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| Born : | 11/27/1917 | "Buffalo" Bob Smith, Buffalo NY, TV host (Howdy Doody) |
| Born : | 03/08/1917 | A Marja, [ATE Mooy], wrtier (Snippers on the River) |
| Born : | 12/21/1917 | Alicia Alonso, Havana Cuba, ballerina (American Ballet Theatre) |
| Born : | 06/04/1917 | Allen Greenwood, deputy CEO (British Aerospace) |
| Born : | 12/21/1917 | Andre Eglevsky, choreographer (Limelight) |
| Born : | 07/12/1917 | Andrew Wyeth, US, painter (Christina's World) |
| Born : | 05/12/1917 | Andre A Rieu, conductor |
| Born : | 11/02/1917 | Ann Ruthrerfod, Toronto Canada, TV panelist (Leave It To the Girls) |
| Born : | 02/25/1917 | Anthony Burgess, essayist/novelist (Clockwork Orange) |
| Born : | 09/20/1917 | Arnold "Red" Auerbach, NBA coach/GM (Boston Celtic) |
| Born : | 12/16/1917 | Arthur C[harles] Clarke, sci-fi author (2001, 2010, Childhood's End) |
| Born : | 02/06/1917 | Arthur Gold, Toronto, Canada, pianist |
| Born : | 10/15/1917 | Arthur Schlesinger Jr, historian/author (1946 Pulitzer-Age of Jackson) |
| Born : | 05/28/1917 | Barry Commoner, Brooklyn NY, biologist (Science and Survival) |
| Born : | 04/30/1917 | Bea Wain, US actress/radio hostess |
| Born : | 08/01/1917 | Benjamin Roberts, British industrial relations expert |
| Born : | 07/26/1917 | Bertil Nordahl, Sweden, soccer players (Olympic-gold-1948) |
| Born : | 04/03/1917 | Bill Finegan, Newark NJ, (Sauter-Finegan Band, Sat Night Revue) |
| Born : | 01/16/1917 | Buddy Lester, Chicago Ill, actor (Nick-Phil Silvers Show) |
| Born : | 06/30/1917 | Buddy Rich, Bkln NY, drummer/orch leader (Buddy Rich Band-Away We Go) |
| Born : | 10/13/1917 | Burr Tillstrom, Chic Ill, puppeteer (Kukla, Fran and Ollie) |
| Born : | 06/08/1917 | Byron R Whizzer White, Ft Collins, NFLer/Supreme Court Just (1962- ) |
| Born : | 02/19/1917 | Carson McCullers, US, novelist (Heart Is a Lonely Hunter) |
| Born : | 08/18/1917 | Casper Weinberger, US Secretary of Defense (1981-87) |
| Born : | 06/04/1917 | Charles Collingwood, Mich, news commentator (CBS, Chronicles) |
| Born : | 07/23/1917 | Charles Kerruish, president (Tyndwald Isle of Man) |
| Born : | 09/12/1917 | Christian Geel, poet/sculptor/artist |
| Born : | 09/30/1917 | Chung Hee Park, general/pres of S Korea (1961-79), assassinated |
| Born : | 11/01/1917 | Clarence E Miller, (Rep-R-OH, 1967- ) |
| Born : | 09/02/1917 | Cleveland Amory, Nahant Mass, conservationist/TV reviewer (TV Guide) |
| Born : | 09/24/1917 | Colin Cowe, senior bursar (Magdalen College Oxford) |
| Born : | 03/27/1917 | Cyrus R Vance, US Secretary of State (1977-80) |
| Born : | 11/11/1917 | D Mack Reynolds, US, sf-writer (Black man's burden) |
| Born : | 04/02/1917 | Dabbs Greer, Fairview Mo, actor (Gunsmoke, Little House on Prairie) |
| Born : | 05/01/1917 | Danielle Darrieux, France, actress (Alexander the Great, Mayerling) |
| Born : | 10/08/1917 | Danny Murtaugh, baseball manager (Pittsburgh Pirates) |
| Born : | 03/09/1917 | Dante B Fascell, (Rep-D-FL, 1955- ) |
| Born : | 12/13/1917 | Dave Street, LA Calif, actor/singer (Broadway Open House) |
| Born : | 05/07/1917 | David Tomlinson, US, actor(?) |
| Born : | 03/07/1917 | Davis Roberts, Mobile Ala, actor (Mr Johnson-Boone) |
| Born : | 06/07/1917 | Dean Martin, [Dino Crocetti], singer/comedian (Jerry Lewis' partner) |
| Born : | 08/30/1917 | Denis Healey, English politician |
| Born : | 05/21/1917 | Dennis Day, NYC, actor/singer (Jack Benny Show) |
| Born : | 08/24/1917 | Dennis James, Jersey City NJ, wrestling announcer/TV host (PDQ) |
| Born : | 05/24/1917 | Derek Hodgson, British high court judge |
| Born : | 02/07/1917 | Dick Emery, London, comedian/actor (Case of Mukkinese Battle Horn) |
| Born : | 03/01/1917 | Dinah Shore, Winchester Tenn, singer (See the USA in a Chevrolet) |
| Born : | 10/21/1917 | Dizzy Gillespie, [John B], jazz trumpeter, a creator of modern jazz |
| Born : | 08/25/1917 | Don Defore, Cedar Rapids Iowa, actor (George-Hazel, Ozzie and Harriet) |
| Born : | 07/10/1917 | Don Herbert, Waconia Minn, Mr Wizard |
| Born : | 05/25/1917 | Dorothy Sarnoff, US, actress(?) |
