep 14   In the year 1917 kerenski regime declares Russian republic  

Sep 14   In the year 1917 provisional government of Russia established, Republic proclaimed  

Sep 15   Richard Arnell, composer on this day in history.  

Sep 15   Russia proclaimed a republic by Alexander Kerensky on this day in history.  

Sep 18   Alan Ande Anderson, opera director on this day in history.  

Sep 19   On this day in history joe Pasternak, Transylvania Hungary, producer (Spinout, Big City)  

Sep 20   Arnold "Red" Auerbach, NBA coach/GM (Boston Celtic) on this day in history.  

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   In the year 1917 latvia proclaims independence  

Sep 22   On this day in history peter Adams, LA CA, actor (Alternative)  

Sep 23   On this day in history imry Nemeth, Hungary, hammer thrower (Olympic-gold-1948)  

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

Sep 26   British assault on Menin-street, France in the year 1917.  

Sep 26   Edgar H G Degas, French painter (ballerina), dies on this day in history.  

Sep 27   In the year 1917 broadhurst Theater opens at 235 W 44th St NYC  

Sep 27   Edgar Degas, painter, Paris on this day in history.  

Sep 27   Louis Auchincloss, Lawrence NY, lawyer/novelist (Watchfires) on this day in history.  

Sep 30   In the year 1917 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   Francis Jackson, organist & master of Music/York minister on this day in history.  

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   On this day in history british assault on Broodseinde, France  

Oct 05   Robert Adams, English sculptor in the year 1917.  

Oct 06   In the year 1917 robert Mitchum, actor (2 for the Seesaw, Ryan's Daughter)  

Oct 07   On this day in history helmut Dantine, Vienna Austria, actor (Shadow of the Cloak)  

Oct 08   In the year 1917 danny Murtaugh, baseball manager (Pittsburgh Pirates)  

Oct 08   In the year 1917 trotski named chairman of Petrograd Soviet  

Oct 09   In the year 1917 hussain Kamil, sultan of Egypt (1914-17), dies at 63  

Oct 09   Kusuo Kitamura, Japan, 1500m freestyle swimmer (Olympic-gold-1932) in the year 1917.  

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   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 in the year 1917.  

Jan 03   Roger W. Straus, Jr., American publisher (d. 2004) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 04   In the year 1917 birth of maurice Wohl, English broker/multi-millionaire  

Jan 05   Reginald Smith Brindle, composer was born in the year 1917.  

Jan 05   On this day in history birth of wieland Wagner, German opera director  

Jan 02   Edward B Tylor, English anthropologist, dies at 84 in the year 1917.  

Jan 06   On this day in history 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   On this day in history hendrik Goeman Borgesius, Dutch politician, dies at 70  

Jan 25   Edwin Tyler, cricketer (slow-lefty played once for England 1896), dies on this day in history.  

Jan 29   On this day in history evelyn Baring earl Cromer, English consul-general in Egypt, dies at 75  

Feb 05   Paul Rubens, composer, dies at 41 on this day in history.