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   On this day in history 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   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) in the year 1917.   

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

Oct 30   On this day in history 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   Australian Light Horse charges Turkish positions at Beersheba, Palestine in the year 1917.   

Oct 31   On this day in history erik Routley, composer   

Oct 31   Eugene O'Neill's "In the Zone," premieres in NYC on this day in history.   

Oct 31   In the year 1917 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 in the year 1917.   

Nov 01   Clarence E Miller, (Rep-R-OH, 1967- ) in the year 1917.   

Nov 01   On this day in history 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   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 on this day in history.   

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 in the year 1917.   

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

Nov 05   Claus Adam, composer on this day in history.   

Nov 05   In the year 1917 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 on this day in history.   

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

Nov 06   Bolshevik revolution begins with the capture of the Winter Palace on this day in history.   

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

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

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   In the year 1917 birth of vera Zorina, German dancer (d. 2003)   

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

Jan 03   In the year 1917 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   In the year 1917 birth of reginald Smith Brindle, composer   

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

Jan 02   Edward B Tylor, English anthropologist, dies at 84 on this day in history.   

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

Jan 10   In the year 1917 death of buffalo Bill Cody   

Jan 16   George Dewey, U.S. admiral (b. 1837) died in the year 1917.   

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

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

Jan 29   In the year 1917 evelyn Baring earl Cromer, English consul-general in Egypt, dies at 75   

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