| Born : | 07/14/1917 | Douglas Edwards, Alda Okla, newscaster (CBS Evening News, FYI) |
| Born : | 11/02/1917 | Durward Knowles, England, yachtsman (Olympic-gold-1968-Bahamas) |
| Born : | 09/03/1917 | Eddie "Brat" Stanky, Phil Rizzuto's nemisis/2nd baseman (Dodgers) |
| Born : | 10/29/1917 | Eddie Constantine, US/French actor (Lucky Jo, It Lives Again) |
| Born : | 10/20/1917 | Efrain Jonckheer, premier Dutch Antilles |
| Born : | 12/28/1917 | Ellis Clarke, president Trinidad and Tobago |
| Born : | 07/07/1917 | Elton Britt, Marshall Ark, country singer (Sat Night Jamboree) |
| Born : | 12/14/1917 | Elyse Knox, Hartford Ct, actress (Hit the Ice, Black Gold) |
| Born : | 04/21/1917 | Emanuel Vardi, Jerusalem Israel, violist (SD Symph 1978-82) |
| Born : | 12/02/1917 | Ezra Stone, US, actor/producer (Henry Aldrich) |
| Born : | 07/08/1917 | Faye Emerson, Elizabeth La, actress (I've Got a Secret) |
| Born : | 10/26/1917 | Felix the Cat, cartoon character |
| Born : | 09/11/1917 | Ferdinand Marcos, Philippines Pres (1965-86) |
| Born : | 10/02/1917 | Francis Jackson, organist and master of Music/York minister |
| Born : | 12/22/1917 | Gene Rayburn, Ill, TV game show host (Match Game) |
| Born : | 05/16/1917 | George Gaynes, Helsinki Finland, actor (Henry-Punky Brewster) |
| Born : | 09/06/1917 | George Mann, captain English cricket team |
| Born : | 11/23/1917 | George O'Hanlon, Bkln NY, actor (Calvin-Life of Riley, George Jetson) |
| Born : | 05/16/1917 | Geraint Jones, conductor/organist |
| Born : | 05/28/1917 | Gerald Cash, Gov-Gen (Bahamas) |
| Born : | 07/08/1917 | Glenn Langan, Denver Colo, actor (Amazing Colossal Man, Margie) |
| Born : | 03/12/1917 | Googie Withers, Karachi India, actress (1 of Our Aircraft is Missing) |
| Born : | 01/06/1917 | Guillermo Rosario, Antilles, writer (E rais ku no ke muri) |
| Born : | 06/07/1917 | Gwendolyn Brooks, US poet (Bean Eaters, Annie Allen, Pulitzer 1950) |
| Born : | 04/15/1917 | Hans Conried, Balt Md, actor (Bullwinkle Show, Make Room for Daddy) |
| Born : | 02/28/1917 | Hans Deutgen, Sweden, world champion archer |
| Born : | 03/27/1917 | Harry West, Unionist party leader (Unionist) |
| Born : | 12/12/1917 | Heinrich Bill, German writer (Aussatz, Nobel 1972) |
| Born : | 12/21/1917 | Heinrich Bill, Germany, writer (Group Portrait with Lady, Nobel '72) |
| Born : | 10/07/1917 | Helmut Dantine, Vienna Austria, actor (Shadow of the Cloak) |
| Born : | 10/29/1917 | Henry Carlsson, Sweden, soccer (Olympic-gold-1948) |
| Born : | 09/04/1917 | Henry Ford II, automaker (Ford Motor Co) |
| Born : | 02/14/1917 | Herbert A Hauptman, NYC, x-ray crystallographer (Nobel 1985) |
| Born : | 01/09/1917 | Herbert Lom, Czech, actor (Pink Panther Strikes Again, Dorian Gray) |
| Born : | 01/22/1917 | Herwig Hensen, [Flor Mielants], Flemish poet/playwright |
| Born : | 11/24/1917 | Howard Duff, Bremerton Wash, actor (Flamingo Road, Knots Landing) |
| Born : | 04/13/1917 | Howard Keel, Ill, actor/singer (7 Brides for 7 Brothers, Kiss Me Kate) |
| Born : | 06/04/1917 | Howard Metzenbaum, (Sen-D-Ohio. 1974- ) |
| Born : | 04/26/1917 | Ieoh Ming "I.M." Pei, architect (1961 Brunner Prize) |
| Born : | 09/23/1917 | Imry Nemeth, Hungary, hammer thrower (Olympic-gold-1948) |
| Born : | 03/13/1917 | Ina Ray Hutton, Chicago Ill, orch leader (Ina Ray Hutton Show) |
| Born : | 11/19/1917 | Indira Gandhi, Allahabad India, Indian PM (1966-77, 1980-84) |
| Born : | 08/29/1917 | Isabel Sanford, NYC, actress (Louise-Jeffersons/All in the Family) |
| Born : | 03/06/1917 | J A Mommersteeg, Dutch asst sect of Defense (KVP) |
| Born : | 09/05/1917 | Jack Buetel, Dallas Tx, actress (Outlaw, Half Breed) |
| Born : | 11/17/1917 | Jack Lescoulie, Sacramento Calif, TV host (Jackie Gleason Show) |
| Born : | 06/11/1917 | James Bostock, painter/engraver |
| Born : | 08/26/1917 | Jan Clayton, Tularosa NM, actress (Ellen Miller-Lassie) |
| Born : | 10/15/1917 | Jan Miner, Boston Mass, actress (Crime Photographer) |
| Born : | 10/04/1917 | Jan Murray, Bronx NY, comedian (Treasure Hunt, Who Killed Teddy Bear) |
