Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In 1917

Jun 06 In the year 1917 iacob Moresianu, composer, dies at 59  

Jun 12 Maria Teresa Carreno, composer, dies at 63 on this day in history.  

Jun 15 Kristian Birkeland, Norwegian physicist (b. 1867) died on this day in history.  

Jun 20 James Mason Crafts, US chemist, dies at 78 in the year 1917.  

Jun 27 On this day in history gustav von Schmolle, German economist (Historical School), dies at 79  

Jul 02 Herbert Beerbohm Tree, English actor/director (Hamlet), dies on this day in history.  

Jul 04 Johan H C Kern, Dutch linguist (Sanskreet), dies at 84 in the year 1917.  

Jul 08 Tom Thomson, Canadian painter (b. 1877) died on this day in history.  

Jul 12 Fournier, Swiss/French postage stamp merchant/forger, dies on this day in history.  

Jul 14 In the year 1917 death of octave Lapize, French cyclist (b. 1887)  

Jul 16 On this day in history ludwig Philipp Scharwenka, Ger composer (Album Polonaise), dies at 70  

Jul 21 Christopher J Forster, British RAF-pilot/capt, dies in battle on this day in history.  

Jul 27 Emil Theodor Kocher, Swiss surgeon, Nobel laureate (b. 1841) died in the year 1917.  

Jul 31 In the year 1917 charlie Finlason, cricketer (S Africa's 1st Test), dies  

Aug 01 On this day in history death of frank Little, American labor organizer (lynched) (b. 1879)  

Aug 07 On this day in history death of squadron Commander E.H. Dunning, first pilot to land his aircraft on a moving ship. (b. 1891)  

Aug 15 Thomas J. Higgins, decorated Union Army soldier (b. 1831) died in the year 1917.  

Aug 20 In the year 1917 jFW Adolf Ritter von Baeyer, German chemist (Nobel 1905), dies  

Aug 30 Uritsky, leader of Petrogradse Czech, dies in the year 1917.  

Sep 03 In the year 1917 death of fanya Kaplan, Russian who shot at Lenin on Aug 30th, executed  

Sep 05 In the year 1917 death of marian Smoluchowski, Polish physicist (b. 1872)  

Sep 08 In the year 1917 charles Edouard Lefebvre, composer, dies at 74  

Sep 11 Georges Guynemer, French WW I pilot, dies at 22 in the year 1917.  

Sep 12 Eric Lundie, cricketer (WWI Test S Africa v England 1914), dies on this day in history.  

Sep 20 On this day in history death of herbert Morris, Jamaican deserter in France, executed at 17  

Sep 23 Werner Voss, German World War I pilot (b. 1897) died in the year 1917.  

Sep 25 In the year 1917 death of thomas Ashe, Irish revolutionary (b. 1885)  

Sep 26 In the year 1917 edgar H G Degas, French painter (ballerina), dies  

Sep 27 In the year 1917 death of edgar Degas, painter, Paris  

Oct 09 Hussain Kamil, sultan of Egypt (1914-17), dies at 63 in the year 1917.  

Oct 11 On this day in history harry Trott, cricketer (Aust capt played 24 Tests 1888-1898), dies  

Oct 13 On this day in history death of florence La Badie, American actress  

Oct 15 On this day in history death of mata Hari, Dutch dancer/German spy, executed by firing squad in Paris  

Oct 17 Maria J "Marie" Bakker, actress/wife of Maarten Stranger, dies at 59 on this day in history.  

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Jan 01 Jule Gregory Charney, American meteorologist (d. 1981) was born in the year 1917.  

Jan 01 Albert Mol, Dutch actor (d. 2004) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 02 Vera Zorina, German dancer (d. 2003) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 03 In the year 1917 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 in the year 1917.  

Jan 05 Reginald Smith Brindle, composer was born in the year 1917.  

Jan 05 Wieland Wagner, German opera director was born on this day in history.