Page 9: Historical Events In 1917

May 29   The birth of John F. Kennedy, Former (35th) American President on this day in history.   

May 30   In the year 1917 alexander I becomes king of Greece.   

May 31   1First jazz record released (Dark Town Strutters Ball) in the year 1917.   

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   On this day in history 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) in the year 1917.   

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

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

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

Jun 05   On this day in history 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   Kirk Kerkorian, CEO (MGM, UA) in the year 1917.   

Jun 07   In the year 1917 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   On this day in history byron R Whizzer White, Ft Collins, NFLer/Supreme Court Just (1962-93)   

Jun 08   In the year 1917 walt Disney graduates from Benton High School   

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

Jun 10   In the year 1917 william Barr, rector (Exeter College, Oxford)   

Jun 11   On this day in history james Bostock, painter/engraver   

Jun 11   In the year 1917 king Alexander assumes the throne of Greece after his father Constantine I abdicated under pressure by allied armies occupying Athens.   

Jun 12   In the year 1917 maria Teresa Carreno, composer, dies at 63   

Jun 12   On this day in history 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   On this day in history 1st Congress of Soviets convene in Russia   

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   Albert Mol, Dutch actor (d. 2004) was born in the year 1917.   

Jan 02   Vera Zorina, German dancer (d. 2003) was born in the year 1917.   

Jan 03   Vernon Walters, NYC, US permanent rep to the UN was born in the year 1917.   

Jan 03   Roger W. Straus, Jr., American publisher (d. 2004) was born in the year 1917.   

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

Jan 05   On this day in history birth of reginald Smith Brindle, composer   

Jan 05   Wieland Wagner, German opera director was born in the year 1917.   

Jan 02   In the year 1917 edward B Tylor, English anthropologist, dies at 84   

Jan 06   In the year 1917 hendrik P G Quack, lawyer/economist (Bank of Neth), dies at 82   

Jan 10   Buffalo Bill Cody died on this day in history.   

Jan 16   On this day in history death of george Dewey, U.S. admiral (b. 1837)   

Jan 17   In the year 1917 hendrik Goeman Borgesius, Dutch politician, dies at 70   

Jan 25   In the year 1917 edwin Tyler, cricketer (slow-lefty played once for England 1896), dies   

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

Feb 05   On this day in history paul Rubens, composer, dies at 41