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Events of 1917

January

• January 2 - The Royal Bank of Canada takes over Quebec Bank. Events 366 - The Alamanni cross the frozen Rhine River in large numbers invading the Roman Empire. The Royal Bank of Canada ( Banque Royale du Canada in French is Canada 's largest company and Bank.
• January 11 - Kingsland Explosion at Kingsland, NJ (now Lyndhurst, NJ) Due to German sabotage, leading to the U. Events 1055 - Theodora is crowned Empress of the Byzantine Empire. The Kingsland Explosion was an incident that took place during World War I at a munitions factory in New Jersey. Lyndhurst is a township in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States. S. involvement in World War I. World War I (abbreviated WWI; also known as the First World War, the Great War, and the War to End All
• January 19 - Silvertown explosion: a blast at a munitions factory in London kills 73 and injures over 400. Events 1419 - Hundred Years' War: Rouen surrenders to Henry V of England completing his reconquest of Normandy. The Silvertown explosion occurred in Silvertown in West Ham, Essex (now Greater London) on Friday 19 January 1917 at 18 London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. The resulting fire causes over £2,000,000 worth of damage.
• January 22 - World War I: President Woodrow Wilson calls for "peace without victory" in Europe. Events 565 - Eutychius is deposed as Patriarch of Constantinople by John Scholasticus. World War I (abbreviated WWI; also known as the First World War, the Great War, and the War to End All The President of the United States is the Head of state and Head of government of the United States and is the highest political official in United States by Thomas Woodrow Wilson (December 28 1856—February 3 1924 was the twenty-eighth President of the United States.
• January 25
  • The Danish West Indies is sold to the United States for $25 million
  • Anti-prostitution drive in San Francisco attracts huge crowds to public meetings. Events 41 - After a night of negotiation Claudius is accepted as Roman Emperor by the Senate See also Culture of the Virgin Islands Music of the Virgin Islands Virgin Islands Creole Prostitution is the act of performing Sexual activity in exchange for Money. The City and County of San Francisco is the fourth most populous city At one meeting attended by 7000 people, 20000 are kept out for lack of room. In a conference with Rev. Paul Smith, an outspoken foe of prostitution, 300 prostitutes make a plea for toleration explaining they had been forced into the practice by poverty. When Smith asked if they will take other work at $8 to $10 a week, the ladies laugh derisively, which loses them public sympathy. The police close about 200 houses of prostitution shortly thereafter [1]
• January 26 - The sea defences at the English village of Hallsands are breached, leading to all but one of the houses becoming uninhabitable. Events 1340 - King Edward III of England is declared King of France. Hallsands is a Deserted village and Beach in south Devon, England, in a precarious position between cliffs and the sea between Beesands
• January 28 - The United States ends its search for Pancho Villa. Events 1077 - Walk to Canossa: The Excommunication of Henry IV Holy Roman Emperor is lifted Doroteo Arango Arámbula ( June 5 1878 &ndash July 20 1923) better known as Francisco or " Pancho " Villa
• January 30 - Pershing's troops in Mexico begin to withdraw to USA. Events 1648 - Eighty Years' War: The Treaty of Münster is signed ending the conflict between the Netherlands and Spain John Joseph "Black Jack" Pershing, GCB ( September 13, 1860 – July 15, 1948) was an officer in the United States Army They reach Columbus, Ohio February 5
• January 31 - World War I: Germany announces its U-boats will engage in unrestricted submarine warfare. Columbus is the Capital and the largest city of the US state of Ohio. Events 1576 - Henry of Navarre converts to Roman Catholicism in order to ensure his right to the throne of France. Events 1504 - France cedes Naples to Aragon. 1606 - Gunpowder Plot: Guy Fawkes Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. U-boat is the anglicized version of the German word, itself an abbreviation of Unterseeboot ( undersea boat) and refers A submarine is a Watercraft that can operate independently below water as distinct from a Submersible that has only limited underwater capability

February

• February 3 - World War I: The United States breaks off diplomatic relations with Germany. Events 1112 - Ramon Berenguer III of Barcelona and Douce I of Provence marry uniting the fortunes of those two states The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe.
• February 5 - The constitution of Mexico is adopted. Events 1576 - Henry of Navarre converts to Roman Catholicism in order to ensure his right to the throne of France. The United Mexican States ( or commonly Mexico (ˈmɛksɪkoʊ () is a federal constitutional Republic in North America.
• February 13 - Mata Hari is arrested for spying. Events 1258 - Baghdad falls to the Mongols, and the Abbasid Caliphate is destroyed Mata Hari was the Stage name of Margaretha Geertruida " Grietje " Zelle ( August 7, 1876, Leeuwarden
• February 23 - First International Women's day (Russia)
• February 24 - World War I: United States ambassador to the United Kingdom Walter H. Events 1455 - Traditional date for the publication of the Gutenberg Bible, the first Western Book printed from Movable Events 303 - Galerius, Roman Emperor, publishes his edict that begins the persecution of Christians in his portion of the The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located Page is given the Zimmermann Telegram, in which Germany offers to give the American Southwest back to Mexico, if Mexico will declare war on the United States. The Zimmermann Telegram (or Zimmermann Note; German: Zimmermann-Depesche; Spanish: Telegrama Zimmermann) was a coded The United Mexican States ( or commonly Mexico (ˈmɛksɪkoʊ () is a federal constitutional Republic in North America.
• February 26 - The Original Dixieland Jass Band record their first commercial record, with "Livery Stable Blues" and "Dixie Jazz Band One Step" tunes. Events 747 BC - Epoch (origin of Ptolemy 's Nabonassar Era 364 - Valentinian I is proclaimed Original Dixieland Jass Band (ODJB was a New Orleans band that made the first Jazz recording in 1917

President Woodrow Wilson of the United States announces to Congress the breaking of diplomatic relations with Germany

March

• March 1
  • U. Events 86 BC - Lucius Cornelius Sulla, at the head of a Roman Republic army enters in Athens, removing the Tyrant S. government releases the plaintext of the Zimmermann Telegram to the public
  • Japanese city of Omuta, Fukuoka is founded by Hiroushi Miruku
• March 2 - The enactment of the Jones Act grants Puerto Ricans United States citizenship. In Cryptography, plaintext is the information which the sender wishes to transmit to the receiver(s The Zimmermann Telegram (or Zimmermann Note; German: Zimmermann-Depesche; Spanish: Telegrama Zimmermann) was a coded is a city located in Fukuoka prefecture, Japan. As of March 2006 the city has an estimated Population of 133802 (Men 61249 Women 72553 and the Events 986 - Louis V becomes King of the Franks. 1127 - Assassination of Charles the Good The Jones-Shafroth Act (1917 applies to the grant of citizenship to all citizens of Puerto Rico Puerto Rico (ˌpwertoˈriko officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico ("Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico" {{lang-en|"Associated Free State of Puerto Rico"}}
• March 4
  • US. President Woodrow Wilson, begins second term. Events 51 - Nero, later to become Roman Emperor, is given the title Princeps iuventutis (head of the youth The President of the United States is the Head of state and Head of government of the United States and is the highest political official in United States by Thomas Woodrow Wilson (December 28 1856—February 3 1924 was the twenty-eighth President of the United States.
  • Jeannette Rankin of Montana becomes the first woman member of the United States House of Representatives. Jeannette Rankin ( June 11, 1880 &ndash May 18, 1973) was the first woman to be elected to the United States House of Representatives Montana ( is a state in the Western United States. One-third of the state in the western part contains numerous mountain ranges (approximately 77 named of the northern The United States House of Representatives is one of the two chambers of the United States Congress; the other is the Senate.
• March 8
  • (N. Events 1618 - Johannes Kepler discovers the third law of planetary motion. S. ) (February 23, O. Events 1455 - Traditional date for the publication of the Gutenberg Bible, the first Western Book printed from Movable S. ) - The Russian February Revolution begins with the overthrow of the Tsar. The February Revolution (Февральская революция in 1917 in Russia was the first stage of the Russian Revolution of 1917. Tsar csar and tzar redirect here For other uses see Tsar (disambiguation.
  • United States Senate adopts the cloture rule in order to limit filibusters. The United States Senate is the Upper house of the bicameral United States Congress, the Lower house being the House of Representatives In Parliamentary procedure, cloture (ˈkloʊtʃɝ KLO-cher (also called closure, and sometimes a guillotine) is a motion or process aimed at A filibuster, or "talking out a bill", is a form of obstruction in a Legislature or other decision-making body
• March 10 - The Province of Batangas was formally founded as one of the Philippines' first encomienda. Events 241 BC - First Punic War: Battle of the Aegates Islands - The Romans sink the Carthaginian fleet bringing This article is about the province For the city see Batangas City. The Philippines ( Filipino: Pilipinas, officially known as the Republic of the Philippines (fil ''Republika ng Pilipinas'' RP The encomienda system is a Trusteeship labor system that was employed by the Spanish crown during the Spanish colonization of the Americas and the
• March 11 - Mexican Revolution - Venustiano Carranza elected president of Mexico - USA gives recognition of his government de jure
• March 15 (N. Events 1425 BC - Thutmose III, Pharaoh of Egypt, dies (according to the Low Chronology of the 18th Dynasty The Mexican Revolution (Revolución Mexicana was a major armed struggle that started with an uprising led by Francisco I The United Mexican States ( or commonly Mexico (ˈmɛksɪkoʊ () is a federal constitutional Republic in North America. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Events 44 BC - Julius Caesar, Dictator of the Roman Republic, is stabbed to death by Marcus Junius Brutus, S. ) (March 2, O. Events 986 - Louis V becomes King of the Franks. 1127 - Assassination of Charles the Good S. ) - Tsar Nicholas II of Russia abdicates his throne for his son.
• March 17 (N. Events 45 BC - In his last victory Julius Caesar defeats the Pompeian forces of Titus Labienus and Pompey the Younger S. ) (March 4, O. Events 51 - Nero, later to become Roman Emperor, is given the title Princeps iuventutis (head of the youth S. ) - Grand Duke Michael refuses the throne and power in Russia passes to the newly-formed Provisional Government under Prince Georgy Lvov. Matt Kay, Mikhail Aleksandrovich Romanov (Михаи́л Александрович Рома́нов ( St The Russian Provisional Government was formed in Petrograd in 1917 after the February Revolution and the Abdication Knyaz (Prince Georgy Yevgenyevich Lvov (Георгий Евгеньевич Львов Georgy Evgenyevich Lvov) ( November 2, 1861
• March 21 - The Danish West Indies become the Virgin Islands when Denmark transfers control over the islands to the United States after the purchase of the islands on January 25. Events 630 - Byzantine emperor Heraclius restores the True Cross to Jerusalem. See also Culture of the Virgin Islands Music of the Virgin Islands Virgin Islands Creole Events 41 - After a night of negotiation Claudius is accepted as Roman Emperor by the Senate
• March 25 - The Georgian Orthodox Church restores its autocephaly abolished by Imperial Russia in 1811. Events 1199 - Richard I is wounded by a crossbow bolt while fighting France which leads to his death on April 6. Christianity in ancient and feudal Georgia According to tradition when the Apostles were sent out to preach the Gospel to the nations of the world the Apostle Autocephaly, in Hierarchical Christian churches and especially Eastern Orthodox and Oriental Orthodox churches is the status of a hierarchical church whose The Russian Empire ( Pre-reform Russian: Pоссійская Имперія Modern Russian: Российская Империя translit: Rossiyskaya
• March 26 - World War I: First Battle of Gaza - British cavalry troops retreat after 17,000 Turks block their advance. Events 1026 - Pope John XIX crowns Conrad II as Holy Roman Emperor. The First Battle of Gaza was a World War I battle on the southern border of Palestine.
• March 31 - The United States takes possession of the Virgin Islands after paying $25 million to Denmark. Events 307 - After divorcing his wife Minervina, Constantine marries Fausta, the daughter of the retired Roman Emperor The United States Virgin Islands is a group of Islands in the Caribbean that are an Insular area of the United States.