| Born : | 03/26/1917 | Jean Graham Hall, circuit court judge in England |
| Born : | 05/21/1917 | Jean-Louis Curtis, French writer (Just Causes) |
| Born : | 10/20/1917 | Jean-Pierre Melville, Paris France, director (Un Flic) |
| Born : | 01/10/1917 | Jerry Wexler, music producer |
| Born : | 09/11/1917 | Jessica Mitford, writer (American Way of Death) |
| Born : | 03/02/1917 | Jim Konstanty, baseball player (NL MVP 1950) |
| Born : | 10/22/1917 | Joan Fontaine, Tokyo Japan, actress (Gunga Din, Ivanhoe, Rebecca) |
| Born : | 05/09/1917 | John Arnatt, actor |
| Born : | 02/28/1917 | John B Connally, (Gov/Sen-D/R-Tx), took a bullet with JFK |
| Born : | 05/01/1917 | John Beradino, LA Calif, actor (Steve Hardy-General Hospital) |
| Born : | 07/27/1917 | John Cunningham, executive director (British Aerospace) |
| Born : | 05/29/1917 | John Fitzgerald Kennedy, Mass, (Sen-D-Mass), 35th Pres (1961-1963) |
| Born : | 08/22/1917 | John Lee Hooker, Mississippi, blues musician (Canned Heat) |
| Born : | 01/29/1917 | John Raitt, Santa Ana Calif, actor/singer (Chevy Show, Pajama Game) |
| Born : | 07/23/1917 | John Stokes, MP |
| Born : | 11/16/1917 | John Whiting, British dramatist/actor (Saint's Day) |
| Born : | 04/01/1917 | Johnny Andrews, Boston, singer/host (Songs at Twilight) |
| Born : | 03/23/1917 | Johnny Guarnieri, NYC, jazz pianist (Morey Amsterdam Show) |
| Born : | 04/19/1917 | Johnny Hoes, musician/producer (...i but at mother at home lost) |
| Born : | 04/28/1917 | Joop Waasdorp, writer (Cousin Cash, Wallpaper Hanger) |
| Born : | 08/30/1917 | Julie Bishop, Denver Colo, actress (Northern Pursuit, Threat) |
| Born : | 10/07/1917 | June Allyson, Bronx, actress (Till the Clouds Roll By, Vegas) |
| Born : | 03/20/1917 | Kalervo H Hortamo, Finnish poet (Sydenmaa) |
| Born : | 06/16/1917 | Katharine Graham, newspaper publisher (Wash Post) |
| Born : | 11/28/1917 | Kees Schilperoort, Dutch radio/TV host |
| Born : | 02/23/1917 | Kenneth Tobey, actor (Chuck-Whirlybirds) |
| Born : | 03/23/1917 | Kenneth Tobey, actor (The Thing, Strange Invaders) |
| Born : | 06/06/1917 | Kirk Kerkorian, CEO (MGM, UA) |
| Born : | 07/23/1917 | Kurt Kreuger, St Moritz Switz, actor (Fear, Unfaithfully Yours) |
| Born : | 10/09/1917 | Kusuo Kitamura, Japan, 1500m freestyle swimmer (Olympic-gold-1932) |
| Born : | 10/13/1917 | Laraine Day, Roosevelt Utah, actress (Dr Kildaire, I've Got a Secret) |
| Born : | 06/14/1917 | Lash La Rue, Gretna La, cowboy actor (Lash of the West, Wyatt Earp) |
| Born : | 07/07/1917 | Lawrence F O'Brien, (Watergate conspirators broke into his office) |
| Born : | 09/17/1917 | Lawrence Jacob, Atlantic City NJ, artist (Sanitarium) |
| Born : | 06/30/1917 | Lena Horne, Bkln NY, singer (Stormy Weather) |
| Born : | 04/22/1917 | Leo Abse, biographer/MP |
| Born : | 04/01/1917 | Leon Janney, Ogden Ut, actor (Hawk) |
| Born : | 05/24/1917 | Lord Campbell of Alloway, QC |
| Born : | 07/17/1917 | Lou Bourdeau, baseball player/manager (1948 AP Athlete of Year) |
| Born : | 05/14/1917 | Lou Harrison, Portland Oregon, composer (Rapunzel) |
| Born : | 04/02/1917 | Lou Monte, NJ, singer (Peppino the Italian Mouse) |
| Born : | 09/27/1917 | Louis Auchincloss, Lawrence NY, lawyer/novelist (Watchfires) |
| Born : | 04/18/1917 | Louise Frederika, Queen of Greece |
| Born : | 04/12/1917 | M Marie Widlow, St Louis Mo, softball pitcher (Hall of Fame 1957) |
| Born : | 10/05/1917 | Magda Szabc, Hungary, author |
| Born : | 03/29/1917 | Man O'War, racehorse, winner of 20 out of 21 races and $249,465 |
| Born : | 10/26/1917 | Mario Biaggi, (Rep-D-NY, 1969-90) |
| Born : | 10/17/1917 | Marsha Hunt, Chicago Ill, actress (Jennifer-Peck's Bad Girl, Jigsaw) |
| Born : | 05/28/1917 | Marshall Reed, Englewood Calif, actor (Fred Asher-Lineup) |
| Born : | 12/01/1917 | Marty Marion, baseball player (NL MVP 1944) |
| Born : | 01/17/1917 | Maruthur Gopalan Ramachandran (MGR), Indian film star, politician |
| Born : | 06/02/1917 | Max Showalter, Caldwell Ks, actor/composer (Stockard Channing Show) |
| Born : | 08/25/1917 | Mel Ferrer, Elberon NJ, actor (Longest Day, Eaten Alive, 5th Floor) |
