Historical Events In 1917
Monday, 27 May 2019
May 29 The birth of John F. Kennedy, Former (35th) American President in the year 1917.
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 In the year 1917 1st jazz record released (Dark Town Strutters Ball)
Jun 01 On this day in history hank Gowdy is 1st baseball player to enlist during WW I
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 On this day in history 10 million US men begin registering for draft in WW I
Jun 05 In the year 1917 carel van Dillen, resistance fighter
Jun 05 In the year 1917 some ten million men begin registering for the draft in World War I.
Jun 06 On this day in history 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 In the year 1917 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) in the year 1917.
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) on this day in history.
Jun 10 William Barr, rector (Exeter College, Oxford) in the year 1917.
Jun 11 James Bostock, painter/engraver on this day in history.
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 Priscilla Lane, US, actress (Arsenic & Old Lace) on this day in history.
Jun 12 Secret Service extends protection of president to his family in the year 1917.
Jun 13 Germany bombs London on this day in history.
Jun 14 On this day in history 1e German air attack on England, 100+ killed in East-London
Jun 14 On this day in history al "Lash" LaRue, Gretna La, actor (Lash of the West, Wyatt Earp)
Jun 14 Gen Pershing & his HQ staff arrived in Paris during WW I on this day in history.
Jun 15 Al "Lash" La Rue, cowboy actor (Black Lash, Lash of the West) in the year 1917.
Jun 16 1st Congress of Soviets convene in Russia on this day in history.
Jun 16 Katharine Graham, NYC, newspaper publisher (Wash Post) on this day in history.
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