April

• April 2 - World War I: US President Woodrow Wilson asks U.S. Congress for a declaration of war on Germany. Events 68 - Galba, Governor of Hispania, names himself legatus senatus populique Romani, breaking the line of World War I (abbreviated WWI; also known as the First World War, the Great War, and the War to End All The United States Congress is the bicameral Legislature of the federal government of the United States of America, consisting of two houses A declaration of war is a formal performative Speech act or signing of a document by an authorised party of a government in order to initate a state of War
• April 6 - World War I: United States declares war on Germany. Events 46 BC - Julius Caesar defeats Caecilius Metellus Scipio and Marcus Porcius Cato in the Battle of Thapsus text
• April 9-April 12 - World War I: Canadian troops win the Battle of Vimy Ridge. Events 193 - Septimius Severus is proclaimed Roman Emperor by the army in Illyricum (in the Balkans) Events 467 - Anthemius is elevated to Emperor of the Western Roman Empire. The Battle of Vimy Ridge was a military offensive by the Canadian Corps against elements of the German Sixth Army in World War I.
• April 10 - Ammunition factory explodes in Chester, Pennsylvania - 133 dead. Events 879 - Louis III becomes King of the Western Franks. 1407 - the lama Chester is a city in Delaware County Pennsylvania, with a population of 36854 at the 2000 Census.
• April 11 - World War I: Brazil severs relations with Germany. Events 491 - Flavius Anastasius becomes Byzantine Emperor, with the name of Anastasius I. |utc_offset = -2 to -4 |time_zone_DST = BRST |utc_offset_DST = -2 to -5 |cctld
• April 16
  • Lenin arrives in Petrograd. Events 1178 BC - A Solar eclipse may have marked the return of Odysseus, legendary King of Ithaca, to his kingdom Saint Petersburg ( tr: Sankt-Peterburg,) is a city and a federal subject of Russia located on the Neva River
  • The Nivelle Offensive commences. The Nivelle Offensive was a 1917 Allied attack on the Western Front in World War I.
• April 19 - The Second Battle of Gaza, a fiasco for the British, causes the dismissal of the commander of the Eastern Expeditionary Force, General Archibald Murray. Events 1012 - Martyrdom of Alphege in Greenwich London. 1529 - At the Second Diet of Speyer The Second Battle of Gaza, fought in southern Palestine during World War I, was the second attempt mounted by British Empire forces to break the The Egyptian Expeditionary Force (EEF was formed in March 1916 to command the growing British and British Empire military forces in Egypt during General Sir Archibald James Murray GCB, GCMG, CVO, DSO (23 April 1860 - 21 January 1945 was a British Army officer during

May

• May 9 - The Nivelle Offensive was abandoned. Events 1457 BC - Battle of Megiddo (15th century BC between Thutmose III and a large Canaanite coalition under the King of The Nivelle Offensive was a 1917 Allied attack on the Western Front in World War I.
• May 13
  • Three peasant children claim to see the Virgin Mary above a Holm Oak tree in Cova da Iria near Fátima, Portugal. Events 1497 - Pope Alexander VI excommunicates Girolamo Savonarola. A Marian apparition is an event in which the Virgin Mary is believed to have Supernaturally appeared to one or more persons regardless of their religious faith The Holm Oak ( Quercus ilex) also called Holly Oak or Evergreen Oak is a large Evergreen Oak native to the Mediterranean region. Cova da Iria ("Irene's Cove" is a few hectares of former pastureland 3 km from Aljustrel a village 2 km from Fátima, Portugal. Fátima ( ˈfatimɐ is a city in Portugal famous for the religious visions that took place there in 1917 Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic (República Portuguesa is a country on the Iberian Peninsula.
  • The nuncio Eugenio Pacelli, the future Pope Pius XII, is consecrated Archbishop by Pope Benedict XV^[2]
• May 18 - World War I: The Selective Service Act passes the U.S. Congress giving the President the power of conscription. Pope In Christianity, an archbishop is an elevated Bishop. In the Roman Catholic Church, the Anglican Communion and others this means that they lead Pope Benedict XV ( Latin: Benedictus PP XV) (Benedetto XV ( November 21 1854 &ndash January 22 1922 born Giacomo Paolo Giovanni Battista della Chiesa Events 1152 - Henry II of England marries Eleanor of Aquitaine. World War I (abbreviated WWI; also known as the First World War, the Great War, and the War to End All The Selective Service Act or Selective Draft Act (PL 65-12 40 Stat The United States Congress is the bicameral Legislature of the federal government of the United States of America, consisting of two houses President is a Title leaders of Organizations companies, Trade unions universities, and countries. Conscription (also known as the draft, the call-up or national service) is a general term for involuntary labor demanded by some established authority
• May 21 - Over 300 acres (73 blocks) destroyed in Great Atlanta fire of 1917. Events 878 - Syracuse Italy is captured by the Muslim sultan of Sicily. The Great Atlanta Fire of 1917 began just after noon on Monday May 21 and was finally extinguished by 10 PM
• May 26 - Tornado strikes Mattoon, Illinois causing devastation and killing 101 people. Events 451 - The Battle of Avarayr between Armenian rebels and the Sassanid Empire takes place A tornado is a violent rotating column of air which is in contact with both the surface of the earth and a Cumulonimbus cloud or in rare cases the base of a Cumulus Mattoon is a city in Coles County, Illinois, United States. The population was 18291 as of the 2000 census The State of Illinois ( roughly ill-i-NOY is a state of the United States of America, the 21st to be admitted to the Union.
• May 27 - Over 30. Events 927 - Simeon the Great, Tsar of Bulgaria, dies 1120 - Richard III of Capua is anointed 000 French troops refuse to go to the trenches in Missy-aux-Bois. This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. Missy-aux-Bois is a commune in the Aisne department in Picardie in northern France.

June

• June 1 - French infantry regiment seizes Missy-aux-Bois and declares anti-war military government. Events 193 - Roman Emperor Didius Julianus is Assassinated 987 - Hugh Capet is elected This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. Missy-aux-Bois is a commune in the Aisne department in Picardie in northern France. French army soon apprehend them. This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics.
• June 4 - The very first Pulitzer Prizes are awarded: Laura E. Richards, Maud Howe Elliott, and Florence Hall receive the first Pulitzer for a biography (for Julia Ward Howe). Events 781 BC - The first historic Solar eclipse is recorded in China. The Pulitzer Prize, ˈpʊlɨtsɚ PULL-it-sər is an American award regarded as the highest national honor in Newspaper journalism, Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards ( February 27, 1850 - January 14, 1943) was born in Boston Massachusetts, to a high-profile family Maud Howe Elliott (b November 9 1854, Boston Massachusetts; d The Pulitzer Prize, ˈpʊlɨtsɚ PULL-it-sər is an American award regarded as the highest national honor in Newspaper journalism, Julia Ward Howe (May 27 1819 &ndash October 17 1910 was a prominent American abolitionist, social activist, and Poet most famous as Jean Jules Jusserand receives the first Pulitzer for history for his work With Americans of Past and Present Days. Jean Adrien Antoine Jules Jusserand ( February 18, 1855 &ndash July 18, 1932) was a French Author and diplomat The Pulitzer Prize, ˈpʊlɨtsɚ PULL-it-sər is an American award regarded as the highest national honor in Newspaper journalism, Herbert Bayard Swope receives the first Pulitzer for journalism for his work for the New York World. Herbert Bayard Swope ( January 5 1882 - June 20 1958) was a U The Pulitzer Prize, ˈpʊlɨtsɚ PULL-it-sər is an American award regarded as the highest national honor in Newspaper journalism, Journalism is the profession of writing or communicating formally employed by publications and broadcasters for the benefit of a particular Community of people The New York World was a Newspaper published in New York from 1860 until 1931
• June 5 - World War I: Conscription begins in the United States as "Army registration day. Events 70 - Titus and his Roman Legions breach the middle wall of Jerusalem in the Siege of Jerusalem World War I (abbreviated WWI; also known as the First World War, the Great War, and the War to End All Conscription (also known as the draft, the call-up or national service) is a general term for involuntary labor demanded by some established authority The United States of America —commonly referred to as the "
• June 13 - World War I: First major German bombing raid on London left 162 dead and 432 injured
• June 15 - The United States enacts the Espionage Act. Events 1525 - Martin Luther marries Katharina von Bora, against the Celibacy rule decreed by the Roman Catholic Church for World War I (abbreviated WWI; also known as the First World War, the Great War, and the War to End All Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. Events 763 BC - Assyrians record a Solar eclipse that will be used to fix the Chronology of Mesopotamian history The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The Espionage Act of 1917 was a United States federal law passed shortly after entering World War I on June 15 1917 which made it a Crime for a person

July

• July 1 - Labor Dispute ignites a Race Riot in East St. Louis, Illinois. "July 1st" redirects here For the Ayumi Hamasaki song see H (song. Race Riot is a 1929 animated Short subject, featuring Oswald the Lucky Rabbit. East St Louis is a city located in St Clair County Illinois, USA directly across the Mississippi River from St Over 250 dead.
• July 6
  • Arabian troops led by Robert Constant capture Aqaba from the Turks. Events 1044 - The Battle of Ménfő takes place 1189 - Richard the Lionheart is crowned King of England The Arabian Peninsula (in Arabic: شبه الجزيرة العربية šibh al-jazīra al-ʻarabīya or جزيرة العرب jazīrat al-ʻarab) For the town in the West Bank see Aqabah West Bank. Aqaba (العقبة Al-ʻAqabah) is a coastal town in the far south of The Ottoman Empire (1299–1923 ( Old Ottoman Turkish: دولتْ علیّه عثمانیّه Devlet-i Âliye-yi Osmâniyye, Late Ottoman and Modern Turkish
  • Conscription crisis in Canada leads to passing of the Military Service Act. The Conscription Crisis of 1917 was a political and military crisis in Canada during World War I.
• July 12 - Phelps Dodge Corporation deports over 1000 suspected IWW members from Bisbee, Arizona. Events 1191 - Saladin 's garrison surrenders ending the two-year Siege of Acre. Phelps Dodge Corporation is a former United States company founded in 1834 by Anson Greene Phelps and William E The Industrial Workers of the World ( IWW or the Wobblies) is an international union currently headquartered in Cincinnati Ohio, USA Bisbee is a city in Cochise County, Arizona, United States, 82 miles (132 km southeast of Tucson.
• July 17 - King George V of the United Kingdom issues a Proclamation stating that thenceforth the male line descendants of the British Royal Family will bear the surname Windsor vice the Germanic bloodline of House of Saxe-Coburg, which is an offshoot of the historic (800+ years) House of Wettin. Events 180 - Twelve inhabitants of Scillium in North Africa are executed for being Christians A proclamation (Lat proclamare, to make public by announcement is an official declaration The British Royal Family is the group of close relatives of the monarch of the United Kingdom. The House of Windsor is the current Royal House of the United Kingdom and each of the other Commonwealth realms The older part is a branch of the Saxe-Coburg Saxe-Coburg and Gotha or Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha served as the name of the two German duchies of Saxe-Coburg and Saxe-Gotha in The House of Wettin was a dynasty of German Counts Dukes prince-electors (Kurfürsten and kings that ruled the area of today's
• July 20
  • Corfu Declaration that enabled post-war Kingdom of Yugoslavia was signed by the Yugoslav Committee and Kingdom of Serbia. Events 1304 - Wars of Scottish Independence: Fall of Stirling Castle - King Edward I of England takes the last rebel stronghold The Corfu Declaration is the agreement that made the creation of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia possible The Kingdom of Yugoslavia (Serbo-Croato-Slovene ie Serbo-Croatian, Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian, Slovene: Kraljevina Jugoslavija Yugoslav Committee ( Jugoslavenski odbor) was a political interest group formed by South Slavs from Austria-Hungary during World War I aimed Serbia (Србија Srbija) officially the Republic of Serbia (Република Србија Republika Srbija) is a Landlocked Country
  • (July 7, O. Events 1456 - A retrial verdict acquits Joan of Arc of heresy 25 years after her death S. ) - Alexander Kerensky becomes premier of the Russian Provisional Government, replacing Prince Georgy Lvov. Alexander Fyodorovich Kerensky (Алекса́ндр Фёдорович Ке́ренский Aleksandr Fjëdorovich Kerenskij) ( June 11, 1970) served A premier is a title for the Head of government in some countries The Russian Provisional Government was formed in Petrograd in 1917 after the February Revolution and the Abdication Knyaz (Prince Georgy Yevgenyevich Lvov (Георгий Евгеньевич Львов Georgy Evgenyevich Lvov) ( November 2, 1861
• July 25 - Sir Thomas Whyte introduces the first income tax in Canada as a "temporary" measure (lowest bracket is 4% and highest is 25%). Events 285 - Diocletian appoints Maximian as Caesar, co-ruler Sir is an Honorific used as a title (see Knight) and in several other modern contexts Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page
• July 28 - The Silent Protest was organized by the NAACP in New York to protest the East St. Events 1540 - Thomas Cromwell is executed at the order of Henry VIII of England on charges of Treason. The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, usually abbreviated as NAACP, is one of the oldest and most influential Civil rights organizations New York ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States and is the nation's third most populous Louis Massacre of July 2, as well as lynchings in Texas and Tennessee. Texas ( is a state geographically located in the South Central United States and is also known as the Lone Star State. Tennessee ( is a state located in the Southern United States.