| Born : | 11/23/1917 | Michael Gough, Malaya, actor (Search for the Nile) |
| Born : | 09/28/1917 | Michael Somes, England, ballet dancer (Royal Ballet in London) |
| Born : | 04/22/1917 | Mile Yvette Chauvire, ballerina assoluta |
| Born : | 10/27/1917 | Oliver Tambo, leader of African National Congress |
| Born : | 01/17/1917 | Oskar Morawetz, Svetla, Czechoslovakia, composer |
| Born : | 12/18/1917 | Ossie Davis, actor/playwright (Hot Stuff, Man Called Adam) |
| Born : | 08/17/1917 | P Roger Peyrefitte, French writer (Singular Love) |
| Born : | 05/13/1917 | Paul Osmond, British senior civil servant |
| Born : | 09/17/1917 | Peter Bennett, London, actor (Leonides-Adv of Sir Lancelot) |
| Born : | 01/08/1917 | Peter Taylor, US writer |
| Born : | 02/18/1917 | Phyllis Calvert, London, actress (Man in Grey) |
| Born : | 07/17/1917 | Phyllis Diller, Lima Ohio, comedienne (Boy, Did I Get a Wrong Number) |
| Born : | 07/02/1917 | Pierre Dubois, literary |
| Born : | 02/13/1917 | Polly Rose, actress (Myrtle-Love That Jill) |
| Born : | 06/12/1917 | Priscilla Lane, US, actress (Arsenic and Old Lace) |
| Born : | 04/07/1917 | R G Armstrong, Birmingham Ala, actor (T.H.E. Cat) |
| Born : | 11/20/1917 | Ram Gopal, Indies/English dancer |
| Born : | 05/21/1917 | Raymond Burr, actor (Perry Mason, Ironsides, Godzilla) |
| Born : | 10/01/1917 | Rene A de Rooy, Suriname/Antillian poet |
| Born : | 06/18/1917 | Richard Boone, LA Calif, actor (Paladin-Have Gun Will Travel) |
| Born : | 07/26/1917 | Richard Burnell, England, double sculls (Olympic-gold-1948) |
| Born : | 05/20/1917 | Richard Cobb, historian |
| Born : | 04/05/1917 | Richard Yardumian, Philadelphia, composer (Come Creator Spirit) |
| Born : | 11/24/1917 | Rita Corita, [Hendrika Sturm], singer |
| Born : | 04/28/1917 | Robert Anderson, NY, writer (Tea and Sympathy, Never Sang for My Father) |
| Born : | 06/04/1917 | Robert Anderson, author (Tea and Sympathy) |
| Born : | 10/23/1917 | Robert Bray, Kalispell Mont, actor (Corey-Lassie, Stagecoach West) |
| Born : | 04/10/1917 | Robert Burns Woodward, organic chemist (Nobel 1965) |
| Born : | 11/20/1917 | Robert C Byrd, (Sen-D-WV, 1959- )/majority leader |
| Born : | 07/15/1917 | Robert Conquest, author (Back to Life) |
| Born : | 04/28/1917 | Robert Cornthwaite, St Helen Oregon, actor (Thing, War of the Worlds) |
| Born : | 07/27/1917 | Robert Cowans, executive director (British Aerospace) |
| Born : | 07/24/1917 | Robert Farnon, composer/conductor/arranger |
| Born : | 03/01/1917 | Robert Lowell, poet/pacifist (Lord Weary's Castle, Near the Ocean) |
| Born : | 06/04/1917 | Robert Merrill, Bkln NY, baritone (NY Metropolitan Opera) |
| Born : | 08/06/1917 | Robert Mitchum, Bridgeport Ct, actor (Winds of War, North and South) |
| Born : | 11/13/1917 | Robert Sterling, Newcastle Pa, actor (George Kirby-Adv of Topper) |
| Born : | 02/26/1917 | Robert Taft Jr, (Sen-R-Oh) |
| Born : | 09/13/1917 | Robert Ward, Cleveland Ohio, composer (Pantaloon) |
| Born : | 04/05/1917 | Robert [Albert] Bloch, US, sci-fi author (Hugo, Psycho) |
| Born : | 08/16/1917 | Roque Cordero, Panama, composer (Sonata Breve) |
| Born : | 12/26/1917 | Rosemary Woods, Nixon's secretary, keep her away from your tapes |
| Born : | 12/08/1917 | Rufo I Wever, Arubians pianist/composer (ca'i organ) |
| Born : | 03/26/1917 | Rufus Thomas, Miss, singer (Walking the Dog) |
| Born : | 10/30/1917 | Ruth Hussey, Providence RI, actress (Another Thin Man, Phila Story) |
| Born : | 04/26/1917 | Sal "The Barber" Maglie, pitcher, 8th all-time won-lost pct |
| Born : | 06/23/1917 | Sid Watters Jr, horse trainer |
| Born : | 04/22/1917 | Sidney Nolan, Australia, painter/illustrator (Ned Kelly) |
| Born : | 02/11/1917 | Sidney Sheldon, novelist (1947 Academy Award, 1959 Tony, Bloodline) |
| Born : | 07/24/1917 | Simon Slattvik, Norway, cross country ski jumper (Olympic-gold-1952) |
| Born : | 01/08/1917 | Stanley Prager, NYC, comedian (College Bowl) |
| Born : | 07/09/1917 | Ted Steele, Hartford Ct, orch leader (Cavalcade of Stars) |
| Born : | 03/13/1917 | Tessie O'Shea, England, actress (Entertainers) |
