Page 16: Historical Events In 1917

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

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

Oct 26   On this day in history 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) on this day in history.   

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

Oct 29   In the year 1917 eddie Constantine, US/French actor (Lucky Jo, It Lives Again)   

Oct 30   On this day in history 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   In the year 1917 sgt. George Harry Mullin (Princess Patricia's Cdn. Light Infantry) wins the Victoria Cross at Passchendaele, Belgium   

Oct 31   On this day in history australian Light Horse charges Turkish positions at Beersheba, Palestine   

Oct 31   On this day in history erik Routley, composer   

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

Oct 31   On this day in history major George R. Pearkes (5th Cdn. Mounted Rifles) wins the Victoria Cross at Passchendaele, Belgium   

Oct 31   Tibby Cotter, cricketer (at Beersheba 49 wickets for Australia), dies on this day in history.   

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 in the year 1917.   

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   On this day in history durward Knowles, England, yachtsman (Olympic-gold-1968-Bahamas)   

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 on this day in history.   

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

Nov 03   In the year 1917 first class mail now costs $0.03   

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   Gen Pershing & US troops see action on Western Front for 1st time on this day in history.   

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 on this day in history.   

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

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   On this day in history andras Mihaly, composer   

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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 on this day in history.   

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

Jan 03   In the year 1917 birth of vernon Walters, NYC, US permanent rep to the UN   

Jan 03   Roger W. Straus, Jr., American publisher (d. 2004) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 04   In the year 1917 birth of maurice Wohl, English broker/multi-millionaire   

Jan 05   Reginald Smith Brindle, composer was born in the year 1917.   

Jan 05   In the year 1917 birth of wieland Wagner, German opera director   

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

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

Jan 10   Buffalo Bill Cody died on this day in history.   

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 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   On this day in history evelyn Baring earl Cromer, English consul-general in Egypt, dies at 75   

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