August

• August - The Green Corn Rebellion, an uprising by several hundred farmers against the World War I draft, takes place in central Oklahoma. The Green Corn Rebellion took place in 1917 in rural Oklahoma. World War I (abbreviated WWI; also known as the First World War, the Great War, and the War to End All Oklahoma ( is a state located in the South Central region of the United States of America.
• August 2 - Squadron Commander E.H. Dunning lands his aircraft on the ship HMS Furious in Scapa Flow, Orkney. Events 338 BC - A Macedonian army led by Philip II defeated the combined forces of Athens and Thebes in the Squadron Commander Edwin Harris Dunning, DSC ( 17 July 1892 - 7 August 1917) of the United Kingdom's Royal Navy, was Five vessels of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Furious: ''Furious'', launched 1797 was a 12-gun Gunvessel. Scapa Flow ( Old Norse: Skalpaflói) is a body of water in the Orkney Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, sheltered by the islands Orkney (also known as the Orkney Islands or incorrectly the Orkneys) is an Archipelago in northern Scotland, situated 10 miles (16 km north He was killed five days later during another landing on the ship.
• August 3 - New York Guard founded. Events 8 - Roman Empire General Tiberius defeats Dalmatians on the river Bathinus. The New York Guard is the name of the State Defense Force of New York State.
• August 10 - General strike in Spain begins, smashed after three days with 70 left dead, hundreds of wounded and 2000 prisoners. Events 612 BC - Killing of Sinsharishkun, King of Assyrian Empire
• August 17 - One of English literature's important meetings takes place when Wilfred Owen introduces himself to Siegfried Sassoon at Craiglockhart War Hospital in Edinburgh. Events 986 - A Byzantine army was destroyed in the pass of Trajan's Gate by the Bulgarians under the Comitopuli Wilfred Edward Salter Owen MC (18 March 1893 &ndash 4 November 1918 was an English Poet and Soldier, regarded by many as one of the leading Siegfried Loraine Sassoon, CBE MC ( 8 September 1886 &ndash 1 September 1967) was an English poet and Author Craiglockhart Hydropathic, now known as Craiglockhart Campus, is a building with surrounding grounds in Craiglockhart, Edinburgh, Scotland Edinburgh ( ˈɛdɪnb(ərə Dùn Èideann) is the Capital of Scotland and is its second largest city after Glasgow.
• August 18 - A Great Fire in Thessaloniki, Greece, destroys 32% of the city leaving 70,000 individuals homeless. Events 293 BC - The oldest known Roman temple to Venus is founded starting the institution of Vinalia Rustica. The Great Thessaloniki Fire of 1917 was one of the most important incidents that marked the history of the city Thessaloniki (Θεσσαλονίκη), Thessalonica, or Salonica is the second-largest city in Greece and the capital of Macedonia Greece (Ελλάδα transliterated: Elláda, historically, Ellás,) officially the Hellenic Republic (Ελληνική Δημοκρατία
• August 29 - World War I: The Military Service Act is passed in the Canadian House of Commons giving the Government of Canada the right to conscript men into the army. Events 708 - Copper coins are minted in Japan for the first time (Traditional Japanese date: August 10, 708) World War I (abbreviated WWI; also known as the First World War, the Great War, and the War to End All See also Conscription Crisis of 1917 For the 1916 British Act of the same name see Military Service Act (United Kingdom. The House of Commons (Chambre des communes is a component of the Parliament of Canada, along with the Sovereign (represented by the Governor General) and The Canadian Government, formally Her Majesty's Government in Canada, is the Federal government of Canada.

October

• October 15 - World War I: At Vincennes outside of Paris, Dutch dancer Mata Hari is executed by firing squad for spying for Germany. Events 533 - Byzantine General Belisarius makes his formal entry into Carthage, having conquered it from the World War I (abbreviated WWI; also known as the First World War, the Great War, and the War to End All Vincennes is a commune of the Val-de-Marne located in the eastern suburbs of Paris, France. Paris (ˈpærɨs in English; in French) is the Capital of France and the country's largest city The Dutch people ( Dutch:) are the dominant Ethnic group of the Netherlands. Dance (from French danser, perhaps from Frankish) is an Art form that generally refers to movement of the body usually rhythmic Mata Hari was the Stage name of Margaretha Geertruida " Grietje " Zelle ( August 7, 1876, Leeuwarden Execution by firing squad is a method of Capital punishment, particularly common in times of war Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe.
• October 19 - Love Field in Dallas, Texas is opened. Events 202 BCE - The Battle of Zama results in the defeat of Carthage and Hannibal. Dallas Love Field is a city-owned public-use Airport located five Nautical miles (9 km) northwest of the Central business district of
• October 25 - Traditional date of coup d'etat that began the Bolshevik Revolution. Events 1147 - The Portuguese, under Afonso I, and Crusaders from England and Flanders conquer Lisbon after a The October Revolution (Октябрьская революция Oktyabrskaya revolyutsiya) also known as the Soviet Revolution
• October 26 - World War I: Brazil declared in state of war with Central Powers. Events 740 - An Earthquake strikes Constantinople, causing much damage and death World War I (abbreviated WWI; also known as the First World War, the Great War, and the War to End All |utc_offset = -2 to -4 |time_zone_DST = BRST |utc_offset_DST = -2 to -5 |cctld The period of Brazilian history from 1889 to 1930 is commonly called the República Velha (Old Republic The Central Powers ( German: "Mittelmächte" Hungarian: "Központi hatalmak" Turkish: "İttifak

November

• November 2 - Zionism: The Balfour Declaration proclaims British support for the "establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people" with the clear understanding "that nothing shall be done which may prejudice the civil and religious rights of existing non-Jewish communities". Events 1570 - A Tidal wave in the North Sea devastates the coast from Holland to Jutland, killing more than 1000 History of Zionism|Timeline of Zionism|World Zionist Organization|Zionist political violence Zionism is an international political movement that originally supported the Balfour Declaration of 1917 (dated November 2 1917) was a Classified formal statement of Policy by the British government stating Palestine is a name which has been widely used since Roman times to refer to the region between the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan River.
• November 6 - World War I: Third Battle of Ypres ends: After three months of fierce fighting, Canadian forces take Passchendaele in Belgium. Events 355 - Roman Emperor Constantius II promotes his cousin Julian to the rank of Caesar, entrusting him with "Passchendaele" redirects here For the 2008 film by that name see Passchendaele (film The 1917 Battle of Passchendaele, also known as "Passchendaele" redirects here For the 2008 film by that name see Passchendaele (film The 1917 Battle of Passchendaele, also known as The Kingdom of Belgium is a Country in northwest Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts its headquarters as well as those
• November 7
  • October Revolution begins: The workers of St. Events 1492 - The Ensisheim Meteorite the oldest Meteorite with a known date of impact strikes the Earth around noon in a Wheat The October Revolution (Октябрьская революция Oktyabrskaya revolyutsiya) also known as the Soviet Revolution Petersburg in Russia, led by the Bolshevik leader Vladimir Lenin, attacked the Kerensky Provisional Government ( Julian Calendar shows an October 25 date). Russia (Россия Rossiya) or the Russian Federation ( Rossiyskaya Federatsiya) is a transcontinental Country extending The Bolsheviks, originally also Bolshevists ( Большевик Большевист (singular, derived from bolshe, "more" were a faction Alexander Fyodorovich Kerensky (Алекса́ндр Фёдорович Ке́ренский Aleksandr Fjëdorovich Kerenskij) ( June 11, 1970) served The Julian calendar, a reform of the Roman calendar, was introduced by Julius Caesar in 46 BC and came into force in 45 BC (709 Ab urbe condita Events 1147 - The Portuguese, under Afonso I, and Crusaders from England and Flanders conquer Lisbon after a
  • The Safavid Empire of Persia (which provided weapons for Russia) refuses to support the Allied Forces after the October Revolution. The Safavids ( صفوی) were an Iranian ref>Helen Chapin Metz The Persian Empire was a series of Iranian empires that ruled over the Iranian plateau, the original Persian homeland and beyond in Western Asia Russia (Россия Rossiya) or the Russian Federation ( Rossiyskaya Federatsiya) is a transcontinental Country extending In general allies are people groups or nations that have joined together in an association for mutual benefit or to achieve some common purpose The October Revolution (Октябрьская революция Oktyabrskaya revolyutsiya) also known as the Soviet Revolution
  • World War I: Third Battle of Gaza ends - United Kingdom forces capture Gaza from the Ottoman Empire. World War I (abbreviated WWI; also known as the First World War, the Great War, and the War to End All The Third Battle of Gaza was fought in 1917 in southern Palestine during World War I. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located Gaza (غزة, עַזָּה ʕazzā is the largest city in the Gaza Strip and the Palestinian territories. The Ottoman Empire (1299–1923 ( Old Ottoman Turkish: دولتْ علیّه عثمانیّه Devlet-i Âliye-yi Osmâniyye, Late Ottoman and Modern Turkish
• November 15 - Finland takes a step towards full sovereignty, ending the personal union with Russia. Events 655 - Battle of Winwaed: Penda of Mercia is defeated by Oswiu of Northumbria. Finland, officially the Republic of Finland ( is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of northern Europe. Sovereignty is the exclusive Right to control a Government, a country, a people or oneself A personal union is the combination by which two different States are governed by the same Monarch, while their boundaries their laws and their interests remain distinct Russia (Россия Rossiya) or the Russian Federation ( Rossiyskaya Federatsiya) is a transcontinental Country extending
  • British troops occupy Tel Aviv and Jaffa in Palestine. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located Tel Aviv-Yafo (תֵּל ־אָבִיב-יָפוֹ تل أبيب Tal ʾAbīb) (usually Tel Aviv) is the second-largest city in Israel Jaffa يَافَا;(יָפוֹ Yafo; also Japho, Joppa) is an ancient Port city believed to be one of the oldest in the world Palestine is a name which has been widely used since Roman times to refer to the region between the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan River.
  • Georges Clemenceau becomes prime minister of France
• November 18 - Sigma Alpha Rho, Jewish high school fraternity, is founded in West Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• November 20
  • World War I: Battle of Cambrai begins - British forces make early progress in an attack on German positions but are soon beaten back. Georges Benjamin Clemenceau ( Mouilleron-en-Pareds ( Vendée) 28 September 1841 24 November 1929 was a French statesman physician and Journalist This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. Events 326 - The old St Peter's Basilica is consecrated 1302 - Pope Boniface VIII issues the Papal bull Sigma Alpha Rho ( ΣAP) is the oldest continuously run independent Jewish high school fraternity, founded on November 18, 1917 by High school Fraternities and Sororities, or secondary Fraternities and Sororities, are social Fraternities and Sororities for high school-aged men and women West Philadelphia is a section of the City of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania ( often colloquially referred to as PA (its abbreviation by natives and Northeasterners is a state located in the Northeastern Events 284 - Diocletian was chosen as Roman Emperor. 762 - Bögü Khan of the Uyghurs, The Battle of Cambrai ( 20 November - 3 December 1917) was a British campaign of World War I.
  • Ukraine is declared a republic. Ukraine (Україна Ukrayina, /ukrɑˈjinɑ/ is a country in Eastern Europe.
• November 22 - In Montreal, Canada, the National Hockey Association breaks up. Events 498 - Kofi Aseidu- After the death of Anastasius II, Symmachus is elected Pope in the Lateran Montreal, or Montréal in French ( pronounced in French, in English) is the largest city in the Canadian province of Quebec Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page The National Hockey Association (NHA(officially the National Hockey Association of Canada Limited) was a professional Ice hockey organization with teams in Ontario
• November 23 - Bolsheviks release the full text of the previously secret Sykes-Picot Agreement in Izvestia and Pravda; it is subsequently printed in the Manchester Guardian on November 26. Events 800 - Charlemagne arrives at Rome to investigate the alleged crimes of The Bolsheviks, originally also Bolshevists ( Большевик Большевист (singular, derived from bolshe, "more" were a faction For the Thoroughbred racehorse see Izvestia (horse Izvestia (Известия) is a long-running high-circulation daily Newspaper Pravda (Правда "The Truth" was a leading Newspaper of the Soviet Union and an official organ of the Central Committee of the The Guardian (until 1959 The Manchester Guardian) is a British Newspaper owned by the Guardian Media Group.
• November 24 - In Milwaukee, Wisconsin, nine members of the Milwaukee Police Department are killed by a bomb, the most fatal single event in U. Events 380 - Theodosius I makes his adventus, or formal Wisconsin ( or wɪˈskɑnsɨn (French Ouisconsin) is one of the fifty United States of America, located in the north central part of the United States The Milwaukee Police Department protects the city of Milwaukee Wisconsin. S. police history until the September 11, 2001 attacks.
• November 26 - The National Hockey League is formed as a replacement. Events 43 BC - The Second Triumvirate alliance of Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus ("Octavian" later "Caesar Augustus" The National Hockey League ( NHL) is a professional Ice hockey league composed of 30 teams in North America
• November 29 - Striking coal miners at Rostov declare Don Republic - it lasts two weeks. Events 1777 - San Jose California, is founded as el Pueblo de San José de Guadalupe Rostov (Росто́в Old Norse: Rostofa is one of the oldest towns in Russia and an important tourist centre of the so called Golden

