Page 6: Historical Events In 1917

Apr 03   Lenin arrives in Petrograd from Switzerland [NS=April 16] on this day in history.   

Apr 03   In the year 1917 lenin leaves Switzerland for Petrograd   

Apr 04   In the year 1917 british Columbia gives women the provincial vote.   

Apr 04   On this day in history joseph Ortiz, French-Algerian extremist (barricade uprising)   

Apr 05   Richard Yardumian, Philadelphia, composer (Come Creator Spirit) on this day in history.   

Apr 06   On this day in history julian Faber, CEO (Willis Faber)   

Apr 06   In the year 1917 the United States enter World War I   

Apr 06   In the year 1917 uS declares war on Germany, enters World War I   

Apr 07   On this day in history 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   Spyridon Filiskos Samaras, composer, dies at 53 in the year 1917.   

Apr 09   Battle of Arras begins on this day in history.   

Apr 09   In the year 1917 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 in the year 1917.   

Apr 09   In the year 1917 johannes Bobrowski, writer   

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

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   Vimy Ridge France stormed by Canadian troops in the year 1917.   

Apr 10   On this day in history munition factory explosion at Eddystone PA, kills 133 workers   

Apr 10   Pvt. John George Pattison (Cdn. 50th Cdn. Infantry Batt.) wins the Victoria Cross at Vimy Ridge France in the year 1917.   

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

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

Apr 11   First Battle of Bullecourt, France on this day in history.   

Apr 12   In the year 1917 bijou Theater opens at 222 W 45th St NYC (Demolished 1982)   

Apr 12   In the year 1917 m Marie Widlow, St Louis Mo, softball pitcher (Hall of Fame 1957)   

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

Apr 14   In the year 1917 lew [Lejzer L] Zamenhof, Polish doc/linguist (Esperanto), dies at 57   

Apr 14   Valerie Hobson, North Ireland, actress (Great Expectations) in the year 1917.   

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

Apr 16   Lenin returns to Russia to start Bolshevik Revolution in the year 1917.   

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 in the year 1917.   

Apr 18   Louise Frederika, Queen of Greece in the year 1917.   

Apr 18   On this day in history 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   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   In the year 1917 birth of vernon Walters, NYC, US permanent rep to the UN   

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   Reginald Smith Brindle, composer was born in the year 1917.   

Jan 05   In the year 1917 birth of wieland Wagner, German opera director   

Jan 02   Edward B Tylor, English anthropologist, dies at 84 in the year 1917.   

Jan 06   Hendrik P G Quack, lawyer/economist (Bank of Neth), dies at 82 on this day in history.   

Jan 10   In the year 1917 death of buffalo Bill Cody   

Jan 16   George Dewey, U.S. admiral (b. 1837) died on this day in history.   

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   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