What Happened In July 1917 In History

Historical Events for July, 1917

• 2nd » The East St. Louis Riots end.
• 6th » World War I: Arabian troops led by T. E. Lawrence ("Lawrence of Arabia") and Auda ibu Tayi capture Battle of Aqaba known as Aqaba from the Ottoman Empire during the Arab Revolt.
• 12th » The Bisbee Deportation occurs as vigilantes kidnapping kidnap and deportation deport nearly 1,300 strike action striking miners and others from Bisbee, Arizona.
• 17th » King George V issues a Proclamation stating that the male line descendants of the British Royal Family will bear the surname House of Windsor named Windsor.
• 20th » World War I: The Corfu Declaration, which leads to the creation of the post-World War I known as war Kingdom of Yugoslavia, is signed by the Yugoslav Committee and Kingdom of Serbia.
• 25th » Sir Robert Borden introduces the first Income taxes in Canada or income tax in Canada as a "temporary" measure (lowest bracket is 4% and highest is 25%).
• 27th » The Allies of World War I e.g Allies reach the Yser or Yser Canal at the Battle of Passchendaele.

Famous Birthdays on July in 1917

• 1st » Humphry Osmond, English-American psychiatrist (d. 2004)
• 2nd » Murry Wilson, American songwriter, producer, and manager (d. 1973)
• 3rd » João Saldanha, Brazilian footballer, manager, and journalist (d. 1990)
• 4th » Manolete, Spanish bullfighter (d. 1947)
• 6th » Arthur Lydiard, New Zealand runner and coach (d. 2004)
• 7th » Fidel Sánchez Hernández, Salvadoran general and politician, President of El Salvador (d. 2003)
• 8th » Pamela Brown (actress) known as Pamela Brown, English actress (d. 1975)
• 8th » Faye Emerson, American-Spanish actress and singer (d. 1983)
• 8th » J. F. Powers, American author (d. 1999)
• 10th » Hugh Alexander (baseball) called Hugh Alexander, American baseball player and scout (d. 2000)
• 10th » Don Herbert, American television host and producer (d. 2007)
• 10th » Reg Smythe, English cartoonist (d. 1998)
• 12th » Andrew Wyeth, American painter (d. 2009)
• 14th » George Bookasta, American actor and director (d. 2014)
• 15th » Nur Muhammad Taraki, Afghan politician (d. 1979)
• 17th » Bijon Bhattacharya, Indian actor, singer, and screenwriter (d. 1978)
• 17th » Lou Boudreau, American baseball player and manager (d. 2001)
• 17th » Phyllis Diller, American comedian, actress, and singer (d. 2012)
• 17th » Kenan Evren, Turkish general and politician, 7th President of Turkey
• 17th » Christiane Rochefort, French author (d. 1998)
• 18th » Henri Salvador, French singer (d. 2008)
• 18th » Paul Streeten, Austrian-American economist and academic
• 19th » William Scranton, American captain and politician, 13th United States Ambassador to the United Nations (d. 2013)
• 21st » Alan B. Gold, Canadian jurist (d. 2005)
• 24th » Robert Farnon, Canadian trumpet player, composer, and conductor (d. 2005)
• 24th » Jack Moroney, Australian cricketer (d. 1999)
• 25th » Fritz Honegger, Swiss politician (d. 1999)
• 25th » Whipper Billy Watson, Canadian-American wrestler and trainer (d. 1990)
• 27th » Bourvil, French actor and singer (d. 1970)
• 29th » Rochus Misch, German SS officer (d. 2013)
• 31st » Jini Dellaccio, American photographer (d. 2014)

Famous Deaths for July 1917

• 8th » Tom Thomson, Canadian painter (b. 1877)
• 14th » Octave Lapize, French cyclist (b. 1887)
• 16th » Philipp Scharwenka, German composer and educator (b. 1847)
• 27th » Emil Theodor Kocher, Swiss physician, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine called Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1841)
• 28th » Waldemar Tietgens, German rower (b. 1879)
• 31st » Francis Ledwidge, Irish soldier and poet (b. 1881)
• 31st » Hedd Wyn, Welsh soldier and poet (b. 1887)

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