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Page 16: Historical Events In 1917

Sunday, 13 July 2025

Oct 26   In the year 1917 lt. Robert Shankland (43 Cdn. Infantry Batt.) wins the Victoria Cross at Passchendaele, Belgium  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Oct 26   In the year 1917 petrograd Soviet accepts establishment of Military  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Oct 26   Prv. Thomas W. Holmes (4th Cdn. Mounted Rifles) wins the Victoria Cross at Passchendaele, Belgium on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Oct 27   Jack Plimsoll, cricketer (S Afr lefty quick, 3-143 in only Test 1947) in the year 1917.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Oct 28   On this day in history prv. Cecil John Kinross (49th Cdn. Infantry Batt.) wins the Victoria Cross at Passchendaele, Belgium  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Oct 29   In the year 1917 eddie Constantine, US/French actor (Lucky Jo, It Lives Again)  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Oct 30   In the year 1917 british govt gives final approval to Balfour Declaration  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Oct 30   In the year 1917 lt. Hugh Mackenzie (7th Cdn. Machine Gun Company) wins the Victoria Cross at Passchendaele, Belgium  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Oct 30   Ruth Hussey, Providence RI, actress (Another Thin Man, Phila Story) in the year 1917.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Oct 30   In the year 1917 sgt. George Harry Mullin (Princess Patricia's Cdn. Light Infantry) wins the Victoria Cross at Passchendaele, Belgium  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Oct 31   On this day in history australian Light Horse charges Turkish positions at Beersheba, Palestine  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Oct 31   Erik Routley, composer in the year 1917.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Oct 31   On this day in history eugene O'Neill's "In the Zone," premieres in NYC  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Oct 31   Major George R. Pearkes (5th Cdn. Mounted Rifles) wins the Victoria Cross at Passchendaele, Belgium in the year 1917.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Oct 31   In the year 1917 tibby Cotter, cricketer (at Beersheba 49 wickets for Australia), dies  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Nov 01   On this day in history clarence E Miller, (Rep-R-OH, 1967- )  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Nov 01   On this day in history in WW I, the 1st US soldiers are killed in combat  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Nov 02   1st US soldiers killed in combat in WW I on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Nov 02   Balfour Declaration proclaims support for a Jewish state in Palestine in the year 1917.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Nov 02   Durward Knowles, England, yachtsman (Olympic-gold-1968-Bahamas) on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Nov 02   On this day in history lansing-Ishii Agreement; US recognizes Japan's privileges in China  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Nov 02   The first American soldiers die in combat in WW I on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Nov 03   1st class mail now costs 3 cents per ounce in the year 1917.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Nov 03   First class mail now costs $0.03 in the year 1917.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Nov 03   In the year 1917 the birth of Conor Cruise O'Brien, Irish writer  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Nov 05   Claus Adam, composer on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Nov 05   Gen Pershing & US troops see action on Western Front for 1st time on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Nov 05   In the year 1917 gen Pershing & US troops see action on Western Front for first time  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Nov 06   Bolshevik revolution begins with capture of Winter Palace in the year 1917.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Nov 06   Bolshevik revolution begins with the capture of the Winter Palace in the year 1917.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Nov 06   On this day in history cpl. Colin F. Barron (3rd Cdn. Infantry Batt.) wins the Victoria Cross at Passchendaele, Belgium  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Nov 06   In the year 1917 prv. James Peter Robertson (27th Cdn. Infantry Batt.) wins the Victoria Cross at Passchendaele, Belgium  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Nov 07   Andras Mihaly, composer in the year 1917.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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Jan 01   On this day in history birth of jule Gregory Charney, American meteorologist (d. 1981)  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 01   Albert Mol, Dutch actor (d. 2004) was born in the year 1917.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 02   On this day in history birth of vera Zorina, German dancer (d. 2003)  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 03   Vernon Walters, NYC, US permanent rep to the UN was born in the year 1917.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 03   Roger W. Straus, Jr., American publisher (d. 2004) was born on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 04   Maurice Wohl, English broker/multi-millionaire was born in the year 1917.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 05   On this day in history birth of reginald Smith Brindle, composer  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 05   Wieland Wagner, German opera director was born in the year 1917.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Famous Deaths In 1917

Famous People Died In This Year In History

Jan 02   On this day in history edward B Tylor, English anthropologist, dies at 84  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 06   Hendrik P G Quack, lawyer/economist (Bank of Neth), dies at 82 on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 10   In the year 1917 death of buffalo Bill Cody  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 16   In the year 1917 death of george Dewey, U.S. admiral (b. 1837)  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 17   In the year 1917 hendrik Goeman Borgesius, Dutch politician, dies at 70  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 25   In the year 1917 edwin Tyler, cricketer (slow-lefty played once for England 1896), dies  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 29   In the year 1917 evelyn Baring earl Cromer, English consul-general in Egypt, dies at 75  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Feb 05   Paul Rubens, composer, dies at 41 in the year 1917.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard


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