| Born : | 05/25/1917 | Theodore Hesburgh, ex-president of Notre Dame |
| Born : | 02/12/1917 | Thomas K Scherman, NYC, conductor (Little Orch Society 1947-75) |
| Born : | 12/29/1917 | Tom Bradley, (Mayor-D-LA) (1973- ) |
| Born : | 03/12/1917 | Tom Normanton, British MP |
| Born : | 03/20/1917 | Vera Lynn, singer |
| Born : | 01/03/1917 | Vernon Walters, NYC, US permanent rep to the UN |
| Born : | 04/09/1917 | Vincent O'Brien, racehorse trainer |
| Born : | 03/05/1917 | Virginia Christine, Stanton Iowa, actress (Tales of Wells Fargo) |
| Born : | 03/22/1917 | Virginia Grey, LA, actress (Another Thin Man, Idiot's Delight, Idaho) |
| Born : | 01/12/1917 | Walter Hendl, West New York NJ, conductor |
| Born : | 01/05/1917 | Wieland Wagner, German opera director |
| Born : | 05/13/1917 | Wilhelmus C Wuen, [Broeder Pius], social worker Curatao) |
| Born : | 06/10/1917 | William Barr, rector (Exeter College, Oxford) |
| Born : | 07/16/1917 | William Bishop, Oak Park Ill, actor (Steve-It's a Great Life) |
| Born : | 02/24/1917 | William Fairbank, Minneapolis, superconductivity physicist |
| Born : | 08/26/1917 | William French Smith, Attorney General (1981-85) |
| Born : | 06/26/1917 | William Hamilton, British MP |
| Born : | 09/24/1917 | William Putnam Bundy, London, editor (Lvaggerier and Vagaries) |
| Born : | 07/19/1917 | William W Scranton, (Gov-R-Pa) |
| Born : | 09/30/1917 | Yuri "Petrovich" Lyubimov, USSR, director (Taganka) |
| Born : | 11/01/1917 | Zenna [Chlarson] Henderson, US, sci-fi author (Anything Box) |
| Born : | 02/05/1917 | Zsa Zsa Gabor, Budapest Hungary, actress (Queen of Outer Space) |
| Born : | 11/11/1917 | [Dallas] Mack/McCord Reynolds, US, sci-fi author (Earth War) |
| Died : | 06/21/1917 | Ant¢nio JdC Feij¢, Port diplomat/poet (Cancioneiro Chinas), dies at 55 |
| Died : | 11/17/1917 | August Rodin, sculptor, dies in Meudon, France |
| Died : | 02/18/1917 | Charles E Barber, US chief engraver (1879-1917), dies |
| Died : | 09/26/1917 | Edgar H G Degas, French painter (ballerina), dies |
| Died : | 02/06/1917 | Edouard A Drumont, French anti-semite journalist, dies |
| Died : | 01/02/1917 | Edward B Tylor, English Anthropologist, dies at 84 |
| Died : | 04/09/1917 | Edward Thomas, poet, killed in WW I |
| Died : | 11/13/1917 | Emile Durkheim, French sociologist (Le suicide), dies |
| Died : | 11/17/1917 | F-Auguste-R Rodin, French sculptor (Baiser), dies |
| Died : | 09/03/1917 | Fanya Kaplan, Russian who shot at Lenin on Aug 30th, executed |
| Died : | 03/08/1917 | Ferdinand von Zeppelin, air pioneer, dies |
| Died : | 07/12/1917 | Fournier, Swiss/French postage stamp merchant/forger, dies |
| Died : | 12/22/1917 | Francesca Saveria Cabrini, US saint/patron of immigrant, dies at 67 |
| Died : | 06/27/1917 | Gustav von Schmolle, German economist (Historical School), dies |
| Died : | 01/17/1917 | Hendrik Goeman Borgesius, politician, dies at 70 |
| Died : | 01/06/1917 | Hendrik P G Quack, lawyer/economist (Bank of Neth), dies |
| Died : | 07/02/1917 | Herbert Beerbohm Tree, English actor/director (Hamlet), dies |
| Died : | 10/09/1917 | Hoessein Kamil, sultan of Egypt (1914-17), dies |
| Died : | 08/20/1917 | JFW Adolf Ritter von Baeyer, German chemist (Nobel 1905), dies |
| Died : | 05/01/1917 | Jose E Rodo, Uruguayan writer (Motivos de proteo), dies |
| Died : | 04/14/1917 | Lew [Lejzer L] Zamenhof, Polish physician/linguist (Esperanto), dies |
| Died : | 12/26/1917 | Louise J Gautier, French poetess/daughter of Theophile G, dies |
| Died : | 10/15/1917 | Mata Hari, Dutch dancer/German spy executed by firing squad in Paris |
| Died : | 08/30/1917 | Uritsky, leader of Petrogradse Czech, dies |
| Interest: | 11/13/1917 | [RC-US] Memorial of St Frances Xavier Cabrini, virgin, (1850-1917) |
| Interest: | 12/22/1917 | [RC] Commemoration of St Frances Xavier Cabrini, virgin |
| Special : | 12/30/1917 | -32øF (-36øC) in Mountain City, Tennessee (state record) |
| Special : | 12/30/1917 | -37øF (-38øC) in Lewisburg, WV (state record) |
| Special : | 12/06/1917 | 1,600 die as 2 munitions ships collide at Halifax, Nova Scotia |
