1917

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events

see also: List of the heads of state 1917

• 13. May: Alleged Marienerscheinung in Fátima
• 7. June: Establishment of Lions club international
• 14. June: With its 6. Clearing-up travel is shot the Zeppelin LZ92 by a British combat aircraft

politics

• 1. January: Grigori Jefimowitsch Rasputin, advisor of Zar Nikolaus II. dead from the Newa one saves
• 1. January: Edmund Schulthess becomes new Federal President of Switzerland
• 27. January: Putsch in Costa Rica
• 1. February: The First World War. Germany explains the unrestricted submarine war
• 5. February: In Mexico the first condition announces
• 13. February: Mata Hari is arrested in Paris.
• 8. March: In the February revolution (after Julian calendar 23. February) is fallen into Russia the Romanow - dynasty
• 11. March: Zar Nikolaus II. gives shooting instruction against the insurgent February revolution.
• 6. April: The First World War. The United States explain the war Denmark
• to Germany sell the young remote islands to the United States
• 16. April: Vladimir Iljitsch Lenin turns 24 with German assistance to Russia
• back. October: The First World War. Beginning of the battle of Karfreit, in which Austria Hungary advances against Italy to to the Piave.
• 2. November: In the Balfour declaration the British minister of foreign affairs Arthur Earl OF Balfour assures to the representative of the zionistischen movement lord Rothschild country in Palestine for the establishment of a zionistischen „national homestead “. At this time the osmanische realm, to which up to then the region Palestine belonged, of the British with force of arms is from there displaced (9. December: Income Jerusalems)
• 7. November: In the October Revolution (after Julian calendar 25. Octobers) in Russia fall the Bolsheviks the provisional government and take over power
• 20. November: The First World War. The British army starts an offensive against the Germans, with which it uses several hundred tanks with Cambrai. The battle demands several ten thousand dead ones and hurt one and ends without result
• to 6. December: In Helsinki the federal state parliament explains the independence of Finland from Russia
• 7. December: The First World War. The United States explain the war [

economics

• 22. December: The standardization committee of the German industry (forerunner DIN) is created
• based the Federal reserve system in New York
• taking place the first sample fair Basel

science and technology

culture

• 23. February: Premiere of the opera Mlada of César Cui at the Michailovskij teatr in sank Petersburg
• 11. May: Premiere of the opera Turandot. A Chinese fable of Ferruccio Busoni at the city theatre in Zurich

• the Pulitzer price for the first time lent
• establishment of the Netherlands group of artists De Stijl

disasters

• 14. January: The tank cruiser „Tsukuba “(Japan) sinks after a fire and the explosion of the ammunition chambers in the Yokosuka bay. 200 dead ones under the 817 men strong crew
• 21. January: An earthquake of unknown quantity strength on Bali, Indonesia demands approx. 15.000 dead ones
• 30. July: An earthquake of the strength 6.5 in China, approx. 1.800 dead ones
• 6. December: The French explosive freighter „Mont blank “explodes in the port of Halifax (Canada). 2.000 dead ones, over 2.000 missed ones, 9,000 and 25,000 homeless people and thus the largest and most devastating human being-made explosion before the release of the first atom bomb over Hiroshima hurt; see Halifax explosion
• 12. December: Train accident with Modane/France, at least 543 dead ones

sport

• 22. November: Establishment that national Hockey League. The first play day was then to 19. December
• entries of athlete IC world records see under the respective discipline under Leichtathletik.

