Page 6: Historical Events In 1917

Apr 03   In the year 1917 lenin arrives in Petrograd from Switzerland [NS=April 16]   

Apr 03   On this day in history lenin leaves Switzerland for Petrograd   

Apr 04   British Columbia gives women the provincial vote in the year 1917.   

Apr 04   Joseph Ortiz, French-Algerian extremist (barricade uprising) in the year 1917.   

Apr 05   On this day in history richard Yardumian, Philadelphia, composer (Come Creator Spirit)   

Apr 06   In the year 1917 julian Faber, CEO (Willis Faber)   

Apr 06   In the year 1917 the United States enter World War I   

Apr 06   On this day in history uS declares war on Germany, enters World War I   

Apr 07   On this day in history de Falla's ballet "El Sombrero de tres Picos," premieres in Madrid   

Apr 07   In the year 1917 r G Armstrong, Birmingham Ala, actor (T.H.E. Cat)   

Apr 07   Spyridon Filiskos Samaras, composer, dies at 53 in the year 1917.   

Apr 09   Battle of Arras begins in the year 1917.   

Apr 09   Capt. Thain Wendell MacDowell (Cdn. 38th Cdn. Infantry Batt.) wins the Victoria Cross at Vimy Ridge France in the year 1917.   

Apr 09   Edward Thomas, poet, killed in WW I in the year 1917.   

Apr 09   In the year 1917 johannes Bobrowski, writer   

Apr 09   On this day in history lance-Sargent Ellis Wellwood Sifton (Cdn. 18th Cdn. Infantry Batt.) wins the Victoria Cross at Vimy Ridge France   

Apr 09   Pvt. William Johnstone Milne (Cdn. 16th Cdn. Infantry Batt.) wins the Victoria Cross at Vimy Ridge France in the year 1917.   

Apr 09   On this day in history vimy Ridge France stormed by Canadian troops   

Apr 10   Munition factory explosion at Eddystone PA, kills 133 workers on this day in history.   

Apr 10   Pvt. John George Pattison (Cdn. 50th Cdn. Infantry Batt.) wins the Victoria Cross at Vimy Ridge France on this day in history.   

Apr 10   Robert Burns Woodward, organic chemist (Nobel 1965) on this day in history.   

Apr 11   On this day in history babe Ruth beats NY Yanks, pitching 3-hit 10-3 win for Red Sox   

Apr 11   First Battle of Bullecourt, France on this day in history.   

Apr 12   On this day in history bijou Theater opens at 222 W 45th St NYC (Demolished 1982)   

Apr 12   In the year 1917 m Marie Widlow, St Louis Mo, softball pitcher (Hall of Fame 1957)   

Apr 14   In the year 1917 chic White Sox Ed Cicotte no-hits St Louis Browns, 11-0   

Apr 14   In the year 1917 lew [Lejzer L] Zamenhof, Polish doc/linguist (Esperanto), dies at 57   

Apr 14   Valerie Hobson, North Ireland, actress (Great Expectations) in the year 1917.   

Apr 15   Hans Conried, Balt Md, actor (Bullwinkle Show, Make Room for Daddy) on this day in history.   

Apr 16   Lenin returns to Russia to start Bolshevik Revolution in the year 1917.   

Apr 16   In the year 1917 lenin returns to Russia to start Bolshevik Revolution. Workers feel a sense of unity   

Apr 17   Bill Clements, American politician on this day in history.   

Apr 18   Louise Frederika, Queen of Greece on this day in history.   

Apr 18   Moritz F Freiherr von Bissing, gov-gen of Belg (1914-17), dies at 73 on this day in history.   

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

Jan 01   Albert Mol, Dutch actor (d. 2004) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 02   On this day in history 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   Roger W. Straus, Jr., American publisher (d. 2004) was born in the year 1917.   

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

Jan 05   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.   

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

Jan 10   Buffalo Bill Cody died in the year 1917.   

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

Jan 17   On this day in history hendrik Goeman Borgesius, Dutch politician, dies at 70   

Jan 25   Edwin Tyler, cricketer (slow-lefty played once for England 1896), dies in the year 1917.   

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

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