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   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   In the year 1917 dennis James, Jersey City NJ, wrestling announcer/TV host (PDQ)   

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

Aug 25   Don Defore, Cedar Rapids Iowa, actor (George-Hazel, Ozzie & Harriet) on this day in history.   

Aug 26   Jan Clayton, Tularosa NM, actress (Ellen Miller-Lassie) on this day in history.   

Aug 27   Indians set club record by stealing eight bases in a game on this day in history.   

Aug 27   Squadron of minesweepers departs U.S. for service off France in the year 1917.   

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

Aug 28   On this day in history 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   On this day in history denis Healey, English politician   

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   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   In the year 1917 eddie "Brat" Stanky, Phil Rizzuto's nemisis/2nd baseman (Dodgers)   

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

Sep 06   French pilot Georges Guynemer shoots down 54th German aircraft on this day in history.   

Sep 06   George Mann, captain English cricket team in the year 1917.   

Sep 07   John Cornforth, Australian chemist, Nobel Prize laureate in the year 1917.   

Sep 08   In the year 1917 charles Edouard Lefebvre, composer, dies at 74   

Sep 10   In the year 1917 franfo Fortini, poet   

Sep 11   On this day in history ferdinand Marcos, Philippines Pres (1965-86)   

Sep 11   On this day in history georges Guynemer, French WW I pilot, dies at 22   

Sep 12   Christian Geel, Dutch poet/sculptor/artist on this day in history.   

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

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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 in the year 1917.   

Jan 02   On this day in history birth of vera Zorina, German dancer (d. 2003)   

Jan 03   In the year 1917 birth of vernon Walters, NYC, US permanent rep to the UN   

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 in the year 1917.   

Jan 05   Reginald Smith Brindle, composer was born on this day in history.   

Jan 05   In the year 1917 birth of wieland Wagner, German opera director   

Jan 02   On this day in history edward B Tylor, English anthropologist, dies at 84   

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

Jan 10   Buffalo Bill Cody died on this day in history.   

Jan 16   George Dewey, U.S. admiral (b. 1837) died on this day in history.   

Jan 17   Hendrik Goeman Borgesius, Dutch politician, dies at 70 in the year 1917.   

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

Jan 29   On this day in history evelyn Baring earl Cromer, English consul-general in Egypt, dies at 75   

Feb 05   Paul Rubens, composer, dies at 41 on this day in history.