Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In 1917

Jun 06 On this day in history iacob Moresianu, composer, dies at 59  

Jun 12 On this day in history maria Teresa Carreno, composer, dies at 63  

Jun 15 Kristian Birkeland, Norwegian physicist (b. 1867) died on this day in history.  

Jun 20 James Mason Crafts, US chemist, dies at 78 on this day in history.  

Jun 27 Gustav von Schmolle, German economist (Historical School), dies at 79 on this day in history.  

Jul 02 Herbert Beerbohm Tree, English actor/director (Hamlet), dies in the year 1917.  

Jul 04 Johan H C Kern, Dutch linguist (Sanskreet), dies at 84 in the year 1917.  

Jul 08 Tom Thomson, Canadian painter (b. 1877) died on this day in history.  

Jul 12 Fournier, Swiss/French postage stamp merchant/forger, dies in the year 1917.  

Jul 14 Octave Lapize, French cyclist (b. 1887) died on this day in history.  

Jul 16 Ludwig Philipp Scharwenka, Ger composer (Album Polonaise), dies at 70 on this day in history.  

Jul 21 Christopher J Forster, British RAF-pilot/capt, dies in battle in the year 1917.  

Jul 27 On this day in history death of emil Theodor Kocher, Swiss surgeon, Nobel laureate (b. 1841)  

Jul 31 Charlie Finlason, cricketer (S Africa's 1st Test), dies on this day in history.  

Aug 01 Frank Little, American labor organizer (lynched) (b. 1879) died on this day in history.  

Aug 07 Squadron Commander E.H. Dunning, first pilot to land his aircraft on a moving ship. (b. 1891) died on this day in history.  

Aug 15 On this day in history death of thomas J. Higgins, decorated Union Army soldier (b. 1831)  

Aug 20 In the year 1917 jFW Adolf Ritter von Baeyer, German chemist (Nobel 1905), dies  

Aug 30 In the year 1917 uritsky, leader of Petrogradse Czech, dies  

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

Sep 05 In the year 1917 death of marian Smoluchowski, Polish physicist (b. 1872)  

Sep 08 Charles Edouard Lefebvre, composer, dies at 74 on this day in history.  

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

Sep 12 Eric Lundie, cricketer (WWI Test S Africa v England 1914), dies in the year 1917.  

Sep 20 Herbert Morris, Jamaican deserter in France, executed at 17 died in the year 1917.  

Sep 23 On this day in history death of werner Voss, German World War I pilot (b. 1897)  

Sep 25 On this day in history death of thomas Ashe, Irish revolutionary (b. 1885)  

Sep 26 In the year 1917 edgar H G Degas, French painter (ballerina), dies  

Sep 27 On this day in history death of edgar Degas, painter, Paris  

Oct 09 Hussain Kamil, sultan of Egypt (1914-17), dies at 63 in the year 1917.  

Oct 11 On this day in history harry Trott, cricketer (Aust capt played 24 Tests 1888-1898), dies  

Oct 13 On this day in history death of florence La Badie, American actress  

Oct 15 Mata Hari, Dutch dancer/German spy, executed by firing squad in Paris died in the year 1917.  

Oct 17 Maria J "Marie" Bakker, actress/wife of Maarten Stranger, dies at 59 in the year 1917.  

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Jan 01 In the year 1917 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 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 on this day in history.  

Jan 04 In the year 1917 birth of maurice Wohl, English broker/multi-millionaire  

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

Jan 05 Wieland Wagner, German opera director was born in the year 1917.