Historical Events In 1917

Aug 21   In the year 1917 company Sgt. Major Robert Hanna (29th Cdn. Infantry Batt.) wins the Victoria Cross at Hill 70, France   

Aug 21   In the year 1917 cpl. Fliip Konowal (47th Cdn. Infantry Batt.) wins the Victoria Cross at Hill 70, France   

Aug 22   In the year 1917 john Lee Hooker, Clarksdale Mississippi, blues guitarist (Canned Heat)   

Aug 22   On this day in history pitts Pirates play 4th straight extra inning game, Carson Bigbee sets record of 11 at-bats, they lose in 22 innings to Dodgers   

Aug 23   In the year 1917 ontario cabinet passes order-in-council allowing the city of Berlin to change its name to Kitchener, effective Sept. 1; due to wartime anti-German sentiment.   

Aug 23   In the year 1917 race riot in Houston Texas (2 blacks & 11 whites killed)   

Aug 24   Dennis James, Jersey City NJ, wrestling announcer/TV host (PDQ) on this day in history.   

Aug 25   37th US Mens Tennis: R Lindley Murray beats N W Niles (57 86 63 63) in the year 1917.   

Aug 25   Don Defore, Cedar Rapids Iowa, actor (George-Hazel, Ozzie & Harriet) in the year 1917.   

Aug 26   In the year 1917 jan Clayton, Tularosa NM, actress (Ellen Miller-Lassie)   

Aug 27   On this day in history indians set club record by stealing eight bases in a game   

Aug 27   Squadron of minesweepers departs U.S. for service off France on this day in history.   

Aug 28   10 suffragists arrested as they picket the White House on this day in history.   

Aug 28   On this day in history 10 suffragists arrested as they picket White House   

Aug 28   In the year 1917 jack Kirby, cartoonist (X-Men, Spiderman, Hulk, Capt America)   

Aug 29   On this day in history isabel Sanford, NYC, actress (Louise-Jeffersons/All in the Family)   

Aug 30   Denis Healey, English politician in the year 1917.   

Aug 30   On this day in history uritsky, leader of Petrogradse Czech, dies   

Sep 02   On this day in history cleveland Amory, Nahant Mass, conservationist/TV reviewer (TV Guide)   

Sep 02   In the year 1917 deutsche Vaterlands Party forms (by admiral Tirpitz)   

Sep 03   1st night bombing of London by German fighter planes in the year 1917.   

Sep 03   Eddie "Brat" Stanky, Phil Rizzuto's nemisis/2nd baseman (Dodgers) on this day in history.   

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

Sep 04   Henry Ford II, automaker (Ford Motor Co) on this day in history.   

Sep 05   In the year 1917 jack Buetel, Dallas Tx, actress (Outlaw, Half Breed)   

Sep 06   French pilot Georges Guynemer shoots down 54th German aircraft in the year 1917.   

Sep 06   On this day in history george Mann, captain English cricket team   

Sep 07   In the year 1917 john Cornforth, Australian chemist, Nobel Prize laureate   

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

Sep 10   Franfo Fortini, poet in the year 1917.   

Sep 11   In the year 1917 ferdinand Marcos, Philippines Pres (1965-86)   

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

Sep 12   Christian Geel, Dutch poet/sculptor/artist on this day in history.   

Sep 12   In the year 1917 eric Lundie, cricketer (WWI Test S Africa v England 1914), dies   

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Jan 01   Jule Gregory Charney, American meteorologist (d. 1981) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 01   On this day in history birth of albert Mol, Dutch actor (d. 2004)   

Jan 02   In the year 1917 birth of vera Zorina, German dancer (d. 2003)   

Jan 03   Vernon Walters, NYC, US permanent rep to the UN was born in the year 1917.   

Jan 03   In the year 1917 birth of roger W. Straus, Jr., American publisher (d. 2004)   

Jan 04   On this day in history birth of maurice Wohl, English broker/multi-millionaire   

Jan 05   Reginald Smith Brindle, composer was born on this day in history.   

Jan 05   In the year 1917 birth of wieland Wagner, German opera director   

Jan 02   Edward B Tylor, English anthropologist, dies at 84 on this day in history.   

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

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   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 in the year 1917.   

Feb 05   In the year 1917 paul Rubens, composer, dies at 41