born

• 1. January: Erwin Axer, Polish theatre director
• 1. January: Jule Gregory Charney, US-American Meteoroligist († 1981)
• 3. January: Alexander Spoerl, dt. Writer († 1978)
• 5. January: How/as country Wagner, German opera director and stage designer († 1966)
• 5. January: Fred move, Austrian writer
• 10. January: Hilde Krahl, Austrian actress († 1999)
• 12. January: Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, vedischer scholar
• 16. January: Justin Ahomadegbé Tomêtin, former president of Benin († 2002)
• 17. January: M. G. Ramachandran, Indian Filmschauspieler and politician († 1987)
• 18. January: Vassilis Tsitsanis, Greek singer, composer and Bouzouki Virtuose († 1984)
• 19. January: Rudolf Maros, Hungarian composer († 1982)
• 20. January: Bruno tail, German politician († 1989)
• 22. January: Rainer Brambach, Swiss writer († 1983)
• 23. January: Lotte Buschan, German opera singer
• 23. January: Ernest Borgnine, US-American actor
• 25. January: Jânio Quadros, president of Brazil († 1992)
• 1. February: Jale Inan, Turkish archaeologist († 2001)
• 2. February: Karl of gas, documentary film directors and propagandist of the GDR
• 4. February: Franz Josef brook, German politician and member of the Bundestag
• 5. February: Otto nobleman, Austrian singer († 2003)
• 6. February: Hermann Schmidt, German politician († 1983)
• 6. February: Zsa Zsa Gabor, US-American-Hungarian actress
• 12. February: Aluminium Cervi, US-American basketball player
• 16. February: Adalbert Pilch, Austrian painter and commercial artist († 2004)
• 16. February: Willi Weyer, German sport functionary († 1987)
• 19. February: Margarete Neumann, German Lyrikerin and authoress († 2002)
• 19. February: Fritz Rudolf Schultz, German politician
• 19. February: Carson McCullers, US-American authoress († 1967)
• 23. February: Harsh ore desire, Austrian table tennis player († 1970)
• 24. February: Hans's hard TIG, German composer
• 25. February: Anthony Burgess, writer († 1993)
• 27. February: John Connally, US-American politician, governor von Texas, Minister of Finance († 1993)
• 1. March: Dinah shore, US-American singer († 1994)
• 1. March: Robert Lowell, US-American poet († 1977)
• 2. March: Desi Arnaz, Colombian musician and actor († 1986)
• 3. March: Eisner, US-American Comic draughtsman († 2005 ) wants
• 8. March: Leslie fiddler, US-American literature scientist and - critics († 2003)
• 9. March: Ian Watts, British literary critic and literature historian († 1999)
• 11. March: Günter Goetzendorff, German politician († 2000)
• 12. March: Leonard Chess, Polish-US-American entrepreneur († 1969)
• 15. March: Elfie Mayerhofer, Austrian film actress and singer († 1992)
• 19. March: Dinu Lipatti, Romanian pianist and composer († 1950)
• 19. March: László Szabó, Hungarian chess player († 1998)
• 20. March: Jigael Jadin, Israeli archaeologist, politician and general staff boss of the Israeli army († 1984)
• 24. March: Otto Rösch, Austrian politician and lawyer († 1995)
• 26. March: Rufus Thomas, US-amerikanischer Blues musician († 2001)
• 27. March: Cyrus Vance, US Secretary of State under Jimmy Carter († 2002)
• 2. April: Maria gets, Austrian theatre and film actress († 1980)
• to 2. April: Iris of red one, Swiss Juristin, lady journalist and Frauenrechtlerin († 1990)
• 3. April: Rembert van Delden, German politician († 1999)
• 5. April: Robert Bloch, US-American author († 1994)
• 7. April: Albert sing, football player, football coach
• 9. April: Johannes Bobrowski, German poet, storyteller, Nachdichter and essayist († 1965)
• 9. April: Rolf Kauka, German Comic artist and publisher (father of fixed and Foxi) († 2000)
• 9. April: Brad Dexter, US-American Filmschauspieler and film producer († 2002)
• 10. April: Robert B. Woodward, chemist († 1979)
• 12. April: Robert Manzon, Formel-1-Rennfahrer
• 16. April: Charlotte Salomon, German painter († 1943)
• 25. April: Ella Fitzgerald, US-American jazz singer († 1996)
• 26. April: Ieoh Ming Pei, Chinese-American architect
• 29. April: Urie Bronfenbrenner, development psychologist († 2005)
• 29. April: Maya of them, US-American rain eating urine († 1961)
• 7. May: David Tomlinson, British actor († 2000)
• 10. May: Briefly fire, German Science Fiction writer († 1991)
• 14. May: Lou Harrison, US-American composer († 2003)
