Historical Events In 1917

Oct 26   On this day in history lt. Robert Shankland (43 Cdn. Infantry Batt.) wins the Victoria Cross at Passchendaele, Belgium  

Oct 26   Petrograd Soviet accepts establishment of Military in the year 1917.  

Oct 26   In the year 1917 prv. Thomas W. Holmes (4th Cdn. Mounted Rifles) wins the Victoria Cross at Passchendaele, Belgium  

Oct 27   Jack Plimsoll, cricketer (S Afr lefty quick, 3-143 in only Test 1947) in the year 1917.  

Oct 28   Prv. Cecil John Kinross (49th Cdn. Infantry Batt.) wins the Victoria Cross at Passchendaele, Belgium on this day in history.  

Oct 29   Eddie Constantine, US/French actor (Lucky Jo, It Lives Again) on this day in history.  

Oct 30   British govt gives final approval to Balfour Declaration on this day in history.  

Oct 30   Lt. Hugh Mackenzie (7th Cdn. Machine Gun Company) wins the Victoria Cross at Passchendaele, Belgium in the year 1917.  

Oct 30   Ruth Hussey, Providence RI, actress (Another Thin Man, Phila Story) on this day in history.  

Oct 30   Sgt. George Harry Mullin (Princess Patricia's Cdn. Light Infantry) wins the Victoria Cross at Passchendaele, Belgium on this day in history.  

Oct 31   Australian Light Horse charges Turkish positions at Beersheba, Palestine on this day in history.  

Oct 31   Erik Routley, composer in the year 1917.  

Oct 31   In the year 1917 eugene O'Neill's "In the Zone," premieres in NYC  

Oct 31   Major George R. Pearkes (5th Cdn. Mounted Rifles) wins the Victoria Cross at Passchendaele, Belgium in the year 1917.  

Oct 31   On this day in history tibby Cotter, cricketer (at Beersheba 49 wickets for Australia), dies  

Nov 01   On this day in history clarence E Miller, (Rep-R-OH, 1967- )  

Nov 01   In WW I, the 1st US soldiers are killed in combat on this day in history.  

Nov 02   In the year 1917 1st US soldiers killed in combat in WW I  

Nov 02   Balfour Declaration proclaims support for a Jewish state in Palestine in the year 1917.  

Nov 02   Durward Knowles, England, yachtsman (Olympic-gold-1968-Bahamas) on this day in history.  

Nov 02   Lansing-Ishii Agreement; US recognizes Japan's privileges in China on this day in history.  

Nov 02   In the year 1917 the first American soldiers die in combat in WW I  

Nov 03   1st class mail now costs 3 cents per ounce in the year 1917.  

Nov 03   First class mail now costs $0.03 on this day in history.  

Nov 03   In the year 1917 the birth of Conor Cruise O'Brien, Irish writer  

Nov 05   In the year 1917 claus Adam, composer  

Nov 05   On this day in history gen Pershing & US troops see action on Western Front for 1st time  

Nov 05   Gen Pershing & US troops see action on Western Front for first time in the year 1917.  

Nov 05   On this day in history supreme Court decision (Buchanan v Warley) strikes down Lousiville KY ordinance requiring blacks & whites to live in separate areas  

Nov 06   On this day in history bolshevik revolution begins with capture of Winter Palace  

Nov 06   On this day in history bolshevik revolution begins with the capture of the Winter Palace  

Nov 06   On this day in history cpl. Colin F. Barron (3rd Cdn. Infantry Batt.) wins the Victoria Cross at Passchendaele, Belgium  

Nov 06   In the year 1917 prv. James Peter Robertson (27th Cdn. Infantry Batt.) wins the Victoria Cross at Passchendaele, Belgium  

Nov 07   Andras Mihaly, composer in the year 1917.  

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Jan 01   Jule Gregory Charney, American meteorologist (d. 1981) was born in the year 1917.  

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   In the year 1917 birth of vernon Walters, NYC, US permanent rep to the UN  

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   In the year 1917 birth of reginald Smith Brindle, composer  

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

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

Jan 06   In the year 1917 hendrik P G Quack, lawyer/economist (Bank of Neth), dies at 82  

Jan 10   On this day in history death of buffalo Bill Cody  

Jan 16   In the year 1917 death of george Dewey, U.S. admiral (b. 1837)  

Jan 17   Hendrik Goeman Borgesius, Dutch politician, dies at 70 on this day in history.  

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   Paul Rubens, composer, dies at 41 in the year 1917.