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Historical Events In 1917

Friday, 09 June 2023

Oct 10   Ilona Ference, actress (Quatermass II, Star of My Night) on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Oct 11   Franz Alphons Wolpert, composer in the year 1917.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Oct 11   In the year 1917 harry Trott, cricketer (Aust capt played 24 Tests 1888-1898), dies  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Oct 12   On this day in history hans Bentz van den Berg, Dutch actor (Last Train)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Oct 12   The First Battle of Passchendaele, now Passendale on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Oct 13   Burr Tillstrom, Chic Ill, puppeteer (Kukla, Fran & Ollie) in the year 1917.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Oct 13   In the year 1917 florence La Badie, American actress  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Oct 13   In the year 1917 soviet accept establishment of Petrograd Military  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Oct 15   On this day in history arthur Schlesinger Jr, Ohio, historian (1946 Pulitzer-Age of Jackson)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Oct 15   In the year 1917 chicago White Sox beat NY Giants, 4 games to 2 in 14th World Series  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Oct 15   Mata Hari Dutch dancer/German spy executed by firing squad in Paris in the year 1917.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Oct 15   On this day in history mata Hari, Dutch dancer/German spy, executed by firing squad in Paris  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Oct 15   On this day in history uSS Cassin (DD-43) torpedoed by German submarine U-61 off coast of Ireland. In trying to save the ship, Gunner's Mate Osmond Kelly Ingram becomes first American sailor killed in World War I and later is awarded the Medal of Honor for his heroism. He becomes the first enlisted man to have a ship named for him, in 1919.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Oct 17   On this day in history 1st British bombing of Germany  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Oct 17   In the year 1917 first train over the Quebec Bridge over the St. Lawrence. This was constructed by the Dominion Government for use by the National Transcontinental Railway. This bridge was notorious in that it fell down twice during construction On August 29, 1907 the south cantilever arm collapsed killing 65 or more workmen.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Oct 17   First train over the Quebec Bridge over the St. Lawrence. This was constructed by the Dominion Government for use by the National Transcontinental Railway. This bridge was notorious in that it fell down twice during construction: On August 29, 1907 the south cantilever arm collapsed killing 65 or more workmen in the year 1917.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Oct 17   On this day in history maria J "Marie" Bakker, actress/wife of Maarten Stranger, dies at 59  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Oct 17   On this day in history marsha Hunt, Chicago Ill, actress (Jennifer-Peck's Bad Girl, Jigsaw)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Oct 19   Love Field in Dallas, Texas is opened on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Oct 20   Efrain Jonckheer, premier Dutch Antilles in the year 1917.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Oct 21   In the year 1917 1st Americans to see action on front lines of WW I  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Oct 21   On this day in history dizzy Gillespie, [John B], jazz trumpeter, a creator of modern jazz  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Oct 21   On this day in history first Americans to see action on the front lines of WW I  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Oct 22   On this day in history joan Fontaine, Tokyo Japan, actress (Gunga Din, Ivanhoe, Rebecca)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Oct 22   On this day in history the birth of Joan Fontaine, American actress  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Oct 23   In the year 1917 1st Infantry division "Big Red One" shoots 1st US shot in WW I  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Oct 23   Robert Bray, Kalispell Mont, actor (Corey-Lassie, Stagecoach West) on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Oct 23   The Canadian Railway War Board holds its first meeting in the Canadian Pacific Boardroom in Windsor Station, Montreal. The name was changed to the Railway Association of Canada in 1919. The RAC represents the interests of all railways operating in Canada in the year 1917.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Oct 24   In the year 1917 battle at Caporetto: German & Austria smash Italian army  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Oct 24   On this day in history marshall Goldberg, NFL halfback (Chicago Cardinals)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Oct 25   On this day in history in Russia, Bolsheviks led by Vladimir Lenin seizes power  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Oct 25   Lee MacPhail, American baseball manager and league executive in the year 1917.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Oct 26   Capt. Christopher P.J. O'Kelly (52nd Cdn. Infantry BAtt.) wins the Victoria Cross at Passchendaele, Belgium in the year 1917.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Oct 26   On this day in history felix the Cat, cartoon character  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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Famous Birthdays In 1917

Famous People Born In This Year In History

Jan 01   Jule Gregory Charney, American meteorologist (d. 1981) was born on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 01   Albert Mol, Dutch actor (d. 2004) was born on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 02   In the year 1917 birth of vera Zorina, German dancer (d. 2003)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 03   Vernon Walters, NYC, US permanent rep to the UN was born in the year 1917.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 03   Roger W. Straus, Jr., American publisher (d. 2004) was born on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 04   On this day in history birth of maurice Wohl, English broker/multi-millionaire  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 05   On this day in history birth of reginald Smith Brindle, composer  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 05   On this day in history birth of wieland Wagner, German opera director  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Famous Deaths In 1917

Famous People Died In This Year In History

Jan 02   In the year 1917 edward B Tylor, English anthropologist, dies at 84  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 06   Hendrik P G Quack, lawyer/economist (Bank of Neth), dies at 82 on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 10   On this day in history death of buffalo Bill Cody  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 16   In the year 1917 death of george Dewey, U.S. admiral (b. 1837)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 17   On this day in history hendrik Goeman Borgesius, Dutch politician, dies at 70  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 25   Edwin Tyler, cricketer (slow-lefty played once for England 1896), dies on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 29   In the year 1917 evelyn Baring earl Cromer, English consul-general in Egypt, dies at 75  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Feb 05   Paul Rubens, composer, dies at 41 on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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