Historical Events In 1917
Friday, 26 April 2024
May 29 The birth of John F. Kennedy, Former (35th) American President on this day in history.
May 30 Alexander I becomes king of Greece in the year 1917.
May 31 In the year 1917 1First jazz record released (Dark Town Strutters Ball)
May 31 1st jazz record released (Dark Town Strutters Ball) in the year 1917.
Jun 01 Hank Gowdy is 1st baseball player to enlist during WW I on this day in history.
Jun 01 In the year 1917 william S. Knowles, American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate
Jun 02 In the year 1917 capt. William Avery Bishop Cdn. (Royal Flying Corps.) wins the Victoria Cross for service over France
Jun 02 On this day in history max Showalter, Caldwell Ks, actor/composer (Stockard Channing Show)
Jun 04 1st Pulitzer prize awarded to Richards & Elliott (Julia Ward Howe) on this day in history.
Jun 04 Allen Greenwood, deputy CEO (British Aerospace) in the year 1917.
Jun 05 10 million US men begin registering for draft in WW I in the year 1917.
Jun 05 In the year 1917 carel van Dillen, resistance fighter
Jun 05 Some ten million men begin registering for the draft in World War I in the year 1917.
Jun 06 In the year 1917 iacob Moresianu, composer, dies at 59
Jun 06 In the year 1917 kirk Kerkorian, CEO (MGM, UA)
Jun 07 Battle of Messines, Belgium on this day in history.
Jun 07 On this day in history crpl Samuel Frickleton, 3rd Battalion, 3rd NZ (Rifle) Brigade, won the Victoria Cross at Messines, Belgium
Jun 07 Gwendolyn Brooks, US poet (Bean Eaters, Annie Allen, Pulitzer 1950) on this day in history.
Jun 08 On this day in history byron R Whizzer White, Ft Collins, NFLer/Supreme Court Just (1962-93)
Jun 08 Walt Disney graduates from Benton High School on this day in history.
Jun 10 60,000 people of Petrograd welcome Prince Kropotkin (banned 41 years) in the year 1917.
Jun 10 In the year 1917 william Barr, rector (Exeter College, Oxford)
Jun 11 James Bostock, painter/engraver in the year 1917.
Jun 11 On this day in history king Alexander assumes the throne of Greece after his father Constantine I abdicated under pressure by allied armies occupying Athens.
Jun 12 Maria Teresa Carreno, composer, dies at 63 in the year 1917.
Jun 12 On this day in history priscilla Lane, US, actress (Arsenic & Old Lace)
Jun 12 On this day in history secret Service extends protection of president to his family
Jun 13 In the year 1917 germany bombs London
Jun 14 1e German air attack on England, 100+ killed in East-London on this day in history.
Jun 14 Al "Lash" LaRue, Gretna La, actor (Lash of the West, Wyatt Earp) in the year 1917.
Jun 14 On this day in history gen Pershing & his HQ staff arrived in Paris during WW I
Jun 15 Al "Lash" La Rue, cowboy actor (Black Lash, Lash of the West) in the year 1917.
Jun 16 On this day in history 1st Congress of Soviets convene in Russia
Jun 16 In the year 1917 katharine Graham, NYC, newspaper publisher (Wash Post)
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