• 20. May: Tony Cliff, British socialist († 2000)
• 21. May: Raymond Burr, theatre, television and Filmschauspieler († 1993)
• 23. May: Edward N. Lorenz, professor of the meteorology
• 26. May: Isabella Nadolny, German authoress († 2004)
• 28. May: Dad John Creach, US-American violonist († 1994)
• 29. May: Miguel Ablóniz, Italian guitarist, paedagogue and composer
• 29. May: John F. Kennedy, US-American politician, 35. President of the USA († 1963)
• 29. May: Hansmartin Decker Hauff, German historian and Genealoge
• 31. May: Jean Rouch, French director († 2004)
• 1. June: Otto Esser, German employer president († 2004)
• 2. June: Heinz Sielmann, Tierfilmer and television moderator
• 4. June: Robert Merrill, US-American opera singer (Bariton) († 2004)
• 6. June: Kirk Kerkorian, US-amerikanischer entrepreneur and billionaire
• 7. June: Alfred C. Gimson, English linguist († 1985)
• 8. June: Otto Betz, German theologian and university professor († 2005)
• 9. June: Eric Hobsbawm, British historian
• 13. June: Augusto Roa Bastos, novelist of Paraguay († 2005)
• 14. June: Old same suppl., Norwegian professor of the mathematicians
• 15. June: Karl stone book, German cyberneticist, message technician and information theoretician († 2005)
• 15. June: John B. Fenn, US-American chemist, Nobelpreisträger for chemistry 2002
• 16. June: Rudolf cellar, German chess player († 1993)
• 16. June: Pawel Alexandrowitsch Solowjow, Soviet engine designer († 1996)
• 18. June: Theo Schöller, German entrepreneur († 2004)
• 19. June: Joshua Nkomo, simbabwischer politician († 1999)
• 30. June: Lena Horne, US-American singer
• 1. July: Rolf Rodenstock, German entrepreneur, 1978-84 chairmen of the Federal association of the German industry († 1997)
• 2. July: Hans Friedrich, German politician
• 6. July: Arthur Lydiard, athlete IC coach of New Zealand († 2004)
• 7. July: Yakovos Bilek, German basketball coach († 2005)
• 7. July: Larry O'Brien, US-amerikanischer manager, third Commissioner of the NBA († 1990)
• 17. July: Margarete Mitscherlich, Psychoanalytikerin, Medizinerin and authoress
• 18. July: Henri Salvador, French singer
• 19. July: Fulbert Youlou, former president of the Republic of the Congo († 1972)
• 22. July: Adam Malik, minister of foreign affairs of Indonesia
• 23. July: Gisela Voss, German light athlete († 2005)
• 25. July: Fritz Honegger, Swiss politician († 1999)
• 27. July: Bourvil, French actor († 1970)
• 28. July: Brigitte Schröder, († 2000)
• 3. August: Rudolf Gnägi, Swiss politician († 1985)
• 4. August: Karl Wlaschek, Austrian entrepreneur
• 11. August: Inge Aicher Scholl, culture-creative and authoress; Sister of brothers and sisters Scholl († 1998)
• 11. August: Dik Browne, US-American Comiczeichner († 1989)
• 12. August: Adolf citizen, eye-witness of the money counterfeiter workshop of the KZ Saxonia living and survivor of several KZ
• 13. August: Ulrich house man, German archaeologist († 1996)
• 15. August: Hans Bals, German politician, MdB († 2004)
• 15. August: OSCAR Romero, Roman-catholic bishop († 1980)
• 18. August: Caspar Weinberger, US-American politician and Secretary of Defense
• 19. August: Heinz Benthien, German table tennis player († 1981)
• 22. August: John Lee Hooker, Bluesmusiker († 2001)
• 22. August: By differently Fogelström, Swedish writer († 1998)
• 23. August: Tex Williams, US-American Country singer and picking up vein († 1985)
• 25. August: Lou van Burg, Netherlands-German Showmaster and entertainer († 1986)
• 28. August: Jack Kirby, Comiczeichner († 1994)
• 29. August: John Leonard King, British industrial leader († 2005)
• 2. September: Nazaire De Wolf, Belgian composer and picking up vein († 1983)
• 2. September: Laurindo Almeida, Brazilian jazz musician († 1995)
• 3. September: Paul Zoungrana, Erzbischof von Ouagadougou and Kardinal of the Roman-catholic church († 2000)
• 4. September: Henry Ford II, grandchild of Henry Ford, Präsident Ford engine company of 1945-1960 († 1987)
• 5. September: Jean Bertin, French engineer of the aviation technology († 1975)
• 6. September: Philipp baron von Boeselager, German resistance fighter
• 6. September: Hilde summer, German light athlete
• 7. September: John W. Cornforth, Australian chemist
• 7. September: Jenny Aloni, GermanIsraeli authoress († 1993)
• 9. September: Rolf Wenkhaus, German actor († 1942)
