Page 16: Historical Events In 1917

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

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

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

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

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

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 in the year 1917.   

Oct 30   On this day in history lt. Hugh Mackenzie (7th Cdn. Machine Gun Company) wins the Victoria Cross at Passchendaele, Belgium   

Oct 30   In the year 1917 ruth Hussey, Providence RI, actress (Another Thin Man, Phila Story)   

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

Oct 31   Erik Routley, composer on this day in history.   

Oct 31   On this day in history eugene O'Neill's "In the Zone," premieres in NYC   

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   Clarence E Miller, (Rep-R-OH, 1967- ) on this day in history.   

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

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

Nov 02   In the year 1917 balfour Declaration proclaims support for a Jewish state in Palestine   

Nov 02   On this day in history durward Knowles, England, yachtsman (Olympic-gold-1968-Bahamas)   

Nov 02   Lansing-Ishii Agreement; US recognizes Japan's privileges in China in the year 1917.   

Nov 02   On this day in history the first American soldiers die in combat in WW I   

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

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

Nov 03   On this day in history the birth of Conor Cruise O'Brien, Irish writer   

Nov 05   In the year 1917 claus Adam, composer   

Nov 05   In the year 1917 gen Pershing & US troops see action on Western Front for 1st time   

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

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

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

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

Nov 06   In the year 1917 cpl. Colin F. Barron (3rd Cdn. Infantry Batt.) wins the Victoria Cross at Passchendaele, Belgium   

Nov 06   On this day in history 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   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   Vera Zorina, German dancer (d. 2003) was born in the year 1917.   

Jan 03   On this day in history 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   In the year 1917 birth of maurice Wohl, English broker/multi-millionaire   

Jan 05   In the year 1917 birth of reginald Smith Brindle, composer   

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

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

Jan 06   On this day in history hendrik P G Quack, lawyer/economist (Bank of Neth), dies at 82   

Jan 10   Buffalo Bill Cody died in the year 1917.   

Jan 16   George Dewey, U.S. admiral (b. 1837) died on this day in history.   

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

Jan 25   In the year 1917 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.