Timeline October 1917

Events in October 1917 10

• 1917 Apparitions of Fátima The Miracle of the Sun Three shepherd children reported visions of the Virgin Mary, making Fátima a global pilgrimage site.
• 1917 – 2006 June Allyson (1917-2006) American actress and singer, MGM's girl next door of the 1940s and 1950s.
• 1917 June Allyson born in New York June Allyson is born in New York.
• 1917 – 1982 Thelonious Monk (1917-1982) Died 17 February 1982, aged 64 American jazz pianist and composer, a pioneer of bebop and modern jazz harmony. He died following a stroke after years of declining health and public silence.
• 1917 Mata Hari executed for espionage Dutch dancer shot by French firing squad Margaretha Zelle, known by her stage name Mata Hari, was convicted by French military authorities of spying for Germany and executed by firing squad outside Paris. Her trial and death made her one of the most enduring symbols of espionage in popular culture.
• 1917 – 2013 Joan Fontaine (1917-2013) British-American actress, star of Rebecca and the only actor to win an Oscar for a Hitchcock film.
• 1917 Joan Fontaine born in Tokyo Joan Fontaine is born in Tokyo.
• 1917 Battle of Caporetto Austro-German breakthrough routs the Italian army A combined Austro-Hungarian and German offensive shattered the Italian front near Caporetto, forcing a chaotic retreat of over 100 kilometers and huge losses in prisoners and equipment. The disaster led to a change in Italian military command and the word "Caporetto" becoming synonymous with catastrophic defeat in Italian.
• 1917 Caporetto Isonzo, Italy A German-Austrian attack using new infiltration tactics broke the Italian line and drove it back 80 miles. Italy lost 300,000 men, most of them prisoners.
• 1917 Battle of Beersheba Australian and New Zealand cavalry seize Ottoman stronghold A mounted charge by Australian Light Horse units captured the town of Beersheba and its wells from Ottoman defenders, opening the way for the British advance into Palestine. The action is remembered as one of the last successful large-scale cavalry charges in modern warfare.