Page 13: Historical Events In 1917

Aug 21   Company Sgt. Major Robert Hanna (29th Cdn. Infantry Batt.) wins the Victoria Cross at Hill 70, France on this day in history.   

Aug 21   Cpl. Fliip Konowal (47th Cdn. Infantry Batt.) wins the Victoria Cross at Hill 70, France on this day in history.   

Aug 22   John Lee Hooker, Clarksdale Mississippi, blues guitarist (Canned Heat) in the year 1917.   

Aug 22   Pitts Pirates play 4th straight extra inning game, Carson Bigbee sets record of 11 at-bats, they lose in 22 innings to Dodgers in the year 1917.   

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   Race riot in Houston Texas (2 blacks & 11 whites killed) in the year 1917.   

Aug 24   Dennis James, Jersey City NJ, wrestling announcer/TV host (PDQ) in the year 1917.   

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

Aug 25   In the year 1917 don Defore, Cedar Rapids Iowa, actor (George-Hazel, Ozzie & Harriet)   

Aug 26   On this day in history jan Clayton, Tularosa NM, actress (Ellen Miller-Lassie)   

Aug 27   In the year 1917 indians set club record by stealing eight bases in a game   

Aug 27   In the year 1917 squadron of minesweepers departs U.S. for service off France   

Aug 28   In the year 1917 10 suffragists arrested as they picket the White House   

Aug 28   In the year 1917 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   Isabel Sanford, NYC, actress (Louise-Jeffersons/All in the Family) on this day in history.   

Aug 30   Denis Healey, English politician on this day in history.   

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

Sep 02   In the year 1917 cleveland Amory, Nahant Mass, conservationist/TV reviewer (TV Guide)   

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

Sep 03   On this day in history 1st night bombing of London by German fighter planes   

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

Sep 03   Fanya Kaplan, Russian who shot at Lenin on Aug 30th, executed on this day in history.   

Sep 04   On this day in history henry Ford II, automaker (Ford Motor Co)   

Sep 05   Jack Buetel, Dallas Tx, actress (Outlaw, Half Breed) on this day in history.   

Sep 06   On this day in history french pilot Georges Guynemer shoots down 54th German aircraft   

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   Charles Edouard Lefebvre, composer, dies at 74 in the year 1917.   

Sep 10   Franfo Fortini, poet on this day in history.   

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

Sep 11   Georges Guynemer, French WW I pilot, dies at 22 on this day in history.   

Sep 12   On this day in history christian Geel, Dutch poet/sculptor/artist   

Sep 12   On this day in history eric Lundie, cricketer (WWI Test S Africa v England 1914), dies   

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Jan 01   In the year 1917 birth of jule Gregory Charney, American meteorologist (d. 1981)   

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   On this day in history birth of vernon Walters, NYC, US permanent rep to the UN   

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

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

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

Jan 05   On this day in history 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   On this day in history death of buffalo Bill Cody   

Jan 16   On this day in history death of george Dewey, U.S. admiral (b. 1837)   

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

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