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   In the year 1917 petrograd Soviet accepts establishment of Military   

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

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   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 on this day in history.   

Oct 31   In the year 1917 australian Light Horse charges Turkish positions at Beersheba, Palestine   

Oct 31   In the year 1917 erik Routley, composer   

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   Tibby Cotter, cricketer (at Beersheba 49 wickets for Australia), dies in the year 1917.   

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   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 on this day in history.   

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

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 in the year 1917.   

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 in the year 1917.   

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

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 in the year 1917.   

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

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

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Jan 01   Jule Gregory Charney, American meteorologist (d. 1981) was born on this day in history.   

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 on this day in history.   

Jan 03   Vernon Walters, NYC, US permanent rep to the UN was born on this day in history.   

Jan 03   Roger W. Straus, Jr., American publisher (d. 2004) was born in the year 1917.   

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

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   In the year 1917 hendrik Goeman Borgesius, Dutch politician, dies at 70   

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 in the year 1917.   

Feb 05   Paul Rubens, composer, dies at 41 in the year 1917.