December

• December 3 - After nearly 20 years of planning and construction, the Quebec Bridge opens to traffic (the bridge partially collapsed on August 29, 1907 and September 11, 1916). Events 1800 - War of the Second Coalition: Battle of Hohenlinden, French The Quebec Bridge ( Pont de Québec in French in Canada crosses the lower Saint Lawrence River to the west of Quebec City, and Events 708 - Copper coins are minted in Japan for the first time (Traditional Japanese date: August 10, 708) Year 1907 ( MCMVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Events 9 - The Battle of the Teutoburg Forest ends 506 - The Bishops of Visigothic Gaul Year 1916 ( MCMXVI) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year
• December 6
  • Finland's declaration of independence. Events 1060 - Béla I of Hungary is crowned king of Hungary 1240 - Mongol invasion of Rus: Kiev The Finnish declaration of independence was adopted by the Parliament of Finland on 6 December 1917.
  • Halifax Explosion: Two freighters collide in Halifax Harbour at Halifax Nova Scotia and cause a huge explosion that kills at least 1963 people, injures 9000 and destroys part of the city. The Halifax Explosion occurred on Thursday December 6, 1917, when the city of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, was devastated by the Halifax Harbour is a large natural Harbour on the Atlantic coast of Nova Scotia, Canada. The City of Halifax (est 1841 is the capital of the province of Nova Scotia and shire town of Halifax County Nova Scotia (ˌnəʊvəˈskəʊʃə ( Latin for New Scotland; Alba Nuadh Nouvelle-Écosse is a Canadian province located on Canada 's Until Hiroshima, this was the biggest manmade explosion in recorded history. The Japanese city of ( is the capital of Hiroshima Prefecture, and the largest city in the Chūgoku region of western Honshū, the largest of Japan 's
• December 11 - British troops take Jerusalem from the troops of the Ottoman Empire
• December 25 - Why Marry?, first dramatic play to win a Pulitzer Prize, opens at the Astor Theatre in New York City. Events 359 - Honoratus, the first known Prefect of the City of Constantinople, takes office Jerusalem (יְרוּשָׁלַיִם, he-Latn Yerushaláyim; Arabic: ar القُدس, ar-Latn al-Quds) is the The Ottoman Empire (1299–1923 ( Old Ottoman Turkish: دولتْ علیّه عثمانیّه Devlet-i Âliye-yi Osmâniyye, Late Ottoman and Modern Turkish Events 274 - Roman Emperor Aurelian Jesse Lynch Williams (1871-1929 was an American Pulitzer Prize -winning Author and Dramatist. The Pulitzer Prize, ˈpʊlɨtsɚ PULL-it-sər is an American award regarded as the highest national honor in Newspaper journalism, This article is about the Astor Theatre in New York For the cinema in Melbourne Australia see The Astor Theatre. The City of New York
• December 26 - United States president Woodrow Wilson uses the Federal Possession and Control Act to place most U. Events 1481 - Battle of Westbrook - Holland defeats troops of Utrecht. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Thomas Woodrow Wilson (December 28 1856—February 3 1924 was the twenty-eighth President of the United States. S. railroads under the United States Railroad Administration, hoping to more efficiently transport troops and materials for the war effort. The United States Railroad Administration was the name of the nationalized Railroad system of the United States between 1917 and 1920

Undated

• The last male Carolina Parakeet dies in Cincinnati Zoo. The Carolina Parakeet ( Conuropsis carolinensis)was the only Parrot species native to the eastern United States.
• Lions Clubs International is formed. Lions Clubs International (LCI is the world's largest Secular service organization with over 44500 clubs and more than 1
• J.R.R. Tolkien begins writing the original Book of Lost Tales (the first version of The Silmarillion); thus Middle-earth is first written in about this year. The Book of Lost Tales is the title of a collection of early stories by J The Silmarillion is a collection of J R R Tolkien 's mythopoeic works edited and published posthumously by his son Christopher Tolkien in Middle-earth refers to the fictional lands where most of the stories of author J
• Female suffrage in the Netherlands
• True Jesus Church is established in Beijing. The Netherlands ( Dutch:, ˈnedərlɑnt is the European part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, which consists of the Netherlands the Netherlands The True Jesus Church is a non-denominational ( independent) church that was established in Beijing, China in 1917.
• Oreland Boy Scout Troop 1 is established. Oreland Boy Scout Troop #1 (also known as Troop 88 is the only Boy Scout troop that serves the community of Oreland Pennsylvania.
• The first of the Cottingley Fairies photos are taken. The Cottingley Fairies are a series of five photographs taken by Elsie Wright and Frances Griffiths two young Cousins living in Cottingley, near Bradford

Ongoing

• World War I (1914-1918). World War I (abbreviated WWI; also known as the First World War, the Great War, and the War to End All Year 1914 ( MCMXIV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1918 ( MCMXVIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common
• Encephalitis lethargica (1917-1928). Encephalitis lethargica (EL or von Economo disease is an atypical form of Encephalitis. Year 1928 ( MCMXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.
• Russian Revolution. See also Russian Revolution (1905 The Russian Revolution of 1916 refers to a series of popular revolutions in Russia, and the events surrounding them

Births

January-February

• January 2 - Vera Zorina, German dancer and actress (d. The Gregorian calendar is the most widely used Calendar in the world today Ab Urbe condita (literally "from The Armenian calendar is the traditional calendar of Armenia. The Bahá'í calendar, also called the Badí‘ calendar, used by the Bahá'í Faith, is a Solar calendar with regular years of 365 days and Leap The Berber calendar is the annual Calendar used by Berber people in North Africa. The Buddhist calendar is used on mainland Southeast Asia in the countries of Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Myanmar (formerly Burma The traditional Burmese calendar is a Lunisolar calendar based on both the phases of the moon and the motion of the sun The Chinese calendar is lunisolar, incorporating elements of a Lunar calendar with those of a Solar calendar. The Chinese sexagenary cycle ( is a cyclic numeral system of 60 combinations of the two basic cycles the ten Heavenly Stems (天干 tiāngān The Chinese sexagenary cycle ( is a cyclic numeral system of 60 combinations of the two basic cycles the ten Heavenly Stems (天干 tiāngān The Coptic calendar, also called the Alexandrian calendar, is used by the Coptic Orthodox Church and still used in Egypt The Ethiopian calendar ( Amharic: የኢትዮጵያ ዘመን አቆጣጠር ye'Ītyōṗṗyā zemen āḳoṭaṭer) also called the Ge'ez calendar, The Hebrew calendar (הלוח העברי ha'luach ha'ivri) or Jewish calendar is a Lunisolar calendar used by Jews for predominantly religious Calendar Events Births Deaths Calendar Events Births Deaths The Hindu calendar used in ancient times has undergone many changes in the process of regionalization and today there are several regional Indian Calendars, as The Indian national calendar (sometimes called Saka calendar) is the official civil calendar in use in India. Kali Yuga ( Devanāgarī: sa कलियुग lit "Age of Kali " "age of vice" is one of the four stages of development that the world goes The Iranian calendar or Solar Hejri (تقویم هجری شمسی؛ سالنمای هجری خورشیدی Taqwim Hejri Shamsi Salanmay Hejri Khurshidi) is an astronomical The Islamic calendar or Muslim calendar ( Arabic: التقويم الهجري at-taqwīm al-hijrī; Persian: تقویم هجری قمری ‎ Since January 1, 1873, Japan has used the Gregorian calendar, with local names for the months and mostly fixed holidays The, or Taishō era, is a period in the History of Japan dating from July 30, 1912 to December 25, 1926, coinciding with the reign The traditional Korean calendar is a Lunisolar calendar which like the traditional calendars of other East Asian countries was based on the Chinese calendar The Thai solar calendar, Suriyakati (สุริยคติ has been the official and prevalent Calendar in Thailand since it was adopted by King Events 366 - The Alamanni cross the frozen Rhine River in large numbers invading the Roman Empire. Vera Zorina (born Eva Brigitta Hartwig on January 2, 1917 in Berlin Germany) was a ballet Dancer and choreographer in Europe 2003)
• January 3 - Roger W. Straus, Jr., American publisher (d. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1431 - Joan of Arc is handed over to the Bishop Pierre Cauchon. Roger Williams Straus Jr ( January 3, 1917 – May 25, 2004) was co-founder and chairman of Farrar Straus and Giroux, a New 2004)
• January 5 - Jane Wyman, American actress and wife of Ronald Reagen 1940-1948 (d. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Events 1477 - Battle of Nancy: Charles the Bold is killed and Burgundy becomes part of France. Jane Wyman ( January 5, 1917 &ndash September 10, 2007) was an American actress. 2007)
• January 5 - Francis L. Kellogg, U. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1477 - Battle of Nancy: Charles the Bold is killed and Burgundy becomes part of France. Francis Leonard Kellogg ( January 5, 1917 &ndash April 6, 2006) was a Diplomat, a special assistant to the Secretary of State S. diplomat and prominent socialite (d. 2006)
• January 6 - Koo Chen-fu, Nationalist Chinese negotiator (d. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1066 - Harold Godwinson is crowned King of England. 1205 - Philip of Swabia becomes King Koo Chen-fu ( 6 January 1917 - 3 January 2005) was a Taiwanese businessman and diplomat The term nationalism can refer to an Ideology, a sentiment, a form of Culture, or a Social movement that focuses on the Nation 2005)
• January 10 - Jerry Wexler, American record producer
• January 12
  • Jimmy Skinner, Detroit Red Wings head coach (d. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 49 BC - Julius Caesar crosses the Rubicon, signaling the start of civil war. Gerald "Jerry" Wexler ( January 10 1917 &ndash August 15 2008) was a music journalist turned music producer and was regarded Events 475 - Basiliscus becomes Byzantine Emperor, with a coronation ceremony in the Hebdomon palace in Constantinople James Donald "Jimmie" Skinner ( January 12, 1917 – July 11, 2007) was the Head Coach Chief Scout & Farm Director Director of Player 2007)
  • Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, taught transcendental meditation to The Beatles (d. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Maharishi Mahesh Yogi ( January 12, 1917 &ndash February 5 2008) founded and developed the Transcendental Meditation technique and The Beatles were a pop and rock band from Liverpool, England formed in 1960 2008)
• January 16 - Carl Karcher, founded the Carl's Jr. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 27 BC - The title Augustus is bestowed upon Gaius Julius Caesar Octavian by the Roman Senate. Carl Nicholas Karcher SMOM ( January 16 1917 &ndash January 11 2008) was the American founder of the Carl's hamburger chain (d. 2008)
• January 19
  • John Raitt, American actor and singer (d. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1419 - Hundred Years' War: Rouen surrenders to Henry V of England completing his reconquest of Normandy. John Emmett Raitt ( 19 January[[ 917]] &ndash 20 February[[ 005]] was a star of the Musical theater and stage 2005)
  • Graham Higman, British mathematician (d. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Graham Higman FRS ( 19 January 1917 &ndash 8 April 2008) was a leading British Mathematician. 2008)
• January 24 - Ernest Borgnine, American actor
• January 25 - Ilya Prigogine, Russian-born physicist and chemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry (d. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 41 - Gaius Caesar (Caligula, known for his eccentricity and cruel Despotism, is Assassinated by his disgruntled Ermes Effron Borgnino (born January 24 1917 better known by his stage name Ernest Borgnine, is an American Golden Globe, BAFTA and Academy Events 41 - After a night of negotiation Claudius is accepted as Roman Emperor by the Senate Ilya Viscount Prigogine (Илья́ Рома́нович Приго́жин ( January 25, 1917 &ndash May 28, 2003) was a Russian The Nobel Prize in Chemistry (Nobelpriset i kemi is awarded annually by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences to scientists in the various fields of Chemistry. 2003)
• January 26 - William Verity Jr., American politician (d. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1340 - King Edward III of England is declared King of France. William Verity Jr ( January 26 1917 - January 3 2007) was a U 2007)
• February 1 - James Harry Lacey, a. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1327 - Teenaged Edward III is crowned King of England, but the country is ruled by his mother Queen Squadron Leader James Harry "Ginger" Lacey DFM & Bar ( 1 February 1917 in Wetherby, near Leeds, Yorkshire k. a Squadron Leader James "Ginger" Lacey DFM & Bar, the top scoring RAF fighter pilot during the Battle of Britain (d. The Battle of Britain (German ''Luftschlacht um England'' is the name given to the sustained strategic effort by the German Luftwaffe during the summer and 1989)
• February 2 - Đỗ Mười, Vietnamese leader
• February 4
  • Yahya Khan, President of Pakistan (d. Year 1989 ( MCMLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar) Events 962 - Translatio imperii: Pope John XII crowns Otto I Holy Roman Emperor, the first Holy Roman Emperor Đỗ Mười (born February 2, 1917) was the General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam from 1991 to 1997 Events 211 - Roman Emperor Septimius Severus dies leaving the Roman Empire in the hands of his two quarrelsome sons Agha Muhammad Yahya Khan ( February 4 1917 &ndash August 10 1980) was the President of Pakistan from 1969 to 1971 following the resignation The President of Pakistan ( Urdū: صدر Sadr-e-Mumlikat) is the Head of state of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. 1980)
  • Abdur Rahman Badawi, Egyptian existentialist philosopher (d. Year 1980 ( MCMLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar) Abdur Rahman Badawi ( Arabic: ar عبد الرحمن بدوى ( February 17, 1917 – July 25, 2002) was a well-known Egyptian Existentialism is a philosophical doctrine which posits that individuals create the meaning and essence of their lives and that this essence follows from their existence 2002)
• February 6 - Zsa Zsa Gabor, Hungarian-born actress
• February 11 - Sidney Sheldon, American author (d. See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 46 BC - Julius Caesar defeats the combined army of Pompeian followers and Numidians under Metellus Scipio Zsa Zsa Gabor ( born February 6 1917) is a Hungarian -born American Actress and Socialite. Events 660 BC - Traditional founding date of Japan by Emperor Jimmu. Sidney Sheldon ( February 11 1917 &ndash January 30 2007) was an Academy Award -winning American writer who won awards in 2007)
• February 14 - Herbert A. Hauptman, American mathematician, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry
• February 17 - Joseph Conombo, Prime Minister of Upper Volta
• February 18 - Tuulikki Pietilä, Finnish artist
• February 19 - Carson McCullers, American author (d. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 842 - Charles the Bald and Louis the German swear the Oaths of Strasbourg in the French and German Herbert A Hauptman (born February 14, 1917) is a world renowned American mathematician and Nobel laureate. The Nobel Prize in Chemistry (Nobelpriset i kemi is awarded annually by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences to scientists in the various fields of Chemistry. Events 1500 - Battle of Hemmingstedt. 1600 - Philosopher Giordano Bruno is burned alive at Campo de' Fiori Joseph Issoufou Conombo (born February 9, 1917) served as Prime Minister of Upper Volta (now Burkina Faso) from 7 July The office of Prime Minister of Burkina Faso was initially created in 1958, when Burkina Faso was a French colony named Upper Volta Events 3102 BC - Epoch (origin of the Kali Yuga. 1229 - The Sixth Crusade: Frederick II Holy Tuulikki Pietilä (born 18 February 1917 is a Finnish Graphic artist and Professor. Events 197 - Roman Emperor Septimius Severus defeats usurper Clodius Albinus in the Battle of Lugdunum Carson McCullers ( February 19, 1917 &ndash September 29, 1967) was an American Writer. 1967)
• February 25 - Anthony Burgess, English author (d. Year 1967 ( MCMLXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. Events 138 - The Emperor Hadrian adopts Antoninus Pius, effectively making him his successor Anthony Burgess (February 25 1917 — November 22 1993 was an English Novelist, Critic, Composer, Librettist, Poet 1993)
• February 27 - John Connally, Governor of Texas (d. Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) Events 1560 - The Treaty of Berwick, which would expel the French from Scotland, is signed by England and the Congregation John Bowden Connally Jr ( February 27 1917 June 15 1993) was a powerful American politician, serving as Governor 1993)
• February 28 - Fidel Sánchez Hernández, President of El Salvador (d. Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) Events 202 BC - coronation ceremony of Liu Bang as Emperor Gaozu of Han takes place initiating four centuries of the Han Dynasty 's rule Fidel Sánchez Hernández ( July 7, 1917 in El Divisadero &ndash February 28, 2003) was a politician general and former President This page contains a list of Presidents of El Salvador. There has been a total of 55 presidents many have served in office more than once 2003)

