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 on this day in history.   

Oct 26   In the year 1917 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) in the year 1917.   

Oct 28   In the year 1917 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) in the year 1917.   

Oct 30   On this day in history 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) on this day in history.   

Oct 30   On this day in history 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   Eugene O'Neill's "In the Zone," premieres in NYC on this day in history.   

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

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   On this day in history balfour Declaration proclaims support for a Jewish state in Palestine   

Nov 02   Durward Knowles, England, yachtsman (Olympic-gold-1968-Bahamas) in the year 1917.   

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   First class mail now costs $0.03 on this day in history.   

Nov 03   The birth of Conor Cruise O'Brien, Irish writer in the year 1917.   

Nov 05   Claus Adam, composer in the year 1917.   

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 on this day in history.   

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   In the year 1917 bolshevik revolution begins with capture of Winter Palace   

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

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

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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 on this day in history.   

Jan 03   Vernon Walters, NYC, US permanent rep to the UN was born in the year 1917.   

Jan 03   On this day in history birth of roger W. Straus, Jr., American publisher (d. 2004)   

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

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

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

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   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