Historical Events In 1917

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

Apr 03   Lenin leaves Switzerland for Petrograd in the year 1917.   

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   In the year 1917 richard Yardumian, Philadelphia, composer (Come Creator Spirit)   

Apr 06   Julian Faber, CEO (Willis Faber) on this day in history.   

Apr 06   The United States enter World War I on this day in history.   

Apr 06   US declares war on Germany, enters World War I in the year 1917.   

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

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   Capt. Thain Wendell MacDowell (Cdn. 38th Cdn. Infantry Batt.) wins the Victoria Cross at Vimy Ridge France on this day in history.   

Apr 09   On this day in history edward Thomas, poet, killed in WW I   

Apr 09   Johannes Bobrowski, writer on this day in history.   

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   On this day in history 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   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   In the year 1917 babe Ruth beats NY Yanks, pitching 3-hit 10-3 win for Red Sox   

Apr 11   In the year 1917 first Battle of Bullecourt, France   

Apr 12   Bijou Theater opens at 222 W 45th St NYC (Demolished 1982) in the year 1917.   

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 on this day in history.   

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 on this day in history.   

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 in the year 1917.   

Apr 18   Moritz F Freiherr von Bissing, gov-gen of Belg (1914-17), dies at 73 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   On this day in history birth of albert Mol, Dutch actor (d. 2004)   

Jan 02   Vera Zorina, German dancer (d. 2003) was born in the year 1917.   

Jan 03   Vernon Walters, NYC, US permanent rep to the UN was born on this day in history.   

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 in the year 1917.   

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   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   Buffalo Bill Cody died in the year 1917.   

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   In the year 1917 edwin Tyler, cricketer (slow-lefty played once for England 1896), dies   

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

Feb 05   Paul Rubens, composer, dies at 41 in the year 1917.