March-April

• March 1
  • Harry Caray, baseball broadcaster (d. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 86 BC - Lucius Cornelius Sulla, at the head of a Roman Republic army enters in Athens, removing the Tyrant Harry Caray (b Harry Christopher Carabina, March 1, 1914, St Louis, Mo 1998)
  • Robert Lowell, American poet (d. Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) Robert Lowell (March 1 1917&ndashSeptember 12 1977 born Robert Traill Spence Lowell IV, was an American Poet whose works confessional in nature 1977)
• March 2
  • Desi Arnaz, Cuban-born actor, bandleader, and musician (d. Also 1977 (album by Ash. Year 1977 ( MCMLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays Events 986 - Louis V becomes King of the Franks. 1127 - Assassination of Charles the Good Desi Arnaz (born Desiderio Alberto Arnaz y de Acha III) ( March 2, 1917 – December 2, 1986) was a Cuban American 1986)
  • John Gardner, British composer
  • Laurie Baker, English architect (d. Year 1986 ( MCMLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar) John Linton Gardner, CBE (born March 2, 1917) is an English Composer of classical music. Laurence Wilfred "Laurie" Baker ( March 2, 1917 &ndash April 1, 2007) was an award-winning British-born Indian architect renowned 2007)
• March 4 - Clyde McCullough, American baseball catcher (d. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 51 - Nero, later to become Roman Emperor, is given the title Princeps iuventutis (head of the youth Clyde Edward McCullough ( March 4, 1917 — September 18, 1982) was an American Catcher in Major League Baseball 1982)
• March 5 - Raymond P. Shafer, Governor of Pennsylvania (d. Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar) Events 363 - Roman Emperor Julian moves from Antioch with an army of 90000 to attack the Sassanid Empire, in a Raymond Philip Shafer ( March 05 1917 – December 12 2006) served as the 41st Governor of Pennsylvania from 1967 to 1971 2006)
• March 12 - Googie Withers, British actress
• March 14 - John McCallum, Australian actor
• March 16 - Samael Aun Weor, Columbian writer (d. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 538 - Witiges, king of the Ostrogoths ends his siege of Rome and retreats to Ravenna, leaving Googie Withers, CBE (born 12 March, 1917) is a British actress. Events 1489 - The Queen of Cyprus, Catherine Cornaro, sells her kingdom to Venice. John Neil McCallum, CBE, AO (born March 14, 1917 in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia)was known as 'Jack' in his Events 597 BC - Babylonians capture Jerusalem, replace Jehoiachin with Zedekiah as king Samael Aun Weor ( March 6, 1917 - December 24, 1977) was a spiritual teacher Occultist esotericist and author 1977)
• March 19 - Dinu Lipatti, Romanian pianist (d. Also 1977 (album by Ash. Year 1977 ( MCMLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays Events 1279 - A Mongolian victory in the Battle of Yamen ends the Song Dynasty in China. Dinu Lipatti ( March 19 1917, Bucharest &ndash December 2 1950, Geneva) was a Romanian classical 1950)
• March 20 - Vera Lynn, English actress and singer
• March 24 - John Kendrew, British molecular biologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry (d. Year 1950 ( MCML) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1600 - The Linköping Bloodbath takes place on Maundy Thursday in Linköping, Sweden. Dame Vera Lynn DBE (born 20 March 1917) is a popular British Vocalist whose career flourished during World War II, Events 1401 - Mongol emperor Timur sacks Damascus. 1603 - James VI of Scotland Sir John Cowdery Kendrew ( 24 March 1917 &ndash 23 August 1997) was an English Biochemist and crystallographer The Nobel Prize in Chemistry (Nobelpriset i kemi is awarded annually by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences to scientists in the various fields of Chemistry. 1997)
• March 26 - Rufus Thomas, American singer (d. Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar Events 1026 - Pope John XIX crowns Conrad II as Holy Roman Emperor. Rufus Thomas Jr ( March 26 1917 – December 15 2001) was a Rhythm and blues, Funk and soul singer and 2001)
• March 27 - Cyrus Vance, American politician (d. Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. Events 196 BC - Ptolemy V ascends to the throne of Egypt. 1309 - Pope Clement V excommunicates Cyrus Roberts Vance ( Clarksburg West Virginia, March 27, 1917 &ndash January 12, 2002) was the United States Secretary of State 2002)
• April 1 - Sydney Newman, Canadian-born television producer (d. See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 527 - Byzantine Emperor Justin I names his nephew Justinian I as co-ruler and successor to the throne Sydney Cecil Newman, OC (April 1 1917 &ndash October 30 1997 was a Canadian film and Television producer, best remembered for the pioneering work 1997)
• April 2 - Dabbs Greer, American actor (d. Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar Events 68 - Galba, Governor of Hispania, names himself legatus senatus populique Romani, breaking the line of Robert William "Dabbs" Greer ( April 2, 1917 — April 28, 2007) was an American Character actor who performed 2007)
• April 5 - Robert Bloch, American writer (d. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 456 - St Patrick returns to Ireland as a missionary bishop Robert Albert Bloch (April 5 1917 Chicago – September 23 1994 Los Angeles) was a prolific American Writer, primarily of crime 1994)
• April 10 - Robert B. Woodward, American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) Events 879 - Louis III becomes King of the Western Franks. 1407 - the lama Robert Burns Woodward ( April 10 1917 &ndash July 8 1979) was an American organic chemist. The Nobel Prize in Chemistry (Nobelpriset i kemi is awarded annually by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences to scientists in the various fields of Chemistry. 1979)
• April 12 - Helen Forrest, American jazz singer (d. Year 1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1979 Gregorian calendar) Events 467 - Anthemius is elevated to Emperor of the Western Roman Empire. Helen Forrest ( April 12, 1917 &ndash July 11, 1999) was one of the most popular female Jazz vocalists during America's Big 1999)
• April 13 - Robert O. Anderson, American businessman, founder of Atlantic Richfield Oil Co. Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) Events 1111 - Henry V is crowned Holy Roman Emperor. 1204 - The Fourth Crusade sacks Constantinople (d. 2007)
• April 14 - Marvin Miller, baseball executive
• April 17 - Bill Clements, Governor of Texas
• April 22 - Yvette Chauviré, French ballerina
• April 25 - Ella Fitzgerald, American jazz singer (d. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 43 BC - Battle of Forum Gallorum: Mark Antony, besieging Julius Caesar 's assassin Decimus Junius Brutus in Marvin Julian Miller (born April 14 1917) is the former executive director of the Major League Baseball Players Association (MLBPA from 1966 Events 69 - After the First Battle of Bedriacum, Vitellius becomes Roman Emperor. William Perry "Bill" Clements Jr (born April 17, 1917) is the first Republican to have served as Governor of the U Events 1500 - Portuguese Navigator Pedro Álvares Cabral becomes the first European to sight Brazil. Yvette Chauviré (born April 22, 1917) is a French Prima ballerina assoluta who was born in Paris. Events 1607 - Eighty Years' War: The Dutch fleet destroys the anchored Spanish fleet at Gibraltar. Ella Jane Fitzgerald (April 25 1917 &ndash June 15 1996 also known as " Lady Ella " and the "First Lady of Song" is considered one of the most influential 1996)
• April 26 - Virgil Trucks, baseball player
• April 30 - Bea Wain, American singer

