Page 11: Historical Events In 1917

Jul 06   T E Lawrence captures Port of Agaba from Turkey in the year 1917.   

Jul 07   On this day in history elton Britt, Marshall Ark, country singer (Sat Night Jamboree)   

Jul 08   In the year 1917 faye Emerson, Elizabeth La, actress (I've Got a Secret)   

Jul 09   In the year 1917 british warship "Vanguard" explodes at Scapa Flow killing 800   

Jul 09   On this day in history british warship "Vanguard" explodes at Scapa Flow killing 804   

Jul 09   On this day in history ted Steele, Hartford Ct, orch leader (Cavalcade of Stars)   

Jul 10   Don Herbert, Waconia Minn, scientist/TV host (Watch Mr Wizard) on this day in history.   

Jul 10   Emma Goldman imprisoned for obstructing draft in the year 1917.   

Jul 10   In the year 1917 emma Goldman imprisoned for obstructing the draft   

Jul 12   On this day in history andrew Wyeth, Chadds Ford Pa, painter (Christina's World)   

Jul 12   In the year 1917 fournier, Swiss/French postage stamp merchant/forger, dies   

Jul 12   The birth of Andrew Wyeth, American painter on this day in history.   

Jul 12   The Bisbee Deportation occurs as vigilantes kidnap and deport nearly 1,300 striking miners and others from Bisbee, Arizona in the year 1917.   

Jul 13   On this day in history vision of Virgin Mary appeared to children of Fatima, Portugal   

Jul 14   On this day in history arthur Leavins, violinist   

Jul 15   On this day in history robert Conquest, English author (Back to Life)   

Jul 16   In the year 1917 ludwig Philipp Scharwenka, Ger composer (Album Polonaise), dies at 70   

Jul 16   William Bishop, Oak Park Ill, actor (Steve-It's a Great Life) on this day in history.   

Jul 17   On this day in history british Royal family changes its name from Hanover to Windsor   

Jul 17   Lou Bourdeau, baseball player/manager (1948 AP Athlete of Year) on this day in history.   

Jul 19   Robert Aitken, Phila, Zen co-founder (Diamond Sangha) on this day in history.   

Jul 20   In the year 1917 pact of Corfu signed: Serbs, Croats & Slovenes form Yugoslavia   

Jul 20   WW I draft lottery held; #258 is first drawn in the year 1917.   

Jul 21   In the year 1917 christopher J Forster, British RAF-pilot/capt, dies in battle   

Jul 22   Alexander Kerensky becomes Russian PM in the year 1917.   

Jul 22   In the year 1917 four members of the Australian Army Nursing Service - Sisters Cawood, Deacon and Ross-King and Staff Nurse Derrer - win Military Medals for rescuing patients trapped in a burning Casualty Clearing Station at Trois Arbes, France These were the first bravery awards won by Australian nurses in action   

Jul 22   M Wolf discovers asteroids #879 Ricarda, #880 Herba & #881 Athene in the year 1917.   

Jul 23   On this day in history charles Kerruish, president (Tyndwald Isle of Man)   

Jul 23   On this day in history cleveland Metropolitan Park District establishes   

Jul 24   John Hillaby, writer/traveller on this day in history.   

Jul 25   On this day in history sir Thomas Whyte introduces the first income tax in Canada as a "temporary" measure (lowest bracket is 4% and highest is 25%).   

Jul 26   Bertil Nordahl, Sweden, soccer player (Olympic-gold-1948) on this day in history.   

Jul 26   In the year 1917 j Edgar Hoover gets job on ministry of Justice   

Jul 27   In the year 1917 john Cunningham, executive director (British Aerospace)   

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

Jan 01   In the year 1917 birth of albert Mol, Dutch actor (d. 2004)   

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

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

Jan 03   Roger W. Straus, Jr., American publisher (d. 2004) was born on this day in history.   

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

Jan 05   In the year 1917 birth of reginald Smith Brindle, composer   

Jan 05   On this day in history birth of wieland Wagner, German opera director   

Jan 02   In the year 1917 edward B Tylor, English anthropologist, dies at 84   

Jan 06   Hendrik P G Quack, lawyer/economist (Bank of Neth), dies at 82 in the year 1917.   

Jan 10   Buffalo Bill Cody died on this day in history.   

Jan 16   George Dewey, U.S. admiral (b. 1837) died in the year 1917.   

Jan 17   Hendrik Goeman Borgesius, Dutch politician, dies at 70 on this day in history.   

Jan 25   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.   

Feb 05   On this day in history paul Rubens, composer, dies at 41