Page 14: Historical Events In 1917

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

Sep 13   In the year 1917 jon Thorarinsson, composer   

Sep 14   In the year 1917 kerenski regime declares Russian republic   

Sep 14   Provisional government of Russia established, Republic proclaimed in the year 1917.   

Sep 15   In the year 1917 richard Arnell, composer   

Sep 15   In the year 1917 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   In the year 1917 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   Latvia proclaims independence in the year 1917.   

Sep 22   Peter Adams, LA CA, actor (Alternative) on this day in history.   

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

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

Sep 27   Broadhurst Theater opens at 235 W 44th St NYC in the year 1917.   

Sep 27   In the year 1917 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   René A de Rooy, Suriname/Antillian poet (Juancho Picaflor) in the year 1917.   

Oct 02   On this day in history francis Jackson, organist & master of Music/York minister   

Oct 02   On this day in history 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.   

Oct 04   On this day in history 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) on this day in history.   

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

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

Oct 08   Trotski named chairman of Petrograd Soviet in the year 1917.   

Oct 09   On this day in history hussain Kamil, sultan of Egypt (1914-17), dies at 63   

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

Oct 10   On this day in history 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 in the year 1917.   

Jan 02   Vera Zorina, German dancer (d. 2003) was born on this day in history.   

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

Jan 03   Roger W. Straus, Jr., American publisher (d. 2004) was born in the year 1917.   

Jan 04   Maurice Wohl, English broker/multi-millionaire was born on this day in history.   

Jan 05   Reginald Smith Brindle, composer was born on this day in history.   

Jan 05   Wieland Wagner, German opera director was born on this day in history.   

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 in the year 1917.   

Jan 10   Buffalo Bill Cody died in the year 1917.   

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

Jan 29   Evelyn Baring earl Cromer, English consul-general in Egypt, dies at 75 in the year 1917.   

Feb 05   In the year 1917 paul Rubens, composer, dies at 41