May-June

• May 1 - Fyodor Khitruk, Russian animator
• May 3 - Kiro Gligorov, President of the Republic of Macedonia
• May 8 - John Anderson, Jr., American politician
• May 12 - Frank Clair, Canadian football coach (d. Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) Events 1467 - The miraculous image in Our Lady of Good Counsel appear in Genazzano, Italy. Virgil Oliver Trucks (born April 26 1917) is a former Starting pitcher in Major League Baseball. Events 313 - Roman emperor Licinius unifies the entire Eastern Roman Empire under his rule Events 305 - Diocletian and Maximian retire from the office of Roman Emperor. Fyodor Savelyevich Khitruk ( Russian: Фёдор Савельевич Хитрук; born May 1, 1917) is one of the most influential Animators Events 1491 - Kongo monarch Nkuwu Nzinga is baptised by Portuguese missionaries adopting the baptismal name of João Kiro Gligorov (Киро Глигоров) born May 3, 1917 in Štip, then Kingdom of Serbia (now the Republic of Macedonia) was The Macedonian Presidency is the Presidency of the Republic of Macedonia. Events 589 - Reccared summons the Third Council of Toledo 1450 - Jack Cade's Rebellion: Kentishmen John Anderson Jr (born May 8, 1917) was thirty-sixth Governor of Kansas from 1961 until 1965 Events 1191 - Richard I of England marries Berengaria of Navarre. Frank James Clair ( May 12 1917 &ndash April 3 2005) was a coach in the Canadian Football League, Nicknamed "the 2005)
• May 14 - Lou Harrison, American composer (d. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1264 - Battle of Lewes: Henry III of England is captured in France making Simon de Montfort the Lou Silver Harrison ( May 14, 1917 &ndash February 2, 2003) was an American 2003)
• May 16 - George Gaynes, Finnish-born actor
• May 20 - Bergur Sigurbjörnsson, Icelandic politician (d. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1204 - Baldwin IX Count of Flanders is crowned as the first Emperor of the Latin Empire. George Gaynes (born as George Jongejans on May 16, 1917) is a Finnish -born American Actor. Events 325 - The First Council of Nicaea &ndash the first Ecumenical Council of the Christian Church is held Bergur Sigurbjörnsson ( May 20 1917 &ndash July 28 2005) was an Icelandic magazine editor and politician 2005)
• May 21 - Raymond Burr, Canadian actor (d. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 878 - Syracuse Italy is captured by the Muslim sultan of Sicily. Raymond William Stacey Burr ( May 21, 1917 &ndash September 12, 1993) was a Canadian Emmy -winning Actor and 1993)
• May 22 - Georg Tintner, Austrian conductor (d. Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) Events 334 BC - The Greek army of Alexander the Great defeats Darius III of Persia in the Battle of the Granicus. Georg Tintner CM (22 May 1917 – 2 October 1999 was an Austrian born conductor whose career was principally in New Zealand, Australia, and 1999)
• May 25 - Theodore Hesburgh, American priest and educator
• May 28 - Papa John Creech, American fiddler (d. Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) Events 1085 - Alfonso VI of Castile takes Toledo Spain back from the Moors. The Rev Theodore Martin Hesburgh, CSC, STD (born May 25, 1917)a priest of the Congregation of Holy Cross, is President Emeritus Events 585 BC - A Solar eclipse occurs as predicted by Greek philosopher and scientist Thales, while Alyattes is battling Papa John Creach (b John Henry Creach May 28, 1917, Beaver Falls Pennsylvania; d 1994)
• May 29 - John F. Kennedy, President of the United States (d. Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) Events 363 - Roman Emperor Julian defeats the Sassanid army in the Battle of Ctesiphon, under the walls of the John Fitzgerald "Jack" Kennedy (May 29 1917&ndashNovember 22 1963 often referred to by his initials JFK, was the thirty-fifth President of The President of the United States is the Head of state and Head of government of the United States and is the highest political official in United States by 1963)
• June 1 - William S. Knowles, American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate
• June 7 - Dean Martin, American actor (d. Year 1963 ( MCMLXIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 193 - Roman Emperor Didius Julianus is Assassinated 987 - Hugh Capet is elected William S Knowles (born June 1, 1917) is an American Chemist. The Nobel Prize in Chemistry (Nobelpriset i kemi is awarded annually by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences to scientists in the various fields of Chemistry. Events 1099 - The First Crusade: The Siege of Jerusalem begins Dean Martin (born Dino Paul Crocetti; June 7 1917 &ndash December 25 1995 was an American Singer, Film Actor, television personality 1995)
• June 10
  • Eric Hobsbawm, British historian
  • Ruari McLean, British typographer (d. Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995 Events 1190 - Third Crusade: Frederick I Barbarossa drowns in the Sally River while leading an army to Jerusalem John David Ruari McLean CBE, DSC ( June 10, 1917 – March 27, 2006) was a leading British typographic designer 2006)
• June 15
  • John Bennett Fenn, American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate
  • Lash La Rue, American cowboy actor (d. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 763 BC - Assyrians record a Solar eclipse that will be used to fix the Chronology of Mesopotamian history John Bennett Fenn (born June 15, 1917, New York City New York) is a research professor of analytical chemistry who was awarded the Nobel Prize The Nobel Prize in Chemistry (Nobelpriset i kemi is awarded annually by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences to scientists in the various fields of Chemistry. Lash La Rue ( June 14, 1917 – May 21, 1996) was a movie Actor noted for his roles in low-budget Westerns. 1996)
• June 16
  • Irving Penn, American photographer
  • Katharine Graham, American publisher (d. Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) Events 1487 - Battle of Stoke Field, the last dying breath of the Wars of the Roses. Irving Penn (born 16 June 1917) is an American Photographer known for his portraiture and Fashion photography. Katharine Meyer Graham ( June 16, 1917 &ndash July 17, 2001) was an American publisher 2001)
  • Ben Bubar, American presidential candidate. Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. Benjamin Calvin Bubar Jr ( June 17, 1917 — May 15, 1995) better known as Ben Bubar, was an ordained minister who actively (d. 1994)
  • Atle Selberg, Norwegian mathematician (d. Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) Atle Selberg ( June 14, 1917 &ndash August 6, 2007) was a Norwegian Mathematician known for his work in Analytic number 2007)
• June 30 - Lena Horne, American singer

July-August

• July 1 - Humphry Osmond, British psychiatrist (d. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 350 - Roman usurper Nepotianus, of the Constantinian dynasty, is defeated and killed by troops of the Usurper Lena Mary Calhoun Horne (born June 30, 1917) is an iconic American singer and Actress. "July 1st" redirects here For the Ayumi Hamasaki song see H (song. Humphrey Fortescue Osmond ( July 1, 1917 - February 6, 2004) was a British Psychiatrist, known for inventing 2004)
• July 4 - Manolete, Spanish bullfighter (d. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Events 836 - Pactum Sicardi, peace between the Principality of Benevento and the Duchy of Naples Manuel Laureano Rodríguez Sánchez ( July 4 1917 in Córdoba, Spain – August 28 1947 in Linares, 1947)
• July 7
  • Fidel Sánchez Hernández, President of El Salvador (d. Year 1947 ( MCMXLVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1456 - A retrial verdict acquits Joan of Arc of heresy 25 years after her death Fidel Sánchez Hernández ( July 7, 1917 in El Divisadero &ndash February 28, 2003) was a politician general and former President This page contains a list of Presidents of El Salvador. There has been a total of 55 presidents many have served in office more than once 2003)
  • Larry O'Brien, American politician and former NBA commissioner (d. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. Lawrence Francis "Larry" O'Brien Jr ( July 7 1917 – September 28, 1990) was one of the United States Democratic Party 1990)
• July 10
  • Don Herbert, American television personality (d. Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar) Events 48 BC - Battle of Dyrrhachium, Julius Caesar barely avoids a catastrophic defeat to Pompey in Macedonia. Donald Jeffrey Herbert (born Donald Jeffrey Herbert Kemske; July 10 1917 &ndash June 12 2007) better known as "Mr 2007)
  • Reg Smythe, British cartoonist (d. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Reginald "Reg" Smythe ( July 10, 1917, Hartlepool &ndash June 13, 1998, Hartlepool) was a British 1998)
• July 16 - William Woodson, American voice actor
• July 17
  • Phyllis Diller, American comedian
  • Red Sovine, American country & folk singer & songwriter (d. Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) Events 622 - The beginning of the Islamic calendar. 1054 - Three Roman legates fractured relations between the Western and William "Bill" T Woodson (born July 16, 1917) is an American Voice artist. Events 180 - Twelve inhabitants of Scillium in North Africa are executed for being Christians Bold text Phyllis Diller (born Phyllis Driver, July 17, 1917) is a Golden Globe -nominated American comedienne Woodrow Wilson "Red" Sovine ( July 17, 1918 &mdash April 4, 1980) was a Country music Singer. 1980)
• July 18 - Henri Salvador, French singer (d. Year 1980 ( MCMLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar) Events 390 BC - Roman - Gaulish Wars Battle of the Allia - a Roman army is defeated by raiding Gauls, Henri Salvador ( 18 July 1917 - 13 February 2008) was a French singer 2008)
• July 19 - William Scranton, American politician
• August 11 - Dik Browne, American Cartoonist (d. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 711 - Muslim forces under Tariq ibn Ziyad defeat the Visigoths led by their king Roderic. William Warren Scranton (born July 19 1917) is a former US Republican Party politician. Events 2492 BC - Traditional date of the defeat of Bel by Hayk, progenitor and founder of the Armenian nation Dik Browne ( August 11, 1917 - June 4, 1989) was born Richard Arthur Allan Browne in New York City 1989)
• August 14 - Marty Glickman, American sports announcer (d. Year 1989 ( MCMLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar) Events 1183 - Taira no Munemori and the Taira clan take the young Emperor Antoku and the three sacred treasures Martin "Marty" Glickman ( August 14, 1917 - January 3, 2001) was a Jewish American Track and field 2001)
• August 15
  • Jack Lynch, President of Ireland (d. Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. Events 778 - The Battle of Roncevaux Pass, at which Roland is killed John Mary "Jack" Lynch ( Irish: Seán Ó Loinsigh; 15 August 1917 &ndash 20 October 1999 was the fourth Taoiseach of Ireland, The President of Ireland (Uachtarán na hÉireann n̪ˠə ˈheːɾʲən̪ˠ is the Head of state of Ireland. 1999)
  • Oscar Romero, El Salvador Roman catholic Archbishop (d. Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) Óscar Arnulfo Romero y Galdámez ( August 25 1917 &ndash March 24 1980) commonly known as Monseñor Romero, was a Bishop El Salvador ( República de El Salvador,) is a country in Central America. 1980)
• August 18 - Caspar Weinberger, United States Secretary of Defense (d. Year 1980 ( MCMLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar) Events 293 BC - The oldest known Roman temple to Venus is founded starting the institution of Vinalia Rustica. Caspar Willard "Cap" Weinberger ( August 18, 1917 &ndash March 28, 2006) was an American politician and Secretary The United States Secretary of Defense ( SECDEF) is the head of the U 2006)
• August 22 - John Lee Hooker, American musician (d. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 392 - Arbogast has Eugenius elected Western Roman Emperor. John Lee Hooker ( August 22, 1917 &ndash June 21, 2001) was an influential American Post-war Blues singer 2001)
• August 25 - Mel Ferrer, Cuban-American actor, film director and film producer (d. Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. Events 1248 - The Dutch city of Ommen receives city rights and fortification rights from Otto III the Mel Ferrer ( August 25 1917 – June 2 2008) was an American Actor, Film director and Film producer 2008)
• August 28 - Jack Kirby, American comic book artist (d. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 475 - The Roman General Orestes forces western Roman Emperor Julius Nepos to flee his Capital Jack Kirby (born Jacob Kurtzberg, August 28, 1917 &ndash February 6, 1994) was an American Comic book 1994)
• August 29 - Isabel Sanford, American actress (d. Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) Events 708 - Copper coins are minted in Japan for the first time (Traditional Japanese date: August 10, 708) Isabel Sanford ( August 29, 1917 - July 9, 2004) was an Emmy Award -winning American actress most known for her role 2004)
• August 30 - Denis Healey, British author and politician

