Historical Events In 1917

Oct 26   In the year 1917 lt. Robert Shankland (43 Cdn. Infantry Batt.) wins the Victoria Cross at Passchendaele, Belgium  

Oct 26   On this day in history petrograd Soviet accepts establishment of Military  

Oct 26   On this day in history prv. Thomas W. Holmes (4th Cdn. Mounted Rifles) wins the Victoria Cross at Passchendaele, Belgium  

Oct 27   On this day in history jack Plimsoll, cricketer (S Afr lefty quick, 3-143 in only Test 1947)  

Oct 28   Prv. Cecil John Kinross (49th Cdn. Infantry Batt.) wins the Victoria Cross at Passchendaele, Belgium in the year 1917.  

Oct 29   Eddie Constantine, US/French actor (Lucky Jo, It Lives Again) in the year 1917.  

Oct 30   In the year 1917 british govt gives final approval to Balfour Declaration  

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

Oct 30   Ruth Hussey, Providence RI, actress (Another Thin Man, Phila Story) in the year 1917.  

Oct 30   Sgt. George Harry Mullin (Princess Patricia's Cdn. Light Infantry) wins the Victoria Cross at Passchendaele, Belgium in the year 1917.  

Oct 31   Australian Light Horse charges Turkish positions at Beersheba, Palestine in the year 1917.  

Oct 31   In the year 1917 erik Routley, composer  

Oct 31   On this day in history 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   In the year 1917 tibby Cotter, cricketer (at Beersheba 49 wickets for Australia), dies  

Nov 01   In the year 1917 clarence E Miller, (Rep-R-OH, 1967- )  

Nov 01   In the year 1917 in WW I, the 1st US soldiers are killed in combat  

Nov 02   1st US soldiers killed in combat in WW I on this day in history.  

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   On this day in history lansing-Ishii Agreement; US recognizes Japan's privileges in China  

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

Nov 03   On this day in history 1st class mail now costs 3 cents per ounce  

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

Nov 03   The birth of Conor Cruise O'Brien, Irish writer in the year 1917.  

Nov 05   On this day in history 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   Supreme Court decision (Buchanan v Warley) strikes down Lousiville KY ordinance requiring blacks & whites to live in separate areas in the year 1917.  

Nov 06   Bolshevik revolution begins with capture of Winter Palace in the year 1917.  

Nov 06   In the year 1917 bolshevik revolution begins with the capture of the Winter Palace  

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

Nov 06   On this day in history prv. James Peter Robertson (27th Cdn. Infantry Batt.) wins the Victoria Cross at Passchendaele, Belgium  

Nov 07   Andras Mihaly, composer on this day in history.  

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Jan 01   On this day in history birth of jule Gregory Charney, American meteorologist (d. 1981)  

Jan 01   On this day in history birth of albert Mol, Dutch actor (d. 2004)  

Jan 02   Vera Zorina, German dancer (d. 2003) was born in the year 1917.  

Jan 03   Vernon Walters, NYC, US permanent rep to the UN was born in the year 1917.  

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 in the year 1917.  

Jan 05   On this day in history birth of reginald Smith Brindle, composer  

Jan 05   Wieland Wagner, German opera director was born in the year 1917.  

Jan 02   On this day in history edward B Tylor, English anthropologist, dies at 84  

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

Jan 10   Buffalo Bill Cody died in the year 1917.  

Jan 16   On this day in history death of george Dewey, U.S. admiral (b. 1837)  

Jan 17   Hendrik Goeman Borgesius, Dutch politician, dies at 70 in the year 1917.  

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

Jan 29   Evelyn Baring earl Cromer, English consul-general in Egypt, dies at 75 on this day in history.  

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