Page 14: Historical Events In 1917

Sep 20   British assault on Polygon-forest, France   

Sep 20   Herbert Morris, Jamaican deserter in France, executed at 17   

Sep 22   Peter Adams, LA CA, actor (Alternative)   

Sep 23   Imry Nemeth, Hungary, hammer thrower (Olympic-gold-1948).   

Sep 24   Colin Cowe, senior bursar (Magdalen College Oxford)   

Sep 26   British assault on Menin-street, France   

Sep 26   Edgar H G Degas, French painter (ballerina), dies   

Sep 27   Broadhurst Theater opens at 235 W 44th St NYC.   

Sep 27   Edgar Degas, painter, Paris.   

Sep 27   Louis Auchincloss, Lawrence NY, lawyer/novelist (Watchfires).   

Sep 30   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).   

Oct 02   Francis Jackson, organist and master of Music/York minister   

Oct 02   HMS Drake, a Armoured cruiser of 14000 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   Albert de Klerk, Dutch composer/conductor.   

Oct 04   British assault on Broodseinde, France   

Oct 05   Robert Adams, English sculptor.   

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

Oct 07   Helmut Dantine, Vienna Austria, actor (Shadow of the Cloak)   

Oct 08   Danny Murtaugh, baseball manager (Pittsburgh Pirates).   

Oct 08   Trotski named chairman of Petrograd Soviet.   

Oct 09   Hussain Kamil, sultan of Egypt (1914-17), dies at 63   

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

Oct 10   Giants Rube Benton is 1st lefty to pitch a World Series no hitter.   

Oct 10   Ilona Ference, actress (Quatermass II, Star of My Night).   

Oct 11   Franz Alphons Wolpert, composer   

Oct 11   Harry Trott, cricketer (Aust capt played 24 Tests 1888-1898), dies   

Oct 12   Hans Bentz van den Berg, Dutch actor (Last Train)   

Oct 12   The inaugural Battle of Passchendaele, now Passendale   

Oct 13   Burr Tillstrom, Chic Ill, puppeteer (Kukla, Fran and Ollie).   

Oct 13   Florence La Badie, American actress   

Oct 13   Soviet accept establishment of Petrograd Military   

Oct 15   Arthur Schlesinger Jr, Ohio, historian (1946 Pulitzer-Age of Jackson).   

Oct 15   Chicago White Sox beat NY Giants, 4 games to 2 in 14th World Series   

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Jan 01   Jule gregory charney: American meteorologist   

Jan 01   Albert mol: Dutch actor   

Jan 02   Vera zorina: German dancer    

Jan 03   Vernon walters: Nyc, us permanent rep to the un   

Jan 03   Roger w. straus: Jr., american publisher   

Jan 04   Maurice wohl: English broker/multi-millionaire   

Jan 05   Reginald smith brindle: Composer   

Jan 05   Wieland wagner: German opera director   

Jan 02   Edward b tylor: English anthropologist,   

Jan 06   Hendrik p g quack: Lawyer/economist (bank of neth),   

Jan 10   Buffalo bill cody: Buffalo bill cody   

Jan 16   George dewey: U.s. admiral (b. 1837)   

Jan 17   Hendrik goeman borgesius: Dutch politician,   

Jan 25   Edwin tyler: Cricketer (slow-lefty played once for england 1896),   

Jan 29   Evelyn baring earl cromer: English consul-general in egypt,   

Feb 05   Paul rubens: Composer,