September-October

• September 6 - Philipp von Boeselager, German Wehrmacht officer, failed assassin of Adolf Hitler (d. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Events 1363 - Beginning date of the Battle of Lake Poyang; the forces of two Chinese rebel leaders— Chen Youliang and Denis Winston Healey Baron Healey, CH, MBE, PC (born 30 August 1917 is a British Life peer and Labour politician Events 3114 BC - According to the Proleptic Julian calendar the current era in the Maya Long Count Calendar started Philipp Freiherr von Boeselager ( 6 September 1917 &ndash 1 May 2008) was the last surviving member of the July 20 Plot, a conspiracy 2008)
• September 7
  • John Cornforth, Australian chemist, Nobel Prize laureate
  • Leonard Cheshire, British war hero (d. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1251 BC - A Solar eclipse on this date might mark the birth of legendary Heracles at Thebes Greece. Sir John Warcup 'Kappa' Cornforth AC, CBE, FRS (born 7 September 1917) is an Australian scientist who won the Nobel Prize The Nobel Prize in Chemistry (Nobelpriset i kemi is awarded annually by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences to scientists in the various fields of Chemistry. WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout 1992)
• September 10 - Miguel Serrano, Chilean diplomat, explorer, and journalist
• September 11
  • Herbert Lom, Czech-born British actor
  • Ferdinand Marcos, President of the Philippines (d. Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar) Events 506 - The Bishops of Visigothic Gaul meet in the Council of Agde. Miguel Serrano (born 10 September 1917) is a retired Chilean diplomat explorer and author of poetry books on spiritual questing and Esoteric Hitlerism Events 9 - The Battle of the Teutoburg Forest ends 506 - The Bishops of Visigothic Gaul Herbert Lom IPA {{IPA|ɦɛrbɛrd lom}} (b 11 September 1917) is a Czech British international Film actor Ferdinand Emmanuel Edralín Marcos ( September 11, 1917 &ndash September 28, 1989) was President of the Philippines from 1965 to 1986 The President of the Philippines is the head of state and government of the Republic of the Philippines. 1989)
  • Daniel Wildenstein, French art dealer and racehorse owner (d. Year 1989 ( MCMLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar) Daniel Leopold Wildenstein ( September 11, 1917 - October 23, 2001) was a major international Art dealer and scholar as well 2001)
• September 13 - Robert Ward, American composer (d. Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. Events 509 BC - The Temple of Jupiter on Rome 's Capitoline Hill is dedicated on the ides of September Robert Ward (born September 13, 1917 in Cleveland, Ohio) is an American Composer. 1994)
• September 15 - Shanul Haq Haqqee, Pakistani poet, author, lexicographer (d. Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) Events 668 - Eastern Roman Emperor Constans II is assassinated in his bath at Syracuse Italy. Shanul Haq Haqqee ( Urdu: شان الحق حقی) ( December 15, 1917 &ndash October 11, 2005) was a notable 2005)
• September 20 - Red Auerbach, American basketball coach and official (d. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 451 - The Battle of Chalons takes place in North Eastern France. Arnold Jacob "Red" Auerbach (September 20 1917 &ndash October 28 2006 was a Basketball coach of the Washington Capitols, the Tri-Cities Blackhawks 2006)
• September 25 - Johnny Sain, baseball player (d. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 303 - On a voyage preaching the Gospel, Saint Fermin of Pamplona is beheaded in Amiens, France John Franklin Sain ( September 25 1917 &ndash November 7 2006) was an American right-handed Pitcher in Major League 2006)
• September 27 - Louis Auchincloss, American novelist
• October 2 - Christian de Duve, English-born biologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
• October 7 - June Allyson, American actress (d. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 489 - Odoacer attacks Theodoric at the Battle of Verona and is defeated again Louis Stanton Auchincloss (pronounced Awk-kin-claus; born September 27, 1917) is a prolific American novelist historian and essayist Events 1187 - Siege of Jerusalem: Saladin captures Jerusalem after 88 years of Crusader rule Christian René de Duve (born October 2, 1917) is an internationally acclaimed Cytologist and Biochemist. The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (Nobelpriset i fysiologi eller medicin is awarded once a year by the Swedish Karolinska Institute. Events 3761 BC - The epoch (origin of the modern Hebrew calendar ( Proleptic Julian calendar) June Allyson (October 7 1917 – July 8 2006 was a Golden Globe -winning American film and television Actress, popular in the 1940s 2006)
• October 8
  • Danny Murtaugh, baseball player and manager (d. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 314 - Roman Emperor Licinius is defeated by his colleague Constantine I at the Battle of Cibalae, and loses Daniel Edward Murtaugh ( October 8, 1917 – December 2, 1976) was an American Second baseman and manager 1976)
  • Rodney Robert Porter, English biochemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. Year 1976 ( MCMLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Rodney Robert Porter, FRS ( 8 October 1917 &ndash 7 September 1985) was an English Biochemist. The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (Nobelpriset i fysiologi eller medicin is awarded once a year by the Swedish Karolinska Institute. 1985)
• October 10 - Thelonious Monk, American jazz pianist (d. Year 1985 ( MCMLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays 1985 Gregorian calendar) Events 680 - Battle of Karbala: Shia Imam Husayn bin Ali, the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad, is decapitated Thelonious Sphere Monk ( October 10, 1917 - February 17, 1982) was an American Jazz Pianist and Composer. 1982)
• October 13 - George Virl Osmond, Osmond family patriarch (d. Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar) Events 54 - Nero ascends to the Roman throne 409 - Vandals and Alans crossed the Pyrenees George Virl Osmond ( October 13 1917 &ndash November 6 2007) was the Patriarch of the Osmond family. 2007)
• October 15 - Jan Miner, American actress (d. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 533 - Byzantine General Belisarius makes his formal entry into Carthage, having conquered it from the Jan Miner ( October 15, 1917, Boston Massachusetts - February 15, 2004, Bethel Connecticut) was an American actress 2004)
• October 15 - Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., American historian and political commentator (d. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Events 533 - Byzantine General Belisarius makes his formal entry into Carthage, having conquered it from the Arthur Meier Schlesinger Jr, born Arthur Bancroft Schlesinger ( October 15 1917 &ndash February 28 2007) was a Pulitzer Prize recipient 2007)
• October 21 - Dizzy Gillespie, American musician (d. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1512 - Martin Luther joins the theological faculty of the University of Wittenberg. John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie ( October 21 1917 &ndash January 6 1993) was an American Jazz Trumpeter 1993)
• October 22 - Joan Fontaine, British-born actress
• October 30 - Maurice Trintignant, French race car driver (d. Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) Events 202 BC - Hannibal Barca, leader of the Carthaginians, is defeated by the Roman legions under Scipio Africanus Joan Fontaine (born October 22, 1917) is an Academy Award -winning British Actress in American films Events 637 - Antioch surrenders to the Muslim forces under Rashidun Caliphate after the Battle of Iron bridge. Maurice Bienvenu Jean Paul Trintignant ( 30 October 1917, Sainte-Cécile-les-Vignes, Vaucluse &ndash 13 February 2005, 2005)

November-December

• November 11 - Madeleine Damerment, French World War II heroine (d. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 308 - The Congress of Carnuntum: Attempting to keep peace within the Roman Empire, the leaders of the Tetrarchy declare Madeleine Zoe Damerment (b November 11 1917, Lille, France - d 1944)
• November 18 - Pedro Infante, Mexican actor and singer (d. Year 1944 ( MCMXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 326 - The old St Peter's Basilica is consecrated 1302 - Pope Boniface VIII issues the Papal bull José Pedro Infante Cruz ( November 18, 1917 - April 15, 1957) better known as Pedro Infante, is perhaps the most famous actor 1957)
• November 19 - Indira Gandhi, Prime Minister of India (d. Year 1957 ( MCMLVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar) Events 1095 - The Council of Clermont, called by Pope Urban II to discuss sending the First Crusade to the Holy Land Indira Priyadarshini Gandhi ( Indirā Priyadarśinī Gāndhī) ( Née: Nehru (19 November 1917 - 31 October 1984 was the Prime Minister of the The Prime Minister of India is head of the Council of Ministers, appointed by the President to assist the latter in the administration of the affairs of the executive 1984)
• November 20 - Robert Byrd, U. Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) Events 284 - Diocletian was chosen as Roman Emperor. 762 - Bögü Khan of the Uyghurs, Robert Carlyle Byrd (born November 20 1917 is the senior United States Senator from West Virginia and a member of the Democratic Party. S. Senator from West Virginia
• November 22 - Andrew Huxley, English scientist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
• December 6
  • - Kamal Jumblatt, leader of the Lebanese Druze (d. Events 498 - Kofi Aseidu- After the death of Anastasius II, Symmachus is elected Pope in the Lateran Sir Andrew Fielding Huxley, OM, FRS (born 22 November 1917, Hampstead, London) is an English physiologist The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (Nobelpriset i fysiologi eller medicin is awarded once a year by the Swedish Karolinska Institute. Events 1060 - Béla I of Hungary is crowned king of Hungary 1240 - Mongol invasion of Rus: Kiev Kamal Jumblatt ( كمال جنبلاط); ( December 6, 1917 – March 16, 1977) was an important Lebanese Politician 1977)
  • - Irv Robbins, Canadian-American entrepreneur (b. Also 1977 (album by Ash. Year 1977 ( MCMLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays Irvine "Irv" Robbins ( December 6 1917 &ndash May 5 2008) was a Canadian - American entrepreneur who co-founded 2008)
• December 9 - James Rainwater, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 536 - Byzantine General Belisarius enters Rome while the Ostrogothic garrison peacefully leaves the city Leo James Rainwater ( December 9, 1917 &ndash May 31, 1986) was an American physicist who shared the Nobel Prize for Physics The Nobel Prize in Physics (Nobelpriset i fysik is awarded once a year by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. 1986)
• December 10 - Sultan Yahya Petra, King of Malaysia (d. Year 1986 ( MCMLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar) Events 1041 - Empress Zoe of Byzantium elevates her adoptive son to the throne of the Eastern Roman Empire as Michael V In full Almarhum Al-Sultan Yahya Petra ibni Almarhum Sultan Sir Ibrahim Petra, GCMG, ( December 10, 1917 - 1979)
• December 16 - Arthur C. Clarke, British/Sri Lankan science-fiction author (d. Year 1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1979 Gregorian calendar) Events 755 - An Lushan revolts against Chancellor Yang Guozhong at Fanyang, initiating the An Shi Rebellion Sir Arthur Charles Clarke, CBE (16 December 1917–19 March 2008 was a British Science fiction Author, Inventor, and 2008)
• December 20 - David Bohm, American-born physicist, philosopher, and neuropsychologist (d. Events 69 - Vespasian, formerly a general under Nero, enters Rome to claim the title of Emperor. David Joseph Bohm ( December 20 1917, Wilkes-Barre Pennsylvania – October 27 1992, London) was an American 1992)
• December 21 - Heinrich Böll, German writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar) Events 69 - The end of the Year of the four emperors: Following Galba, Otho and Vitellius, Vespasian Heinrich Theodor Böll ( December 21, 1917 — July 16, 1985) was one of Germany 's foremost post- World War II writers The Nobel Prize in Literature (Nobelpriset i litteratur is awarded annually since 1901 to an author from any country who has in the words from the will of Alfred 1985)
• December 22 - Gene Rayburn, American television personality (d. Year 1985 ( MCMLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays 1985 Gregorian calendar) Events 1790 - The Turkish fortress of Izmail is stormed and captured by Suvorov and his Russian armies Gene Rayburn ( December 22, 1917 &ndash November 29, 1999) was an American Radio and Television personality 1999)
• December 27 - Onni Palaste, Finnish writer
• December 28 - Ellis Clarke, President of Trinidad and Tobago
• December 29 - Ramanand Sagar, Indian film director (d. Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) Events 537 - The Hagia Sophia is completed 1512 - The Spanish Crown issues the Laws of Burgos, governing the Onni Palaste, born Onni Bovellan (born 27 December 1917) is a Finnish Winter War veteran and writer Events 1065 - Westminster Abbey is Consecrated. 1308 - The reign of Emperor Hanazono, Emperor of Sir Ellis Emmanuel Innocent Clarke, TC, GCMG (born December 28, 1917) was the second and last Governor-General of Trinidad The President of Trinidad and Tobago is the Head of state of Trinidad and Tobago, and the Commander in chief its armed forces Events 1170 - Thomas Becket: Thomas Becket Archbishop of Canterbury is assassinated inside Canterbury Cathedral by followers of King Henry II Ramanand Sagar ( 29 December 1917 – 12 December 2005) (born Chandramauli Chopra) was an Indian Film director 2005)
• December 30 - Seymour Melman, American industrial engineer (d. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1460 - Wars of the Roses: Battle of Wakefield. 1816 - The Treaty of St Seymour Melman ( December 30 1917 – December 16 2004) was an American professor emeritus of Industrial engineering and Operations 2004)

