Jun 12 Secret Service extends protection of president to his family

Jun 07 Battle of Messines, Belgium

Jun 20 J Palisa discovers asteroid #876 Scott

Jun 17 The birth of Dean Martin, American film actor and singer

Jun 07 Crpl Samuel Frickleton, 3rd Battalion, 3rd NZ (Rifle) Brigade, won the Victoria Cross at Messines, Belgium

Jun 19 After WW I King George V ordered members of British royal family to dispense with German titles &surnames, they take the name Windsor

Jun 26 The first American Expeditionary Force arrive in France during WW I

Jun 27 Ultonia, built for Cunard by Swan Hunter at Wallsend on Tyne, of 8845 tons, she was sunk by the German submarine U53 190 miles south west of the Fastnet Rock. Two people were killed.

Jun 05 10 million US men begin registering for draft in WW I

Jun 16 The first Congress of Soviets convene in Russia

Dec 15 Moldavian Republic declares independence from Russia

Dec 12 Rev Edward Flanagan founded Boys Town outside Omaha NB

Dec 03 Prv. Henry James Nicholas, 1st Battalion, Canterbury Infantry Regiment, won the Victoria Cross at Polderhoek, Belgium

Dec 06 At 9:05 A.M., in the harbor of Halifax in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, the most devastating man-made explosion in the pre-nuclear age occurs when the Mont Blanc, a French munitions ship, explodes twenty minutes after colliding with another vessel.

Dec 09 British forces capture Jerusalem

Dec 07 US becomes 13th country to declare war on Austria during World War I

Dec 11 13 black soldiers hanged for alleged participation in Houston riot

Dec 12 French troop train derails in French Alps killing 543

Dec 06 At 9 05 A.M., in the harbor of Halifax in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, the most devastating man-made explosion in the pre-nuclear age occurs when the Mont Blanc, a French munitions ship, explodes twenty minutes after colliding with another vessel.

Dec 01 Father Edward Flanagan founded Boys Town

Dec 20 Second conscription referendum in Australia and among forces overseas Proposal to introduce conscription defeated TOP

Dec 06 Finland declares independence from Russia (National Day)

Dec 26 Fed government took over operation of American RR for duration of WW I

Dec 11 German-occupied Lithuania proclaims independence from Russia

Aug 28 10 suffragists arrested as they picket the White House

Aug 06 The birth of Robert Mitchum, American actor

Aug 15 Prv. Michael James O'Rourke (7th Cdn. infantry Batt.) wins the Victoria Cross at Hill 70 France

Aug 18 Capt. (acting Major) Okill Massey Learmonth (2nd Cdn. Infantry Batt.) wins the Victoria Cross at Hill 70, France

Aug 21 Cpl. Fliip Konowal (47th Cdn. Infantry Batt.) wins the Victoria Cross at Hill 70, France

Aug 27 Squadron of minesweepers departs U.S. for service off France

Aug 01 Start of Third Battle of Ypres – Australian soldiers in action at Menin Road, Glencorse Wood, Polygon Wood, Broodseinde Ridge and Passchendaele

Aug 18 Sgt. Fredrick Hobson (20th Cdn. infanctry Batt.) wins the Victoria Cross at Hill 70, France

Aug 23 Race riot in Houston Texas (2 blacks & 11 whites killed)

Aug 19 Sunday benefit baseball game at the Polo Grounds results in John McGraw andChristy Mathewson's arrest

Aug 14 China declares war on Germany and Austria at start of WW I

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