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 on this day in history.   

Oct 26   In the year 1917 prv. Thomas W. Holmes (4th Cdn. Mounted Rifles) wins the Victoria Cross at Passchendaele, Belgium   

Oct 27   In the year 1917 jack Plimsoll, cricketer (S Afr lefty quick, 3-143 in only Test 1947)   

Oct 28   On this day in history prv. Cecil John Kinross (49th Cdn. Infantry Batt.) wins the Victoria Cross at Passchendaele, Belgium   

Oct 29   On this day in history eddie Constantine, US/French actor (Lucky Jo, It Lives Again)   

Oct 30   On this day in history british govt gives final approval to Balfour Declaration   

Oct 30   Lt. Hugh Mackenzie (7th Cdn. Machine Gun Company) wins the Victoria Cross at Passchendaele, Belgium on this day in history.   

Oct 30   On this day in history ruth Hussey, Providence RI, actress (Another Thin Man, Phila Story)   

Oct 30   Sgt. George Harry Mullin (Princess Patricia's Cdn. Light Infantry) wins the Victoria Cross at Passchendaele, Belgium in the year 1917.   

Oct 31   In the year 1917 australian Light Horse charges Turkish positions at Beersheba, Palestine   

Oct 31   In the year 1917 erik Routley, composer   

Oct 31   In the year 1917 eugene O'Neill's "In the Zone," premieres in NYC   

Oct 31   Major George R. Pearkes (5th Cdn. Mounted Rifles) wins the Victoria Cross at Passchendaele, Belgium in the year 1917.   

Oct 31   In the year 1917 tibby Cotter, cricketer (at Beersheba 49 wickets for Australia), dies   

Nov 01   Clarence E Miller, (Rep-R-OH, 1967- ) in the year 1917.   

Nov 01   In WW I, the 1st US soldiers are killed in combat on this day in history.   

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

Nov 02   Balfour Declaration proclaims support for a Jewish state in Palestine in the year 1917.   

Nov 02   Durward Knowles, England, yachtsman (Olympic-gold-1968-Bahamas) on this day in history.   

Nov 02   Lansing-Ishii Agreement; US recognizes Japan's privileges in China on this day in history.   

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 in the year 1917.   

Nov 03   In the year 1917 first class mail now costs $0.03   

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

Nov 05   On this day in history claus Adam, composer   

Nov 05   Gen Pershing & US troops see action on Western Front for 1st time on this day in history.   

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

Nov 05   On this day in history supreme Court decision (Buchanan v Warley) strikes down Lousiville KY ordinance requiring blacks & whites to live in separate areas   

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

Nov 06   On this day in history bolshevik revolution begins with the capture of the Winter Palace   

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

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

Nov 07   In the year 1917 andras Mihaly, composer   

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Jan 01   Jule Gregory Charney, American meteorologist (d. 1981) was born on this day in history.   

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   On this day in history birth of vernon Walters, NYC, US permanent rep to the UN   

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 on this day in history.   

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

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   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   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 on this day in history.   

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