Page 6: Historical Events In 1917

Apr 03   Lenin arrives in Petrograd from Switzerland [NS=April 16] in the year 1917.   

Apr 03   In the year 1917 lenin leaves Switzerland for Petrograd   

Apr 04   British Columbia gives women the provincial vote on this day in history.   

Apr 04   Joseph Ortiz, French-Algerian extremist (barricade uprising) in the year 1917.   

Apr 05   Richard Yardumian, Philadelphia, composer (Come Creator Spirit) in the year 1917.   

Apr 06   Julian Faber, CEO (Willis Faber) in the year 1917.   

Apr 06   The United States enter World War I in the year 1917.   

Apr 06   US declares war on Germany, enters World War I on this day in history.   

Apr 07   In the year 1917 de Falla's ballet "El Sombrero de tres Picos," premieres in Madrid   

Apr 07   On this day in history r G Armstrong, Birmingham Ala, actor (T.H.E. Cat)   

Apr 07   On this day in history spyridon Filiskos Samaras, composer, dies at 53   

Apr 09   On this day in history battle of Arras begins   

Apr 09   On this day in history capt. Thain Wendell MacDowell (Cdn. 38th Cdn. Infantry Batt.) wins the Victoria Cross at Vimy Ridge France   

Apr 09   Edward Thomas, poet, killed in WW I on this day in history.   

Apr 09   In the year 1917 johannes Bobrowski, writer   

Apr 09   In the year 1917 lance-Sargent Ellis Wellwood Sifton (Cdn. 18th Cdn. Infantry Batt.) wins the Victoria Cross at Vimy Ridge France   

Apr 09   In the year 1917 pvt. William Johnstone Milne (Cdn. 16th Cdn. Infantry Batt.) wins the Victoria Cross at Vimy Ridge France   

Apr 09   On this day in history vimy Ridge France stormed by Canadian troops   

Apr 10   Munition factory explosion at Eddystone PA, kills 133 workers in the year 1917.   

Apr 10   Pvt. John George Pattison (Cdn. 50th Cdn. Infantry Batt.) wins the Victoria Cross at Vimy Ridge France on this day in history.   

Apr 10   In the year 1917 robert Burns Woodward, organic chemist (Nobel 1965)   

Apr 11   Babe Ruth beats NY Yanks, pitching 3-hit 10-3 win for Red Sox on this day in history.   

Apr 11   On this day in history first Battle of Bullecourt, France   

Apr 12   On this day in history bijou Theater opens at 222 W 45th St NYC (Demolished 1982)   

Apr 12   M Marie Widlow, St Louis Mo, softball pitcher (Hall of Fame 1957) on this day in history.   

Apr 14   Chic White Sox Ed Cicotte no-hits St Louis Browns, 11-0 on this day in history.   

Apr 14   Lew [Lejzer L] Zamenhof, Polish doc/linguist (Esperanto), dies at 57 on this day in history.   

Apr 14   On this day in history valerie Hobson, North Ireland, actress (Great Expectations)   

Apr 15   Hans Conried, Balt Md, actor (Bullwinkle Show, Make Room for Daddy) in the year 1917.   

Apr 16   On this day in history lenin returns to Russia to start Bolshevik Revolution   

Apr 16   Lenin returns to Russia to start Bolshevik Revolution. Workers feel a sense of unity in the year 1917.   

Apr 17   Bill Clements, American politician on this day in history.   

Apr 18   Louise Frederika, Queen of Greece on this day in history.   

Apr 18   In the year 1917 moritz F Freiherr von Bissing, gov-gen of Belg (1914-17), dies at 73   

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Jan 01   In the year 1917 birth of jule Gregory Charney, American meteorologist (d. 1981)   

Jan 01   On this day in history birth of albert Mol, Dutch actor (d. 2004)   

Jan 02   On this day in history birth of vera Zorina, German dancer (d. 2003)   

Jan 03   In the year 1917 birth of vernon Walters, NYC, US permanent rep to the UN   

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

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   On this day in history birth of wieland Wagner, German opera director   

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

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

Jan 10   In the year 1917 death of buffalo Bill Cody   

Jan 16   In the year 1917 death of george Dewey, U.S. admiral (b. 1837)   

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

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