Deaths

January - June

• January 2 - Edward Burnett Tylor, English anthropologist (b. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Events 366 - The Alamanni cross the frozen Rhine River in large numbers invading the Roman Empire. Sir Edward Burnett Tylor ( October 2 1832 &ndash January 2 1917) was an English Anthropologist. 1832)
• January 4 - Frederick Selous, explorer (killed in action)
• January 10 - William F. "Buffalo Bill" Cody, American frontiersman (b. Year 1832 ( MDCCCXXXII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Events 46 BC - Titus Labienus defeats Julius Caesar in the Battle of Ruspina. Sir Frederick Courtenay (also spelled Courteney) Selous DSO (b Events 49 BC - Julius Caesar crosses the Rubicon, signaling the start of civil war. William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody (February 26 1846 &ndash January 10 1917 was an American soldier bison hunter and Showman. 1846)
• January 16 - George Dewey, U. For the game see 1846 (board game. Year 1846 ( MDCCCXLVI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display Events 27 BC - The title Augustus is bestowed upon Gaius Julius Caesar Octavian by the Roman Senate. George Dewey ( December 26, 1837 &ndash January 16, 1917) was an Admiral of the United States Navy, best known for his S. admiral (b. 1837)
• February 5 - Jaber II Al-Sabah, Emir of Kuwait (b. Year 1837 ( MDCCCXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Events 1576 - Henry of Navarre converts to Roman Catholicism in order to ensure his right to the throne of France. Sheikh Jaber II Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah CSI, ( 1860 - February 5, 1917) was the eighth The State of Kuwait ( دولة الكويت IPA [dawlatt̪ alkuwajt̪]) is a sovereign Arab Emirate on the coast of the Persian Gulf, enclosed 1860)
• February 10 - John William Waterhouse, Italian-born artist (b. Year 1860 ( MDCCLX) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year starting Events 1355 - The St Scholastica's Day riot breaks out in Oxford, England, leaving 63 scholars and perhaps 30 locals dead John William Waterhouse ( April 6, 1849 &ndash February 10, 1917) was an English Pre-Raphaelite painter most 1849)
• March 5 - Manuel de Arriaga, first president of Portugal (b. Year 1849 ( MDCCCXLIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 363 - Roman Emperor Julian moves from Antioch with an army of 90000 to attack the Sassanid Empire, in a Manuel José de Arriaga Brum da Silveira e Peyrelongue ( pron Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic (República Portuguesa is a country on the Iberian Peninsula. 1840)
• March 8 - Ferdinand von Zeppelin, German inventor (b. Year 1840 ( MDCCCXL) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Events 1618 - Johannes Kepler discovers the third law of planetary motion. Ferdinand Adolf August Heinrich Graf von Zeppelin mostly called Count Zeppelin) ( July 8, 1838 – March 8, 1917) was a 1838)
• March 17 - Franz Brentano, German philosopher and psychologist (b. Year 1838 ( MDCCCXXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Events 45 BC - In his last victory Julius Caesar defeats the Pompeian forces of Titus Labienus and Pompey the Younger Franz Clemens Honoratus Hermann Brentano (January 16 1838 &ndash March 17 1917 was an influential German philosopher and psychologist whose influence 1838)
• March 31 - Emil Adolf von Behring, German winner of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. Year 1838 ( MDCCCXXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Events 307 - After divorcing his wife Minervina, Constantine marries Fausta, the daughter of the retired Roman Emperor Emil Adolf von Behring ( March 15, 1854 &ndash March 31, 1917) was a German Physiologist who received the 1901 The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (Nobelpriset i fysiologi eller medicin is awarded once a year by the Swedish Karolinska Institute. 1854)
• April 1 - Scott Joplin, American musician and composer (b. Year 1854 ( MDCCCLIV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common year Events 527 - Byzantine Emperor Justin I names his nephew Justinian I as co-ruler and successor to the throne Scott Joplin (between June 1867 and January 1868 &ndash April 1 1917 was an American musician and Composer of Ragtime music 1867-1868)
• April 14 - L. L. Zamenhof, Polish creator of Esperanto (b. Year 1867 ( MDCCCLXVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Year 1868 ( MDCCCLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap Events 43 BC - Battle of Forum Gallorum: Mark Antony, besieging Julius Caesar 's assassin Decimus Junius Brutus in Ludwig Lazarus Zamenhof (ˈzɑːmɨnhɒf in English born Eliezer Samenhof December 15 1859 &ndash April 14 1917 was an ophthalmologist, Philologist 1859)
• May 17 - Charles Anthoni Johnson Brooke, ruler of Sarawak (b. Year 1859 ( MDCCCLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 1521 - Edward Stafford 3rd Duke of Buckingham, is executed for Treason. Charles The Rajah of Sarawak GCMG ( Charles Anthoni Johnson Brooke) ( June 3 1829 – May 17 1917) born Charles 1829)
• May 20 - Philipp von Ferrary, Italian stamp collector (b. For the game see 1829 (board game. Year 1829 ( MDCCCXXIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display Events 325 - The First Council of Nicaea &ndash the first Ecumenical Council of the Christian Church is held Philip Ferrari de La Renotière Herzog von Gallièra in Genua ( January 11, 1850 - May 20, 1917) was a legendary stamp collector, 1850)
• May 25 - Maksim Bahdanovič, Belarusian poet (b. For the game see 1850 (board game. 1850 ( MDCCCL) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link Events 1085 - Alfonso VI of Castile takes Toledo Spain back from the Moors. Maksim Bahdanovič ( Belarusian language: Максім Багдановіч December 9, 1891 – May 25, 1917) was 1891)
• June 26 - John Dunville, British Army officer (b. Year 1891 ( MDCCCXCI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 363 - Roman Emperor Julian is killed during the retreat from the Sassanid Empire. John Spencer Dunville VC ( 7 May 1896 - 26 June 1917) was born in Marylebone, London, the son of Colonel 1896)
• June 30 - Antonio de La Gandara, French painter (b. Year 1896 ( MDCCCXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Events 350 - Roman usurper Nepotianus, of the Constantinian dynasty, is defeated and killed by troops of the Usurper Antonio de La Gandara ( December 16, 1861 - June 30, 1917) was a painter Pastellist and draughtsman 1861)

July - December

• July 8 - Tom Thomson, Canadian painter (b. Year 1861 ( MDCCCLXI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 939 - The Major Occultation or Ghaybat el-Kubra of Muhammad al-Mahdi 1099 - First Crusade: 15000 Thomas John Thomson ( August 5, 1877 &ndash July 8, 1917) was an influential Canadian artist of the early 20th century 1877)
• July 16 - Philipp Scharwenka, Polish-German composer (b. Year 1877 ( MDCCCLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 622 - The beginning of the Islamic calendar. 1054 - Three Roman legates fractured relations between the Western and Ludwig Philipp Scharwenka ( February 16, 1847, Samter, near Posen – July 16, 1917, Bad Nauheim) was a 1847)
• July 27 - Emil Kocher, Swiss medical researcher, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. Year 1847 ( MDCCCXLVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Events 1214 - Battle of Bouvines: In France, Philip II of France defeats John of England. Emil Theodor Kocher ( August 25, 1841 &ndash July 27, 1917) was a Swiss physician medical researcher and Nobel laureate for his The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (Nobelpriset i fysiologi eller medicin is awarded once a year by the Swedish Karolinska Institute. 1841)
• July 31
  • Francis Ledwidge, Irish poet (killed in action) (b. For the game see 1841 (board game. Year 1841 ( MDCCCXLI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link Events 30 BC - Battle of Alexandria: Mark Antony achieves a minor victory over Octavian 's forces but most of his army subsequently Francis Ledwidge (19 August 1887 - 31 July 1917 was an Irish Poet from County Meath, sometimes known as the "poet of the blackbirds" killed 1887)
  • Hedd Wyn, Welsh poet (killed in action) (b. Year 1887 ( MDCCCLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Hedd Wyn ( 13 January 1887 &ndash 31 July 1917) was a Merionethshire farmer and Welsh language Poet of World 1887)
• August 3 - Stephane Javelle, French astronomer (b. Year 1887 ( MDCCCLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 8 - Roman Empire General Tiberius defeats Dalmatians on the river Bathinus. Stephane Javelle ( November 16, 1864 – August 3, 1917) was a French Astronomer. 1864)
• August 13 - Eduard Buchner, German chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. Year 1864 ( MDCCCLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Events 3114 BC - According to the Lounsbury correlation the start of the Maya calendar. Eduard Buchner (May 20 1860 &ndash August 13 1917 was a German chemist and zymologist, the winner of the 1907 Nobel Prize in Chemistry The Nobel Prize in Chemistry (Nobelpriset i kemi is awarded annually by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences to scientists in the various fields of Chemistry. 1860)
• August 20 - Adolf von Baeyer, German chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. Year 1860 ( MDCCLX) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year starting Events 636 - Battle of Yarmouk: Arab forces led by Khalid ibn al-Walid take control of Syria and Palestine Johann Friedrich Wilhelm Adolf von Baeyer (ˈbaɪɐ October 31, 1835 - August 20, 1917) was a German chemist who The Nobel Prize in Chemistry (Nobelpriset i kemi is awarded annually by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences to scientists in the various fields of Chemistry. 1835)
• August 30 - Alan Leo, British astrologer (b. Year 1835 ( MDCCCXXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Events 1363 - Beginning date of the Battle of Lake Poyang; the forces of two Chinese rebel leaders— Chen Youliang and Alan Leo, born William Frederick Allan, ( Westminster, 7 August 1860 - Bude, 30 August 1917) was a prominent 1860)
• September 27 - Edgar Degas, French painter (b. Year 1860 ( MDCCLX) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year starting Events 489 - Odoacer attacks Theodoric at the Battle of Verona and is defeated again 1834)
• October 13 - Florence La Badie, Canadian actress (b. Year 1834 ( MDCCCXXXIV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Events 54 - Nero ascends to the Roman throne 409 - Vandals and Alans crossed the Pyrenees Florence ML La Badie (born possibly April 27, 1888 &ndash October 13, 1917) was a stage and Film actress in the 1888)
• October 15 - Mata Hari, Dutch dancer and spy (executed) (b. Year 1888 ( MDCCCLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Events 533 - Byzantine General Belisarius makes his formal entry into Carthage, having conquered it from the Mata Hari was the Stage name of Margaretha Geertruida " Grietje " Zelle ( August 7, 1876, Leeuwarden 1876)
• October 23 - Eugène Grasset, Swiss artist (b. Year 1876 ( MDCCCLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Events 4004 BC - Creation of the world begins according to the calculations of Archbishop James Ussher 42 BC - Eugène Samuel Grasset ( May 25, 1845 - October 23, 1917) was a Swiss decorative artist who worked in Paris France in a variety of 1845)
• October 28 - Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein (b. Year 1845 ( MDCCCXLV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 306 - Maxentius is proclaimed Roman Emperor. 312 - Battle of Milvian Bridge: Constantine For the son of Prince Christian see Prince Christian Victor of Schleswig-Holstein, or see Prince Christian. 1831)
• November 8 - Colin Blythe, English cricketer (b. Year 1831 ( MDCCCXXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Events 1519 - Hernán Cortés enters Tenochtitlán and Aztec ruler Moctezuma welcomes him with great a Celebration Colin Blythe (born May 30, 1879 in Deptford; died in World War I on the Forest Hall to Pimmern military railway line Belgium 1879)
• November 11 - Queen Liliuokalani of Hawai'i (b. Year 1879 ( MDCCCLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 308 - The Congress of Carnuntum: Attempting to keep peace within the Roman Empire, the leaders of the Tetrarchy declare Liliuokalani ( September 2, 1838 – November 11, 1917) born Lydia Liliu Loloku Walania Wewehi Kamakaeha, was the last 1838)
• November 15 - Émile Durkheim, French sociologist (b. Year 1838 ( MDCCCXXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Events 655 - Battle of Winwaed: Penda of Mercia is defeated by Oswiu of Northumbria. Émile Durkheim ( April 15, 1858 – November 15, 1917) was a French Sociologist whose contributions were instrumental 1858)
• November 17 - Neil James Archibald Primrose, MP (killed in action) (b. Year 1858 ( MDCCCLVIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Events 284 - Diocletian is proclaimed emperor by his soldiers Captain Neil James Archibald Primrose, MC ( 14 December 1882 – 15 November 1917) British Liberal politician and soldier 1882)
• November 17 - Auguste Rodin, French sculptor (b. Year 1882 ( MDCCCLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 284 - Diocletian is proclaimed emperor by his soldiers Auguste Rodin (born François-Auguste-René Rodin; November 12 1840–November 17 1917 was a French artist most famous as a sculptor. 1840)
• December 8 - Mendele Moykher Sforim, Russian Yiddish and Hebrew writer (b. Year 1840 ( MDCCCXL) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Events 1609 - Biblioteca Ambrosiana opens its reading room the second public library of Europe. Mendele Mocher Sforim (also Sfarim, מענדעלע מוכר ספֿרים) ( December 21, 1835 ( O 1836)
• December 10 - Mackenzie Bowell, Prime Minister of Canada (b. Year 1836 ( MDCCCXXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap Events 1041 - Empress Zoe of Byzantium elevates her adoptive son to the throne of the Eastern Roman Empire as Michael V WikipediaManual of Style (biographies#Honorific prefixes --> Sir Mackenzie Bowell, PC, KCMG The Prime Minister of Canada ( French: Premier ministre du Canada) is the primary Minister of the Crown, chairman of the Cabinet, and thus 1824)
• December 12 - Andrew Taylor Still, American father of osteopathy (b. Year 1824 ( MDCCCXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Events 627 - Battle of Nineveh: A Byzantine army under Emperor Heraclius defeats Emperor Khosrau II 's Persian Andrew Taylor Still ( August 6 1828 - December 12 1917) is considered the father of osteopathic medicine and Osteopathy 1828)
• December 28 - Alfred Edwin McKay, Canadian World War One flying ace (b. The year 1828 ( MDCCCXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap Events 1065 - Westminster Abbey is Consecrated. 1308 - The reign of Emperor Hanazono, Emperor of Captain Alfred Edwin “Eddie” McKay MC (27 December 1892 – 28 December 1917 was a Canadian Flying ace who flew with the Royal Flying Corps 1892)

Nobel prizes

• Physics - Charles Glover Barkla
• Chemistry - not awarded
• Medicine - not awarded
• Literature - Karl Adolph Gjellerup, Henrik Pontoppidan
• Peace - International Committee of the Red Cross

Notes

External links

• 1917 Coin Pictures

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