Hisdates•ComPage 8: Historical Events In 1917
Monday, 15 September 2025
May 11 On this day in history hon Montague Woodhouse, Greek resistance organiser 
May 11 Otto Adolf Klauwell, composer, dies at 66 on this day in history.
May 12 42nd Preakness: E Haynes aboard Kalitan wins in 1:54.4 on this day in history.
May 12 In the year 1917 andre A Rieu, Dutch conductor
May 13 On this day in history 1st appearance of Mary to 3 shepherd children in Fatima, Portugal
May 13 Ernest Bloch's "Schelomo" premieres on this day in history.
May 13 In the year 1917 paul Osmond, British senior civil servant
May 13 On this day in history the first appearance of Mary to 3 shepherd children in Fatima, Portugal
May 14 In the year 1917 herta Ryder, literary agent
May 15 In the year 1917 hugh Edward Lance Falkus, filmmaker/naturalist
May 16 In the year 1917 george Gaynes, Helsinki Finland, actor (Henry-Punky Brewster)
May 18 On this day in history charles Wintour, journalist
May 18 In the year 1917 satie/Massine/Picasso's ballet "Parade," premieres in Paris
May 18 On this day in history uS passes Selective Service act
May 20 Enyss Djemil, composer in the year 1917.
May 20 Turkish Government authorizes Jews to return to Tel Aviv & Jaffa on this day in history.
May 20 Turkish govt authorizes Jews to return to Tel Aviv & Jaffa on this day in history.
May 21 On this day in history dennis Day, Irish tenor/comedian (Jack Benny Show, Danny Boy)
May 21 In the year 1917 leo Pinckney, 1st American drafted during WW I
May 21 On this day in history leo Pinckney, first American drafted during WWI
May 21 In the year 1917 sS City of Corinth, sunk by torpedo by the german submarine UB31 in the English Channel 12 miles SW of the Lizard penisular, Cornwall while en-route from Singapore to London with a general cargo
May 21 The birth of Raymond Burr, American actor on this day in history.
May 21 USS Ericsson fires first torpedo of war in the year 1917.
May 22 Jean-Louis Laffitte Curtis, novelist in the year 1917.
May 23 In the year 1917 dutch 2nd Chamber okays 1908 conscription draft
May 24 Derek Hodgson, British high court judge on this day in history.
May 25 Dorothy Sarnoff, US, actress(?) on this day in history.
May 25 In the year 1917 leon Felix Augustin Joseph Vasseur, composer, dies at 72
May 26 In the year 1917 eva Szorenyi, Hungarian actress, freedom activist for Hungary
May 26 In the year 1917 walt Cruise hit 1st HR out of Braves Field
May 27 On this day in history race riot in East St Louis IL, 1 black killed
May 27 Race riot in East St Louis Illinois, 1 black killed in the year 1917.
May 28 On this day in history "Papa" John Creach, violinist
May 29 On this day in history john Fitzgerald Kennedy, Mass, (Sen-D-Mass), 35th Pres (1961-1963)
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