Historical Events In 1917

May 29   The birth of John F. Kennedy, Former (35th) American President in the year 1917.  

May 30   Alexander I becomes king of Greece on this day in history.  

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   William S. Knowles, American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate on this day in history.  

Jun 02   In the year 1917 capt. William Avery Bishop Cdn. (Royal Flying Corps.) wins the Victoria Cross for service over France  

Jun 02   Max Showalter, Caldwell Ks, actor/composer (Stockard Channing Show) on this day in history.  

Jun 04   1st Pulitzer prize awarded to Richards & Elliott (Julia Ward Howe) in the year 1917.  

Jun 04   On this day in history allen Greenwood, deputy CEO (British Aerospace)  

Jun 05   10 million US men begin registering for draft in WW I in the year 1917.  

Jun 05   Carel van Dillen, resistance fighter on this day in history.  

Jun 05   Some ten million men begin registering for the draft in World War I in the year 1917.  

Jun 06   Iacob Moresianu, composer, dies at 59 on this day in history.  

Jun 06   Kirk Kerkorian, CEO (MGM, UA) in the year 1917.  

Jun 07   On this day in history battle of Messines, Belgium  

Jun 07   In the year 1917 crpl Samuel Frickleton, 3rd Battalion, 3rd NZ (Rifle) Brigade, won the Victoria Cross at Messines, Belgium  

Jun 07   In the year 1917 gwendolyn Brooks, US poet (Bean Eaters, Annie Allen, Pulitzer 1950)  

Jun 08   Byron R Whizzer White, Ft Collins, NFLer/Supreme Court Just (1962-93) on this day in history.  

Jun 08   Walt Disney graduates from Benton High School in the year 1917.  

Jun 10   60,000 people of Petrograd welcome Prince Kropotkin (banned 41 years) on this day in history.  

Jun 10   William Barr, rector (Exeter College, Oxford) on this day in history.  

Jun 11   In the year 1917 james Bostock, painter/engraver  

Jun 11   King Alexander assumes the throne of Greece after his father Constantine I abdicated under pressure by allied armies occupying Athens on this day in history.  

Jun 12   Maria Teresa Carreno, composer, dies at 63 on this day in history.  

Jun 12   In the year 1917 priscilla Lane, US, actress (Arsenic & Old Lace)  

Jun 12   In the year 1917 secret Service extends protection of president to his family  

Jun 13   In the year 1917 germany bombs London  

Jun 14   In the year 1917 1e German air attack on England, 100+ killed in East-London  

Jun 14   Al "Lash" LaRue, Gretna La, actor (Lash of the West, Wyatt Earp) in the year 1917.  

Jun 14   Gen Pershing & his HQ staff arrived in Paris during WW I in the year 1917.  

Jun 15   On this day in history al "Lash" La Rue, cowboy actor (Black Lash, Lash of the West)  

Jun 16   1st Congress of Soviets convene in Russia on this day in history.  

Jun 16   On this day in history katharine Graham, NYC, newspaper publisher (Wash Post)  

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Jan 01   Jule Gregory Charney, American meteorologist (d. 1981) was born in the year 1917.  

Jan 01   In the year 1917 birth of albert Mol, Dutch actor (d. 2004)  

Jan 02   Vera Zorina, German dancer (d. 2003) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 03   On this day in history birth of vernon Walters, NYC, US permanent rep to the UN  

Jan 03   In the year 1917 birth of roger W. Straus, Jr., American publisher (d. 2004)  

Jan 04   In the year 1917 birth of maurice Wohl, English broker/multi-millionaire  

Jan 05   Reginald Smith Brindle, composer was born in the year 1917.  

Jan 05   Wieland Wagner, German opera director was born on this day in history.  

Jan 02   On this day in history edward B Tylor, English anthropologist, dies at 84  

Jan 06   Hendrik P G Quack, lawyer/economist (Bank of Neth), dies at 82 on this day in history.  

Jan 10   Buffalo Bill Cody died in the year 1917.  

Jan 16   George Dewey, U.S. admiral (b. 1837) died in the year 1917.  

Jan 17   On this day in history hendrik Goeman Borgesius, Dutch politician, dies at 70  

Jan 25   Edwin Tyler, cricketer (slow-lefty played once for England 1896), dies on this day in history.  

Jan 29   In the year 1917 evelyn Baring earl Cromer, English consul-general in Egypt, dies at 75  

Feb 05   In the year 1917 paul Rubens, composer, dies at 41