• 10. September: Miguel Serrano, Chilean politician and writer
• 12. September: Han Suyin, Chinese lady doctor and English-speaking authoress
• 12. September: Jürgen Seydel, German Karateka
• 14. September: Rudolf tree gardner, Swiss Violinist and conductor († 2002)
• 15. September: Hilde Güden, Austrian Koloratursopranistin and chamber singer († 1988)
• 16. September: Alexander Schmorell, joint founder of the group of resistances white rose († 1943)
• 17. September: Isang Yun, Korean composer († 1995)
• 20. September: Fernando Rey, Spanish actor († 1994)
• 20. September: Talk Auerbach, US-American basketball coach
• 20. September: Władysław ruby, bishop of Gnesen and cardinal († 1990)
• 24. September: Otto Gün, SS-Hauptsturmführer and personal aide of Hitler († 2003)
• 30. September: Ferdinand Marcos, president of the Philippines († 1989)
• 30. September: Park Chung hee, South Korean politician († 1979)
• 30. September: Buddy smell, US-American jazz Schlagzeuger († 1987)
• 1. October: Cahal Brendan Daly, archbishop of Armagh and cardinal
• 2. October: Christian de Duve, Belgian biochemist
• 3. October: Erich Hans Apel, SED functionary and chairman of the national plan commission († 1965)
• 8. October: Rodney R. Porter, English biochemist († 1985)
• 10. October: Thelonious Monk, US-American jazz pianist and - composer († 1982)
• 13. October: Ulrich Sahm (Ambassador), German diplomat and Ambassador († 2005)
• 14. October: Violeta Parra, Chilean folklore musician († 1967)
• 15. October: Arthur M. Schlesinger, historian
• 20. October: Jean Pierre Melville, French film director († 1973)
• 21. October: Lindanor Celina, Brazilian authoress († 2003)
• 21. October: Heinz Oskar cousins, German trade unionist and politician († 1990)
• 21. October: Dizzy Gillespie, US-American jazz musician, composer, singer and picking up vein († 1993)
• 27. October: Olive Tambo, South African anti-distinctive-heat politicians († 1993)
• 29. October: Eddie Constantine, US-American Filmschauspieler († 1993)
• 30. October: Maurice Trintignant, French author driver († 2005)
• 31. October: Heinz Musculus, German caricaturist, draughtsman and Illustrator († 1976)
• 5. November: Jacqueline Auriol, French female pilot, broke through the sound barrier († 2000) as a first woman
• 6. November: András Mihály, Hungarian composer († 1993)
• 7. November: Lew Jefimowitsch Kerbel, Soviet sculptor († 2003)
• 7. November: Helen Suzman, South African politician
• 10. November: Lloyd Cutler, US-American lawyer († 2005)
• 12. November: Jo Stafford, US-American singer
• 14. November: Ansley Coale, US-American demographer († 2002)
• 15. November: John Whiting, British dramatist († 1963)
• 19. November: Indira Gandhi, Indian politician and Prime Minister minister († 1984)
• 22. November: Andrew falling thing Huxley, English bio physicist and physiologist, Nobelpreisträger
• 22. November: Jean Étienne Marie, French composer
• 23. November: Michael Gough (actor), British actor
• 23. November: John new country, US-American film director, actor and film script author († 2000)
• 26. November: Robert Conquest, British historian
• 26. November: Edgar Barth, German running driver († 1965)
• 29. November: Merle Travis, Country musician and Songwriter († 1983)
• 29. November: Harsh ore Carpenter (reporter), German radio reporter († 1966)
• 1. December: Gerd Schmückle, general
• 3. December: Manuel Solís Palma, 41. President of Panama
• 6. December: Hans Verbeek, former member of the German federal daily († 1966)
• 6. December: Kamal Dschumblat, Lebanese politician († 1977)
• 8. December: Albert Baldauf, German politician and MdB († 1991)
• 9. December: James Rainwater, US-American physicist († 1986)
• 12. December: Joseph Albert Malula, Erzbischof von Kinshasa and Kardinal († 1989)
• 16. December: Arthur C. Clarke, Science Fiction author
• 17. December: Kriangsak Chomanan, prime minister of Thailand (of 1977 and 1980) († 2003)
• 18. December: Ossie Davis, US-American actor († 2005)
• 18. December: Eddie „Cleanhead “Vinson, US-American jazz musician († 1988)
• 20. December: David Bohm, quantum physicist in the USA († 1992)
• 21. December: Heinrich Boell, German writer and literature Nobelpreisträger († 1985)
• 26. December: Rose Mary Woods, US-American secretary of Richard Nixon († 2005)

