Page 6: Historical Events In 1917

Apr 03   Lenin arrives in Petrograd from Switzerland [NS=April 16] on this day in history.   

Apr 03   Lenin leaves Switzerland for Petrograd on this day in history.   

Apr 04   On this day in history british Columbia gives women the provincial vote.   

Apr 04   On this day in history joseph Ortiz, French-Algerian extremist (barricade uprising)   

Apr 05   Richard Yardumian, Philadelphia, composer (Come Creator Spirit) on this day in history.   

Apr 06   On this day in history julian Faber, CEO (Willis Faber)   

Apr 06   The United States enter World War I on this day in history.   

Apr 06   In the year 1917 uS declares war on Germany, enters World War I   

Apr 07   De Falla's ballet "El Sombrero de tres Picos," premieres in Madrid in the year 1917.   

Apr 07   On this day in history r G Armstrong, Birmingham Ala, actor (T.H.E. Cat)   

Apr 07   In the year 1917 spyridon Filiskos Samaras, composer, dies at 53   

Apr 09   In the year 1917 battle of Arras begins   

Apr 09   On this day in history capt. Thain Wendell MacDowell (Cdn. 38th Cdn. Infantry Batt.) wins the Victoria Cross at Vimy Ridge France   

Apr 09   Edward Thomas, poet, killed in WW I on this day in history.   

Apr 09   In the year 1917 johannes Bobrowski, writer   

Apr 09   In the year 1917 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 in the year 1917.   

Apr 10   Pvt. John George Pattison (Cdn. 50th Cdn. Infantry Batt.) wins the Victoria Cross at Vimy Ridge France in the year 1917.   

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

Apr 11   In the year 1917 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   In the year 1917 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   Chic White Sox Ed Cicotte no-hits St Louis Browns, 11-0 on this day in history.   

Apr 14   Lew [Lejzer L] Zamenhof, Polish doc/linguist (Esperanto), dies at 57 on this day in history.   

Apr 14   In the year 1917 valerie Hobson, North Ireland, actress (Great Expectations)   

Apr 15   On this day in history hans Conried, Balt Md, actor (Bullwinkle Show, Make Room for Daddy)   

Apr 16   Lenin returns to Russia to start Bolshevik Revolution on this day in history.   

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

Apr 17   On this day in history bill Clements, American politician   

Apr 18   On this day in history louise Frederika, Queen of Greece   

Apr 18   In the year 1917 moritz F Freiherr von Bissing, gov-gen of Belg (1914-17), dies at 73   

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

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   In the year 1917 birth of roger W. Straus, Jr., American publisher (d. 2004)   

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

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

Jan 06   Hendrik P G Quack, lawyer/economist (Bank of Neth), dies at 82 on this day in history.   

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

Jan 25   In the year 1917 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   In the year 1917 paul Rubens, composer, dies at 41