Page 18: Historical Events In 1917

Nov 22   NHL founded with Montreal Canadiens, Montreal Maroons, Toronto Arenas, Ottawa Senators andQuebec Bulldogs on this day in history.   

Nov 23   On this day in history george O'Hanlon, Bkln NY, actor (Calvin-Life of Riley, George Jetson)   

Nov 24   Howard Duff, Bremerton Wash, actor (Flamingo Road, Knots Landing) in the year 1917.   

Nov 24   Nine police officers and one civilian are killed when a bomb explodes at the Milwaukee, Wisconsin police headquarters building on this day in history.   

Nov 27   "Buffalo" Bob Smith, Buffalo NY, TV host (Howdy Doody) in the year 1917.   

Nov 28   Kees Schilperoort, Dutch radio/TV host in the year 1917.   

Nov 28   Sigmund Rombergs revue "Over the Top," premieres in NYC in the year 1917.   

Dec 01   Boys Town founded by Father Edward Flanagan west of Omaha Neb in the year 1917.   

Dec 01   In the year 1917 father Edward Flanagan founded Boys Town   

Dec 01   Marty Marion, baseball player (NL MVP 1944) on this day in history.   

Dec 02   Ezra Stone, US, actor/producer (Henry Aldrich) in the year 1917.   

Dec 02   Han Yong-woon, found Zen awakening at Osean Monastery Korea in the year 1917.   

Dec 03   On this day in history after nearly 20 years of planning and construction, the Quebec Bridge opens to traffic.   

Dec 03   Prv. Henry James Nicholas, 1st Battalion, Canterbury Infantry Regiment, won the Victoria Cross at Polderhoek, Belgium in the year 1917.   

Dec 05   Simone Gallimard, publisher in the year 1917.   

Dec 06   On this day in history at 9 05 A.M., in the harbor of Halifax in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, the most devastating man-made explosion in the pre-nuclear age occurs when the Mont Blanc, a French munitions ship, explodes twenty minutes after colliding with another vessel.   

Dec 06   On this day in history at 9:05 A.M., in the harbor of Halifax in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, the most devastating man-made explosion in the pre-nuclear age occurs when the Mont Blanc, a French munitions ship, explodes twenty minutes after colliding with another vessel.   

Dec 06   Finland declares independence from Russia (National Day) in the year 1917.   

Dec 07   Leon Minkus, composer, dies at 91 on this day in history.   

Dec 07   In the year 1917 uS becomes 13th country to declare war on Austria during World War I   

Dec 08   In the year 1917 rufo I Wever, Aruban pianist/composer (Ca'i Organ)   

Dec 09   British forces capture Jerusalem on this day in history.   

Dec 09   British forces under General Allenby capture Jerusalem in the year 1917.   

Dec 11   13 black soldiers hanged for alleged participation in Houston riot in the year 1917.   

Dec 11   On this day in history 13 black soldiers hanged for participation in Houston riot   

Dec 11   German-occupied Lithuania proclaims independence from Russia in the year 1917.   

Dec 12   Edward Firth Henderson, arabist on this day in history.   

Dec 12   On this day in history french troop train derails in French Alps killing 543   

Dec 12   Rev Edward Flanagan founded Boys Town outside Omaha NB in the year 1917.   

Dec 13   Dave Street, LA Calif, actor/singer (Broadway Open House) on this day in history.   

Dec 14   On this day in history elyse Knox, Hartford Ct, actress (Hit the Ice, Black Gold)   

Dec 14   UFA, Universal Film AG, forms in Germany in the year 1917.   

Dec 15   Moldavian Republic declares independence from Russia in the year 1917.   

Dec 16   Arthur C[harles] Clarke, sci-fi author (2001, 2010, Childhood's End) in the year 1917.   

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

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

Jan 03   On this day in history birth of roger W. Straus, Jr., American publisher (d. 2004)   

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   On this day in history birth of wieland Wagner, German opera director   

Jan 02   Edward B Tylor, English anthropologist, dies at 84 in the year 1917.   

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   On this day in history 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   In the year 1917 evelyn Baring earl Cromer, English consul-general in Egypt, dies at 75   

Feb 05   In the year 1917 paul Rubens, composer, dies at 41