| Special : | 06/05/1917 | 10 million US men begin registering for draft in WW I |
| Special : | 08/28/1917 | 10 suffragists arrested as they picket White House |
| Special : | 12/11/1917 | 13 black soldiers hanged for alleged participation in Houston riot |
| Special : | 10/21/1917 | 1st Americans to see action on front lines of WW I |
| Special : | 02/26/1917 | 1st Annual fair at Utrecht Harbor (Netherlands) |
| Special : | 10/17/1917 | 1st British bombing of Germany |
| Special : | 06/16/1917 | 1st Congress of Soviets convene in Russia |
| Special : | 12/19/1917 | 1st NHL game played on artificial ice (Toronto) |
| Special : | 06/04/1917 | 1st Pulitzer prize awarded to Richards and Elliott (Julia Ward Howe) |
| Special : | 06/26/1917 | 1st US Expeditionary Force arrive in France during WW I |
| Special : | 03/17/1917 | 1st US bowling tournament for women, St Louis |
| Special : | 11/02/1917 | 1st US soldiers killed in combat in WW I |
| Special : | 05/13/1917 | 1st appearance of Mary to 3 shepherd children in Fatima, Portugal |
| Special : | 06/27/1917 | 1st baseball player (Hank Gowdy) to enter WW I military service |
| Special : | 11/03/1917 | 1st class mail now costs 3 cents |
| Special : | 03/01/1917 | 1st federal land bank chartered |
| Special : | 01/30/1917 | 1st jazz record recorded (Dark Town Strutters Ball) |
| Special : | 05/31/1917 | 1st jazz record released (Dark Town Strutters Ball) |
| Special : | 09/03/1917 | 1st night bombing of London by German fighter planes |
| Special : | 11/20/1917 | 1st tank battle (Britain breaks through German lines) |
| Special : | 07/31/1917 | 3rd battle of Ypres begins |
| Special : | 03/23/1917 | 4 day series of tonadoes kills 211 in Midwest US |
| Special : | 11/10/1917 | 41 suffragists are arrested in front of the White House |
| Special : | 06/10/1917 | 60,000 people of Petrograd welcome Prince Kropotkin (banned 41 years) |
| Special : | 02/28/1917 | AP reports Mexico and Japan will allie with Germany if US enters WW I |
| Special : | 03/19/1917 | Adamson Act ruled constitutional (8 hr work day on railroads) |
| Special : | 07/22/1917 | Alexander Kerensky becomes Russian PM |
| Special : | 02/20/1917 | Ammunitions ship explodes in Archangelsk harbor, about 1,500 die |
| Special : | 05/04/1917 | Arabs sack Tel Aviv |
| Special : | 05/10/1917 | Atlantic ships get destroyer escorts to stop German attacks |
| Special : | 11/02/1917 | Balfour Declaration proclaims support for a Jewish state in Palestine |
| Special : | 04/09/1917 | Battle of Arras begins |
| Special : | 11/06/1917 | Bolshevik revolution begins with capture of Winter Palace |
| Special : | 05/11/1917 | Britain grants Royal Letters Patent to New Zealand |
| Special : | 02/21/1917 | British Mendi sinks off Isle of Wight, 627 die |
| Special : | 07/17/1917 | British Royal family changes its name from Hanover to Windsor |
| Special : | 11/07/1917 | British capture Gaza Palestine from Turks |
| Special : | 12/09/1917 | British forces under General Allenby capture Jerusalem |
| Special : | 03/11/1917 | British troops conquer Baghdad |
| Special : | 07/09/1917 | British warship "Vanguard" explodes at Scapa Flow killing 804 |
| Special : | 04/14/1917 | Chic White Sox Ed Cicotte no-hits St Louis Browns, 11-0 |
| Special : | 10/15/1917 | Chicago White Sox beat NY Giants, 4 games to 2 in 14th World Series |
| Special : | 08/14/1917 | China declares war on Germany and Austria at start of WW I |
| Special : | 02/05/1917 | Congress overrides Wilson's veto, curtailing Asian immigration |
| Special : | 03/03/1917 | Congress passes 1st excess profits tax on corporations |
| Special : | 09/02/1917 | Deutsche Vaterlands Party forms (by admiral Tirpitz) |
| Special : | 07/10/1917 | Emma Goldman imprisoned for obstructing draft |
| Special : | 12/01/1917 | Father Edward Flanagan founded Boys Town |
| Special : | 12/26/1917 | Fed govt took over operation of American RR for duration of WW I |
| Special : | 12/06/1917 | Finland declares independence from Russia (National Day) |
| Special : | 12/22/1917 | Flanders declares it's independence, under Pieter Tack |
