Page 16: Historical Events In 1917

Oct 26   Lt. Robert Shankland (43 Cdn. Infantry Batt.) wins the Victoria Cross at Passchendaele, Belgium on this day in history.   

Oct 26   Petrograd Soviet accepts establishment of Military in the year 1917.   

Oct 26   Prv. Thomas W. Holmes (4th Cdn. Mounted Rifles) wins the Victoria Cross at Passchendaele, Belgium on this day in history.   

Oct 27   Jack Plimsoll, cricketer (S Afr lefty quick, 3-143 in only Test 1947) on this day in history.   

Oct 28   In the year 1917 prv. Cecil John Kinross (49th Cdn. Infantry Batt.) wins the Victoria Cross at Passchendaele, Belgium   

Oct 29   Eddie Constantine, US/French actor (Lucky Jo, It Lives Again) on this day in history.   

Oct 30   British govt gives final approval to Balfour Declaration on this day in history.   

Oct 30   Lt. Hugh Mackenzie (7th Cdn. Machine Gun Company) wins the Victoria Cross at Passchendaele, Belgium in the year 1917.   

Oct 30   Ruth Hussey, Providence RI, actress (Another Thin Man, Phila Story) in the year 1917.   

Oct 30   Sgt. George Harry Mullin (Princess Patricia's Cdn. Light Infantry) wins the Victoria Cross at Passchendaele, Belgium on this day in history.   

Oct 31   On this day in history australian Light Horse charges Turkish positions at Beersheba, Palestine   

Oct 31   On this day in history erik Routley, composer   

Oct 31   On this day in history eugene O'Neill's "In the Zone," premieres in NYC   

Oct 31   On this day in history major George R. Pearkes (5th Cdn. Mounted Rifles) wins the Victoria Cross at Passchendaele, Belgium   

Oct 31   Tibby Cotter, cricketer (at Beersheba 49 wickets for Australia), dies in the year 1917.   

Nov 01   On this day in history clarence E Miller, (Rep-R-OH, 1967- )   

Nov 01   In the year 1917 in WW I, the 1st US soldiers are killed in combat   

Nov 02   In the year 1917 1st US soldiers killed in combat in WW I   

Nov 02   In the year 1917 balfour Declaration proclaims support for a Jewish state in Palestine   

Nov 02   Durward Knowles, England, yachtsman (Olympic-gold-1968-Bahamas) in the year 1917.   

Nov 02   On this day in history lansing-Ishii Agreement; US recognizes Japan's privileges in China   

Nov 02   The first American soldiers die in combat in WW I in the year 1917.   

Nov 03   1st class mail now costs 3 cents per ounce on this day in history.   

Nov 03   First class mail now costs $0.03 in the year 1917.   

Nov 03   In the year 1917 the birth of Conor Cruise O'Brien, Irish writer   

Nov 05   Claus Adam, composer in the year 1917.   

Nov 05   Gen Pershing & US troops see action on Western Front for 1st time in the year 1917.   

Nov 05   On this day in history gen Pershing & US troops see action on Western Front for first time   

Nov 05   Supreme Court decision (Buchanan v Warley) strikes down Lousiville KY ordinance requiring blacks & whites to live in separate areas in the year 1917.   

Nov 06   In the year 1917 bolshevik revolution begins with capture of Winter Palace   

Nov 06   Bolshevik revolution begins with the capture of the Winter Palace on this day in history.   

Nov 06   In the year 1917 cpl. Colin F. Barron (3rd Cdn. Infantry Batt.) wins the Victoria Cross at Passchendaele, Belgium   

Nov 06   In the year 1917 prv. James Peter Robertson (27th Cdn. Infantry Batt.) wins the Victoria Cross at Passchendaele, Belgium   

Nov 07   In the year 1917 andras Mihaly, composer   

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

Jan 01   On this day in history 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   In the year 1917 birth of vernon Walters, NYC, US permanent rep to the UN   

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

Jan 04   Maurice Wohl, English broker/multi-millionaire was born in the year 1917.   

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   On this day in history death of buffalo Bill Cody   

Jan 16   In the year 1917 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   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   Paul Rubens, composer, dies at 41 on this day in history.