Page 13: Historical Events In 1917

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

Aug 21   On this day in history 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   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   In the year 1917 race riot in Houston Texas (2 blacks & 11 whites killed)   

Aug 24   On this day in history dennis James, Jersey City NJ, wrestling announcer/TV host (PDQ)   

Aug 25   37th US Mens Tennis: R Lindley Murray beats N W Niles (57 86 63 63) on this day in history.   

Aug 25   On this day in history 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   Indians set club record by stealing eight bases in a game in the year 1917.   

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

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   Jack Kirby, cartoonist (X-Men, Spiderman, Hulk, Capt America) on this day in history.   

Aug 29   In the year 1917 isabel Sanford, NYC, actress (Louise-Jeffersons/All in the Family)   

Aug 30   In the year 1917 denis Healey, English politician   

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

Sep 02   Cleveland Amory, Nahant Mass, conservationist/TV reviewer (TV Guide) on this day in history.   

Sep 02   On this day in history 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   Eddie "Brat" Stanky, Phil Rizzuto's nemisis/2nd baseman (Dodgers) in the year 1917.   

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

Sep 04   In the year 1917 henry Ford II, automaker (Ford Motor Co)   

Sep 05   On this day in history 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   Ferdinand Marcos, Philippines Pres (1965-86) on this day in history.   

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

Sep 12   Christian Geel, Dutch poet/sculptor/artist in the year 1917.   

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

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Jan 01   On this day in history birth of jule Gregory Charney, American meteorologist (d. 1981)   

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

Jan 03   On this day in history 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   In the year 1917 birth of reginald Smith Brindle, composer   

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

Jan 02   Edward B Tylor, English anthropologist, dies at 84 in the year 1917.   

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

Jan 10   In the year 1917 death of buffalo Bill Cody   

Jan 16   In the year 1917 death of george Dewey, U.S. admiral (b. 1837)   

Jan 17   In the year 1917 hendrik Goeman Borgesius, Dutch politician, dies at 70   

Jan 25   Edwin Tyler, cricketer (slow-lefty played once for England 1896), dies on this day in history.   

Jan 29   Evelyn Baring earl Cromer, English consul-general in Egypt, dies at 75 in the year 1917.   

Feb 05   Paul Rubens, composer, dies at 41 in the year 1917.