| Special : | 08/01/1917 | Frank Little, IWW organizer, lynched in Butte, MT |
| Special : | 12/06/1917 | French munition ship "Mont Blanc" explodes in Halifax, kills 1,700 |
| Special : | 12/12/1917 | French troop train derails in French Alps killing 543 |
| Special : | 11/16/1917 | G H Peters discovers asteroid #886 Washingtonia |
| Special : | 08/15/1917 | G Neujmin discovers asteroid #882 Swetlana |
| Special : | 11/05/1917 | Gen Pershing and US troops see action on Western Front for 1st time |
| Special : | 06/14/1917 | Gen Pershing and his HQ staff arrived in Paris during WW I |
| Special : | 02/24/1917 | German plan to get Mexican help in WW I exposed (Zimmerman telegram) |
| Special : | 09/03/1917 | German troops over run Riga Latvia |
| Special : | 12/11/1917 | German-occupied Lithuania proclaims independence from Russia |
| Special : | 06/13/1917 | Germany bombs London |
| Special : | 01/31/1917 | Germany notifies US that U-boats will attack neutral merchant ship |
| Special : | 09/03/1917 | Grover Cleveland Alexander pitches complete wins in a doubleheader |
| Special : | 06/21/1917 | Hawaiian Red Cross forms |
| Special : | 02/25/1917 | J Palisa discovers asteroid #867 Kovacia |
| Special : | 06/20/1917 | J Palisa discovers asteroid #876 Scott |
| Special : | 03/04/1917 | Jeannette Rankin (Rep-R-Mont) becomes 1st female member of Congress |
| Special : | 04/02/1917 | Jeannette Rankin becomes 1st women member of US House of Reps |
| Special : | 03/28/1917 | Jews are expelled from Tel Aviv and Jaffa by Turkish authorities |
| Special : | 03/02/1917 | Jones Act: Puerto Rico territory created, US citizenship granted |
| Special : | 09/14/1917 | Kerenski regime declares Russian republic |
| Special : | 11/02/1917 | Lansing-Ishii Agreement; US recognizes Japan's privileges in China |
| Special : | 11/17/1917 | Lenin defends "temporary" removal of freedom of the press |
| Special : | 04/16/1917 | Lenin returns to Russia to start Bolshevik Revolution |
| Special : | 10/23/1917 | Lenin speaks against Kamenev, Kollontai, Stalin and Trotsky |
| Special : | 05/21/1917 | Leo Pinckney, 1st American drafted during WW I |
| Special : | 11/21/1917 | M Gorki calls Lenin a blind fanatic/unthinking adventurer |
| Special : | 09/24/1917 | M Wolf discovers asteroid #3034 Climenhaga |
| Special : | 01/28/1917 | M Wolf discovers asteroid #862 Franzia |
| Special : | 02/09/1917 | M Wolf discovers asteroid #863 Benkoela |
| Special : | 02/15/1917 | M Wolf discovers asteroid #865 Zubaida |
| Special : | 02/25/1917 | M Wolf discovers asteroid #866 Fatme |
| Special : | 04/26/1917 | M Wolf discovers asteroid #868 Lova |
| Special : | 05/12/1917 | M Wolf discovers asteroid #870 Manto |
| Special : | 05/14/1917 | M Wolf discovers asteroid #871 Amneris |
| Special : | 05/25/1917 | M Wolf discovers asteroid #874 Rotraut |
| Special : | 05/19/1917 | M Wolf discovers asteroid #875 Nymphe |
| Special : | 09/14/1917 | M Wolf discovers asteroid #883 Matterania |
| Special : | 09/22/1917 | M Wolf discovers asteroid #884 Priamus |
| Special : | 01/22/1917 | M Wolf discovers asteroids #860 Ursina and #861 Aida |
| Special : | 05/21/1917 | M Wolf discovers asteroids #872 Holda and #873 Mechthild |
| Special : | 07/22/1917 | M Wolf discovers asteroids #879 Ricarda, #880 Herba and #881 Athene |
| Special : | 12/15/1917 | Moldavian Republic declares independence from Russia |
| Special : | 04/10/1917 | Munition factory explosion at Eddystone PA, kills 133 workers |
| Special : | 11/06/1917 | NY allows women to vote |
| Special : | 11/10/1917 | New soviet govt disallows freedom of the press (temporary) |
| Special : | 03/15/1917 | Nicholas II, last Russian tsar, abdicates (3/3 OS) |
| Special : | 03/03/1917 | Nicholas II, last Russian tsar, abdicates (OS) |
| Special : | 11/07/1917 | October Revolution (Oct 26 OS) in Russia, Lenin seizes power |
| Special : | 06/04/1917 | Order of British Empire inaugurated |
| Special : | 11/08/1917 | People's Commission gives authority to Lenin, Trotsky and Stalin |
| Special : | 08/13/1917 | Phillies steal 5 bases in an inning against Braves |
| Special : | 06/28/1917 | Potato entrepreneurs begins in Amsterdam |
