October 1917 calendar

Events

• 04 Oct 1917 British assault on Broodseinde, France
• 06 Oct 1917 The US Trading with the Enemy Act becomes law, giving the US President authority to ban holding of gold and silver coins and other objects.
• 08 Oct 1917 Trotski named Chairman of Petrograd Soviet
• 10 Oct 1917 Giants Rube Benton is 1st lefty to pitch a World Series no hitter
• 12 Oct 1917 World War I: The First Battle of Passchendaele takes place resulting in the largest single day loss of life in New Zealand history.
• 13 Oct 1917 Soviet accept establishment of Petrograd Military
• 15 Oct 1917 Chicago White Sox beat New York Giants, four games to two in 14th World Series.
• 17 Oct 1917 1st British bombing of Germany
• 19 Oct 1917 The Love Field in Dallas, Texas is opened.
• 21 Oct 1917 Petrograds garrison accepts Revolutionary Military Committee
• 23 Oct 1917 1st Infantry division Big Red One shoots 1st US shot in WWI
• 24 Oct 1917 Battle of Caporetto; Italy suffers a catastrophic defeat by the forces of Austria-Hungary and Germany on the Austro-Italian front of World War I (lasts until 19 November - also called Twelfth Battle of the Isonzo).
• 25 Oct 1917 In Russia, Bolsheviks led by Vladimir Lenin seizes power
• 26 Oct 1917 Petrograd Soviet accepts establishment of Military
• 30 Oct 1917 British government gives final approval to Balfour Declaration
• 31 Oct 1917 World War I: Battle of Beersheba : ''last successful cavalry charge in history''.

Famous Birthday

• Joan Fontaine

  American actress who was born in Japan when her father was stationed in Tokyo.

• Thelonious Monk

  American jazz pianist and composer, considered to be one of the world’s most important and eccentric jazz figures and sometimes referred to...

• Jean-Pierre Melville

  French filmmaker.

• Stéphane Hessel

  German-French activist and diplomat (d. 2013).

• Dizzy Gillespie

  acclaimed jazz trumpet player (Born 1917).

• René Laurentin

  French educator, a Professor at the Catholic University of Angers.

• Mila Parély
• June Allyson

  Movie Actress.

• Eddie Constantine

  Actor (Alphaville, License to Kill), dies at 75.

• Marsha Hunt

  American actress who made her Broadway debut in 1948, had accomplished over 60 films but never achieved major stardom.

• Allen Ludden

  American game show host and TV executive.

• Maurice Trintignant

  French race car driver (Born 1917).

• Laraine Day
• Alice Pearce

  Comedienne (Gladys Kravitz-Bewitched), dies at 52.

• William Grieve

  Scottish Sheriff of Renfrew and Argyll 1964.

• Anna Marly
• Olive Brasno
• Arthur Schlesinger Jr

  Ohio, United States -- Historian (1946 Pulitzer-Age of Jackson).

• Mose (artist)
• Louis Viret
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Famous Deaths

• Hussain Kamil

  Sultan of Egypt (1914-17), dies at 63.

• Maria J "Marie" Bakker

  Actress / Wife of Maarten Stranger, dies at 59.

• Arthur Rhys Davids

  British pilot (Born 1897).

• Prince Christian

  of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg (Born 1831).

• Talbot Mercer Papineau

  Canadian lawyer and soldier (Born 1883).

• Mata Hari

  Dutch prostitute and exotic dancer who also served as a spy.

• Bob Fitzsimmons

  English-New Zealand boxer (d. 1917).

• Florence La Badie

  American actress (Born 1888).

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Top #5 songs in the USA

1. Original Dixieland Jazz Band - Darktown Strutters' Ball
2. Peerless Quartet - Over There
3. Orpheus Quartet - For the Freedom of the World
4. Original Dixieland Jazz Band - Indiana
5. Henry Burr & Albert Campbell - Shenandoah