Today in History for February 1917

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Historical Events

Events 1 - 21 of 21

1st - Admiral Tirpitz announces unlimited submarine war
3rd - US liner Housatonic sunk by German sub & diplomatic relations severed
4th - Belgium Council of Flanders established
5th - Congress overrides Wilson's veto, curtailing Asian immigration
5th - Morosco Theater opens at 217 W 45th St NYC (demolished 1982)
5th - Present Mexican constitution adopted
10th - Johanna Westerdijk installed as Neth 1st female professor
15th - SF Public Library (Main Branch at Civic center) dedicated
16th - 1st synagogue in 425 years opens in Madrid
20th - Ammunitions ship explodes in Archangelsk harbor, about 1,500 die
20th - Kern, Bolton & Wodehouse's musical "Oh, Boy!," premieres in NYC
21st - British Mendi sinks off Isle of Wight, 627 die
21st - Train near Chirurcha Romania catches fire & explodes; 100s die
22nd - German Navy torpedoes 7 Dutch ships
23rd - February revolution begins in Russia
24th - German plan to get Mexican help in WW I exposed (Zimmerman telegram)
24th - Red Sox sell Smokey Joe Wood, his arm dead at 26, to Cleve for $15,000
24th - Russian revolution breaks out (3/8 NS)
26th - 1st Annual fair at Utrecht Harbor (Netherlands)
28th - AP reports Mexico & Japan will allie with Germany if US enters WW I
28th - Russian Duma sets up Provisional Committee; workers set up Soviets

Famous Birthdays

Birthdays 1 - 31 of 31

4th - Aga Yahya Khan, Pakistan military/politician
6th - Zsa Zsa Gabor, [Zsa Sari], Budapest, actress (Queen of Outer Space)
6th - Arthur Gold, Toronto, Canada, pianist
6th - Liberato Firmino Sifonia, composer
7th - Dick Emery, London England, actor (Yellow Submarine, Loot, Baby Love)
11th - Richard Jock Kinneir, graphic designer
11th - Sidney Sheldon, novelist (1947 Academy Award, 1959 Tony, Bloodline)
11th - T. Nagi Reddy, Indian revolutionary (d. 1976)
12th - Thomas K Scherman, NYC, conductor (Little Orch Society 1947-75)
12th - Raizo Matsuno, Japanese politician (d. 2006)
13th - Polly Rose, actress (Myrtle-Love That Jill)
14th - Herbert A Hauptman, NYC, x-ray crystallographer (Nobel 1985)
17th - Abdur Rahman Badawi, Egyptian philosopher (d. 2002)
17th - Guillermo González Camarena, Mexican inventor (d. 1965)
18th - Phyllis Calvert, London, actress (Man in Grey)
19th - Carson McCullers, US, novelist (Heart Is a Lonely Hunter)
20th - Frederick Page, CEO (British Aerospace Aircraft Group)
21st - Victor G M Marijnen, Dutch premier (1963-65)
21st - Lucille Bremer, American actress (d. 1996)
Novelist Sidney Sheldon (11th) 22nd - Harmen van Rossum, civil servant/resistance fighter (WW II)
22nd - Jack Robertson, cricketer (superb Engld batsman only played 11 Tests)
22nd - Jane Bowles, writer
23rd - Kenneth Tobey, actor (Chuck-Whirlybirds) [or Mar 23]
24th - William Fairbank, Minneapolis, physicist (superconductivity)
25th - Alex Gordon, architect
25th - Anthony Burgess, essayist/novelist (Clockwork Orange)
25th - Asta E R Elstak, Suriname/Dutch social worker
26th - Robert Taft Jr, (Sen-R-Oh)
27th - John Connally, (Gov-D/R-Texas), shot in Kennedy motorcade
28th - Hans Deutgen, Sweden, world champion archer
28th - John B Connally, (Gov/Sen-D/R-Tx), took a bullet with JFK

Famous Deaths

Deaths 1 - 12 of 12

5th - Paul Rubens, composer, dies at 41
5th - Jaber II Al-Sabah, Emir of Kuwait (b. 1860)
6th - Edouard A Drumont, French anti-semite journalist, dies at 72
9th - Francis Allan, cricket bowler (lefty in 1879 Aust-Eng Test), dies
10th - Emile Pessard, composer, dies at 73
10th - John William Waterhouse, Italian-born artist (b. 1849)
11th - Oswaldo Cruz, Brazilian physician (b. 1872)
13th - Joel Angel, Russian musicologist/composer, dies at 48
15th - Charles A van Ophuysen, Dutch orientalist, dies at 60
16th - Octave Mirbeau, French writer (b. 1848)
17th - Edmund Bishop, English secretary of Thomas Carlyle, dies at 70
18th - Charles E Barber, US chief engraver (1879-1917), dies