| Special : | 04/20/1917 | Pravda (Lenin names Russia "Free land of world") |
| Special : | 08/04/1917 | Pravda calls for killing all capitalists, priests and officers |
| Special : | 04/02/1917 | Pres Wilson asks Congress to declare war against Germany |
| Special : | 02/05/1917 | Present Mexican constitution adopted |
| Special : | 09/14/1917 | Provisional government of Russia established, Republic proclaimed |
| Special : | 12/19/1917 | Quebec Bulldogs play their 1st professional hockey game |
| Special : | 05/09/1917 | R Schorr discovers asteroid #869 Mellena |
| Special : | 05/27/1917 | Race riot in East St Louis Illinois, 1 black killed |
| Special : | 08/23/1917 | Race riot in Houston Texas (2 blacks and 11 whites killed) |
| Special : | 07/01/1917 | Race riots in East St Louis Illinois (40 to 200 reported killed) |
| Special : | 07/01/1917 | Reds Fred Toney pitches completes doubleheader victories over Pirates |
| Special : | 12/12/1917 | Rev Edward Flanagan forms Boys Town outside Omaha, Neb |
| Special : | 01/02/1917 | Royal Bank of Canada takes over Quebec Bank |
| Special : | 09/15/1917 | Russia proclaimed a republic by Alexander Kerensky |
| Special : | 06/24/1917 | Russian Black Sea fleet munity at Sebastopol |
| Special : | 02/28/1917 | Russian Duma sets up Provisional Committee; workers set up Soviets |
| Special : | 03/12/1917 | Russian Dumas sets up Provisional Committee; workers set up Soviets |
| Special : | 03/08/1917 | Russian revolution breaks out (2/24 OS) (in St Petersburg) |
| Special : | 02/24/1917 | Russian revolution breaks out (3/8 NS) |
| Special : | 12/20/1917 | Russian secret police in Czech forms under Felix Dzerzjinski |
| Special : | 09/23/1917 | S Belyavskij discovers asteroid #885 Ulrike, #981 Martina and #2156 Kate |
| Special : | 02/15/1917 | SF Public Library (Main Branch at Civic center) dedicated |
| Special : | 03/26/1917 | Seat Metropolitans beat Mont Canadiens 3 games to 1 for Stanley Cup |
| Special : | 03/27/1917 | Seattle Metropolitans, 1st US team to win Stanley Cup beat Canadiens |
| Special : | 06/12/1917 | Secret Service extends protection of president to his family |
| Special : | 01/19/1917 | Silvertown Essex's ammunition factory explodes; 300 die |
| Special : | 12/18/1917 | Soviet regiment (Stalin/Lenin) declares Finland Independent |
| Special : | 05/06/1917 | St Louis Brown Bob Groom no-hits Chic White Sox, 3-0 |
| Special : | 05/05/1917 | St Louis Brown Ernie Koob no-hits Chic White Sox, 1-0 |
| Special : | 02/21/1917 | Train near Chirurcha Romania catches fire and explodes; 100s die |
| Special : | 10/08/1917 | Trotski named chairman of Petrograd Soviet |
| Special : | 03/17/1917 | Tsar Nicolas II of Russia abdicates the throne |
| Special : | 12/14/1917 | UFA, Universal Film AG, forms in Germany |
| Special : | 03/19/1917 | US Supreme Court upheld 8-hr work day for railroad employees |
| Special : | 12/07/1917 | US becomes 13th country to declare war on Austria during World War I |
| Special : | 02/03/1917 | US broke diplomatic relations with Germany |
| Special : | 04/06/1917 | US declares war on Germany, enters World War I |
| Special : | 03/08/1917 | US invades Cuba for 3rd time |
| Special : | 05/18/1917 | US passes Selective Service act |
| Special : | 01/17/1917 | US pays Denmark $25 million for the Virgin Islands (or 3/21) |
| Special : | 03/31/1917 | US purchases Virgin Is from Denmark for $25 million |
| Special : | 11/20/1917 | Ukrainian Republic declared |
| Special : | 04/09/1917 | Vimy Ridge France stormed by Canadian troops |
| Special : | 07/13/1917 | Vision of Virgin Mary appeared to children of F tima, Portugal |
| Special : | 07/20/1917 | WW I draft lottery held; #258 is 1st drawn |
| Special : | 05/26/1917 | Walt Cruise hit 1st HR out of Braves Field |
| Special : | 06/08/1917 | Walt Disney graduates from Benton High School |
| Special : | 04/24/1917 | Yankee lefty George Mogridge no-hits Red Sox 2-1 at Fenway |
| Special : | 04/01/1917 | 83øF highest temperature for this date in NYC |
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