died

• 2. January: Edward Tylor, British Anthropologe (* 1832)
• 10. January: William Frederick Cody, admits 11 as „Buffalo Bill “, famous buffalo hunter ( * 1846
• ). January: Hans Chemin Petit, German composer (* 1864)
• 31. January: Otto Finsch, buyer, Ethnologe, Ornithologe (* 1839)
• 23. February: Jean Gaston Darboux, French mathematician (* 1842)
• 8. March: Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin, German airship technical designer (* 1838)
• 17. March: Franz Brentano, German philosopher and psychologist (* 1838)
• 17. March: Cæsar Peter Møller Boeck, Norwegian dermatologist (* 1845)
• 31. March: Emil von Behring, German physician and Nobelpreisträger (* 1854)
• 1. April: Scott Joplin, US-American musician (rising up time composer) (* 1868)
• 2. April: Jindřich Kafka, Czech composer (* 1844)
• 14. April: Ludwik Lejzer Zamenhof, Polish optician (Esperanto - founders) (* 1859)
• 24. April: OSCAR Blumenthal, German writer and stage author (* 1852)
• 1. May: William Knox D'Arcy, British entrepreneur (* 1849)
• 11. May: Otto Klauwell, German composer (* 1851)
• 3. June: Louis Gathmann, engineer and inventor (* 1843)
• 12. June: Teresa Carreño, venezolanische Pianistin and Komponistin (* 1853)
• 15. June: Friedrich Robert helmet ore, German Geodät and mathematician (* 1843)
• 17. June: Karl goal gas, German football national player (* 1882)
• 26. June: Dragutin Dimitrijević, Serbian officer (* 1876)
• 27. June: Gustav of Schmoller, German national economy teacher (* 1838)
• 14. July: Octave Lapize, French wheel running driver (* 1887)
• 27. July: Emil T. Digester, Swiss physician and Nobelpreisträger (* 1841)
• 3. August: Eduard Buchner, German chemist, Nobelpreisträger (* 1860)
• 3. August: Ferdinand George Frobenius, German mathematician (* 1849)
• 20. August: Johann Friedrich William Adolf of Baeyer, German chemist (* 1835)
• 29. August: Albert Grey, 4. Earl Grey, British politician and statesman (* 1851)
• 5. September: Albin Köbis, German sailor and a leader of the sailor rebellion, executed (* 1892)
• 29. September: Edgar Degas, French painter and sculptor (* 1834)
• 5. October: Guglielmo Ciardo, Italian painter (* 1842)
• 15. October: Mata Hari, Netherlands dancer (* 1876)
• 16. October: Walter Flex, German poet (* 1887)
• 30. October: Heinrich Gontermann, German pilot from that 1. World war (* 1896)
• 3. November: Léon Bloy, French writer (* 1846)
• 11. November: Liliuokalani, last queen of Hawaii (* 1838)
• 15. November: Emile Durkheim, French sociologist (* 1858)
• 17. November: Augusts Rodin, French painter and sculptor (* 1840)
• 24. November: Hermann Vöchting, German Botaniker (* 1847)
• 26. November: Leander rigidly Jameson, British physician and politician (* 1853)
• 8. December: Mendele Moicher Sforim, jiddischer writer (* 1835)
• 8. December: Alexander Kisch, Rabbiner (* 1848)
• 17. December: Josef Riehl, considerably at the development of animal oil takes part (* 1842)
• 20. December: Lucien Petit Breton, French wheel running driver (* 1882)
• 21. December: William Trübner, German landscape painter (* 1851)

• Emile Augusts Carolus Duran, was a French painter (* 1837)

Nobelpreise

• physics: Charles Glover Barkla
• literature: Karl Gjellerup, Henrik Pontoppidan
• the Nobel peace prize: International committee of the red cross

Nobelpreise for chemistry or physiology or medicine were not lent.

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