Historical Events In 1917

Apr 03   On this day in history lenin arrives in Petrograd from Switzerland [NS=April 16]  

Apr 03   On this day in history lenin leaves Switzerland for Petrograd  

Apr 04   British Columbia gives women the provincial vote in the year 1917.  

Apr 04   Joseph Ortiz, French-Algerian extremist (barricade uprising) on this day in history.  

Apr 05   On this day in history richard Yardumian, Philadelphia, composer (Come Creator Spirit)  

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

Apr 06   On this day in history the United States enter World War I  

Apr 06   On this day in history uS declares war on Germany, enters World War I  

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

Apr 07   R G Armstrong, Birmingham Ala, actor (T.H.E. Cat) in the year 1917.  

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

Apr 09   Battle of Arras begins in the year 1917.  

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   On this day in history edward Thomas, poet, killed in WW I  

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 on this day in history.  

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   In the year 1917 pvt. John George Pattison (Cdn. 50th Cdn. Infantry Batt.) wins the Victoria Cross at Vimy Ridge France  

Apr 10   Robert Burns Woodward, organic chemist (Nobel 1965) in the year 1917.  

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

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

Apr 12   Bijou Theater opens at 222 W 45th St NYC (Demolished 1982) on this day in history.  

Apr 12   M Marie Widlow, St Louis Mo, softball pitcher (Hall of Fame 1957) in the year 1917.  

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 in the year 1917.  

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) on this day in history.  

Apr 16   In the year 1917 lenin returns to Russia to start Bolshevik Revolution  

Apr 16   On this day in history lenin returns to Russia to start Bolshevik Revolution. Workers feel a sense of unity  

Apr 17   On this day in history bill Clements, American politician  

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

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   Jule Gregory Charney, American meteorologist (d. 1981) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 01   In the year 1917 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   On this day in history birth of vernon Walters, NYC, US permanent rep to the UN  

Jan 03   Roger W. Straus, Jr., American publisher (d. 2004) was born in the year 1917.  

Jan 04   Maurice Wohl, English broker/multi-millionaire was born on this day in history.  

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   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   On this day in history death of buffalo Bill Cody  

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

Jan 17   On this day in history 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   On this day in history evelyn Baring earl Cromer, English consul-general in Egypt, dies at 75  

Feb 05   Paul Rubens, composer, dies at 41 on this day in history.