Since October 1917 passed approximately One Thousand Two Hundred and Sixty-Four months (1,263.9). This October started with Monday (40. week) and ended with Wednesday (44. week). This October had 31 days and 4 Sundays. On bottom of the page you can find calendar for October 1917.
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We found 54 events occured in October month in 1917.
• 1917. October 1 (Category: Births), Cahal Daly, Irish archbishop (d. 2009)
• 1917. October 2 (Category: Births), Charles Drake, American actor (d. 1994)
• 1917. October 2 (Category: Births), Christian de Duve, English biologist, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1917. October 4 (Category: Births), Violeta Parra, Chilean singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1967)
• 1917. October 4 (Category: Events), The Battle of Broodseinde fought between the British and German armies in Flanders.
• 1917. October 5 (Category: Births), Allen Ludden, American game show host (d. 1981)
• 1917. October 5 (Category: Births), Magda Szabó, Hungarian author (d. 2007)
• 1917. October 6 (Category: Births), Fannie Lou Hamer, American activist (d. 1977)
• 1917. October 7 (Category: Births), June Allyson, American actress (d. 2006)
• 1917. October 8 (Category: Births), Billy Conn, American boxer (d. 1993)
• 1917. October 8 (Category: Births), Danny Murtaugh, American baseball player (d. 1976)
• 1917. October 8 (Category: Births), Rodney Robert Porter, English biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1985)
• 1917. October 8 (Category: Births), Walter Lord, American author (d. 2002)
• 1917. October 10 (Category: Births), Thelonious Monk, American pianist and composer (d. 1982)
• 1917. October 12 (Category: Births), Roque Máspoli, Uruguayan footballer (d. 2004)
• 1917. October 12 (Category: Events), World War I: The First Battle of Passchendaele takes place resulting in the largest single day loss of life in New Zealand history.
• 1917. October 13 (Category: Births), Burr Tillstrom, American puppeteer (d. 1985)
• 1917. October 13 (Category: Births), George Osmond, American manager (d. 2007)
• 1917. October 13 (Category: Deaths), Florence La Badie, American actress (b. 1888)
• 1917. October 13 (Category: Events), The "Miracle of the Sun" is witnessed by an estimated 70,000 people in the Cova da Iria in Fátima, Portugal.
• 1917. October 15 (Category: Births), Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., American historian and critic (d. 2007)
• 1917. October 15 (Category: Births), Jan Miner, American actress (d. 2004)
• 1917. October 15 (Category: Deaths), Mata Hari, Dutch dancer (b. 1876)
• 1917. October 15 (Category: Events), World War I: At Vincennes outside of Paris, Dutch dancer Mata Hari is executed by firing squad for spying for the German Empire.
• 1917. October 16 (Category: Births), Alice Pearce, American actress (d. 1966)
• 1917. October 17 (Category: Births), Marsha Hunt, American actress
• 1917. October 17 (Category: Births), Sumner Locke Elliott, Australian-American author (d. 1991)
• 1917. October 17 (Category: Events), First British bombing of Germany in World War I.
• 1917. October 19 (Category: Births), Walter Munk, Austrian-American oceanographer
• 1917. October 19 (Category: Births), William Joel Blass, American lawyer and politician (d. 2012)
• 1917. October 19 (Category: Events), The Love Field in Dallas, Texas is opened.
• 1917. October 20 (Category: Births), Jean-Pierre Melville, French director (d. 1973)
• 1917. October 21 (Category: Births), Dizzy Gillespie, American trumpet player, bandleader, and composer (d. 1993)
• 1917. October 22 (Category: Births), Joan Fontaine, Japanese-American actress
• 1917. October 22 (Category: Deaths), Bob Fitzsimmons, English boxer (b. 1863)
• 1917. October 23 (Category: Events), Lenin calls for the October Revolution.
• 1917. October 24 (Category: Events), Battle of Caporetto; Italy suffers a catastrophic defeat by the forces of Austria-Hungary and Germany on the Austro-Italian front of World War I (lasts until 19 November - also called Twelfth Battle of the Isonzo).
• 1917. October 25 (Category: Births), Lee MacPhail, American baseball manager and executive (d. 2012)
• 1917. October 25 (Category: Events), Traditionally understood date of the October Revolution, involving the capture of the Winter Palace, Petrograd, Russia. The date refers to the Julian Calendar date, and corresponds with November 7 in the Gregorian calendar.
• 1917. October 26 (Category: Events), World War I: Battle of Caporetto; Italy suffers a catastrophic defeat at the forces of Austria-Hungary and Germany. The young unknown Oberleutnant Erwin Rommel captures Mount Matajur with only 100 Germans against a force of over 7000 Italians.
• 1917. October 26 (Category: Events), World War I: Brazil declared in state of war with Central Powers.
• 1917. October 27 (Category: Births), Augustine Harris, English bishop (d. 2007)
• 1917. October 27 (Category: Births), Oliver Tambo, South African politician (d. 1993)
• 1917. October 27 (Category: Deaths), Arthur Rhys-Davids, English pilot (b. 1897)
• 1917. October 28 (Category: Births), Jack Soo, American actor (d. 1979)
• 1917. October 28 (Category: Deaths), Dimitrios Votsis, Greek politician (b. 1841)
• 1917. October 28 (Category: Deaths), Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein (b. 1831)
• 1917. October 29 (Category: Births), Eddie Constantine, American-French actor and singer (d. 1993)
• 1917. October 30 (Category: Births), Bobby Bragan, American baseball player (d. 2010)
• 1917. October 30 (Category: Births), Maurice Trintignant, French race car driver (d. 2005)
• 1917. October 30 (Category: Births), Nikolai Ogarkov, Soviet field marshal (d. 1994)
• 1917. October 30 (Category: Deaths), Talbot Mercer Papineau, Canadian lawyer and soldier (b. 1883)
• 1917. October 31 (Category: Births), William Hardy McNeill, Canadian historian
• 1917. October 31 (Category: Events), World War I: Battle of Beersheba – "last successful cavalry charge in history".
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