Page 8: Historical Events In 1917

May 13   1st appearance of Mary to 3 shepherd children in Fatima, Portugal   

May 13   Ernest Bloch's "Schelomo" premieres.   

May 13   Paul Osmond, British senior civil servant   

May 13   The inaugural appearance of Mary to 3 shepherd children in Fatima, Portugal   

May 14   Herta Ryder, literary agent.   

May 15   Hugh Edward Lance Falkus, filmmaker/naturalist.   

May 16   George Gaynes, Helsinki Finland, actor (Henry-Punky Brewster).   

May 18   Charles Wintour, journalist.   

May 18   Satie/Massine/Picasso's ballet "Parade," premieres in Paris.   

May 18   US passes Selective Service act   

May 20   Enyss Djemil, composer   

May 20   Turkish Government authorizes Jews to return to Tel Aviv and Jaffa.   

May 20   Turkish govt authorizes Jews to return to Tel Aviv and Jaffa.   

May 21   Dennis Day, Irish tenor/comedian (Jack Benny Show, Danny Boy)   

May 21   Leo Pinckney, 1st American drafted during WW I.   

May 21   Leo Pinckney, inaugural American drafted during WWI.   

May 21   Raymond Burr, American actor is born   

May 21   SS City of Corinth, sunk by torpedo by the german submarine UB31 in the English Channel 12 miles SW of the Lizard penisular, Cornwall while en-route from Singapore to London with a general cargo.   

May 21   USS Ericsson fires inaugural torpedo of war   

May 22   Jean-Louis Laffitte Curtis, novelist   

May 23   Dutch 2nd Chamber okays 1908 conscription draft   

May 24   Derek Hodgson, British high court judge.   

May 25   Dorothy Sarnoff, US, actress(?)   

May 25   Leon Felix Augustin Joseph Vasseur, composer, dies at 72   

May 26   Eva Szorenyi, Hungarian actress, freedom activist for Hungary   

May 26   Walt Cruise hit 1st HR out of Braves Field.   

May 27   Race riot in East St Louis IL, 1 black killed   

May 27   Race riot in East St Louis Illinois, 1 black killed   

May 28   "Papa" John Creach, violinist   

May 29   John F. Kennedy, Former (35th) American President is born   

May 29   John Fitzgerald Kennedy, Mass, (Sen-D-Mass), 35th Pres (1961-1963)   

May 30   Alexander I is recorded as becoming king of Greece   

May 31   1First jazz record released (Dark Town Strutters Ball)   

May 31   1st jazz record released (Dark Town Strutters Ball)   

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Jan 01   Jule gregory charney: American meteorologist   

Jan 01   Albert mol: Dutch actor   

Jan 02   Vera zorina: German dancer    

Jan 03   Vernon walters: Nyc, us permanent rep to the un   

Jan 03   Roger w. straus: Jr., american publisher    

Jan 04   Maurice wohl: English broker/multi-millionaire   

Jan 05   Reginald smith brindle: Composer   

Jan 05   Wieland wagner: German opera director   

Jan 02   Edward b tylor: English anthropologist,   

Jan 06   Hendrik p g quack: Lawyer/economist (bank of neth),    

Jan 10   Buffalo bill cody: Buffalo bill cody   

Jan 16   George dewey: U.s. admiral (b. 1837)   

Jan 17   Hendrik goeman borgesius: Dutch politician,   

Jan 25   Edwin tyler: Cricketer (slow-lefty played once for england 1896),   

Jan 29   Evelyn baring earl cromer: English consul-general in egypt,   

Feb 05   Paul rubens: Composer,