Page 4: Historical Events In 1917

Mar 02   Puerto Ricans are granted US citizenship   

Mar 03   Bert van Aerschot, Flemish writer (Elevator, Women)   

Mar 03   Congress passes inaugural excess profits tax on corporations.   

Mar 03   Great monarch Michael steps down after 1 day as czar.   

Mar 03   Nicholas II, last Russian tsar, abdicates.   

Mar 04   Jeannette Rankin (Rep-R-Mont) is recorded as becoming 1st female member of Congress.   

Mar 04   Jeannette Rankin (Representative-Republican-MT) is recorded as becoming inaugural female member of Congress.   

Mar 04   Peace activist and suffragist Jeanette Rankin became the inaugural woman elected to the US House of Representatives.   

Mar 05   1st jazz recording for Victor Records released   

Mar 05   Joseph Stone, lawyer   

Mar 05   The inaugural jazz recording for Victor Records released.   

Mar 06   J A Mommersteeg, Dutch asst sect of Defense (KVP)   

Mar 06   Jules HPFX Vandenpeereboom, premier of Belgium (1899), dies at 73   

Mar 07   1st jazz record "Dixie Jazz Band One Step," recorded by Nick LaRocca Original Dixieland Jazz Band, released by RCA Victor in Camden NJ.   

Mar 07   Davis Roberts, Mobile Ala, actor (Mr Johnson-Boone)   

Mar 08   A Marja, [ATE Mooy], Dutch literary (Shreds on the River).   

Mar 08   Ferdinand von Zeppelin, Dutch count/air pioneer, dies at 78.   

Mar 08   Russian revolution breaks out (in Petrograd/St Petersburg)   

Mar 08   Russian revolution breaks out [OS=Feb 24] (in Petrograd).   

Mar 09   Dante B Fascell, (Rep-D-FL, 1955- )   

Mar 10   Batangas was formally founded as one of the Philippines's earliest encomiendas   

Mar 10   Frank Perconte, American sergeant from Easy Company during WWII.   

Mar 11   British troops occupy Baghdad   

Mar 12   Googie Withers, Karachi India, actress (1 of Our Aircraft is Missing).   

Mar 12   Izvestia, the official Soviet newspaper, founded.   

Mar 12   Russian Dumas sets up Provisional Committee; workers set up Soviets.   

Mar 12   Stalin, Kamenev and Muranov arrive in St Petersburg   

Mar 13   Ina Ray Hutton, Chicago Ill, orch leader (Ina Ray Hutton Show).   

Mar 14   China severs diplomatic relations with Germany in World War I   

Mar 14   Macha Louis Rosenthal, critic/poet.   

Mar 15   Nicholas II, last Russian tsar, says he will abdicate [3/3 OS]   

Mar 15   Nicholas II, last Russian tsar, says he will abdicate   

Mar 17   1st exclusively women's bowling tournament begins in St Louis   

Mar 17   Arthur Basil Cotle, medievalist   

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

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   Wieland Wagner, German opera director was born on this day in history.   

Jan 02   In the year 1917 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 on this day in history.   

Jan 17   In the year 1917 hendrik Goeman Borgesius, Dutch politician, dies at 70   

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

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

Feb 05   In the year 1917 paul Rubens, composer, dies at 41