Page 9: Historical Events In 1917

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

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

May 31   1First jazz record released (Dark Town Strutters Ball) on this day in history.   

May 31   On this day in history 1st jazz record released (Dark Town Strutters Ball)   

Jun 01   Hank Gowdy is 1st baseball player to enlist during WW I in the year 1917.   

Jun 01   In the year 1917 william S. Knowles, American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate   

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   In the year 1917 max Showalter, Caldwell Ks, actor/composer (Stockard Channing Show)   

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

Jun 04   In the year 1917 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   On this day in history carel van Dillen, resistance fighter   

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   Crpl Samuel Frickleton, 3rd Battalion, 3rd NZ (Rifle) Brigade, won the Victoria Cross at Messines, Belgium in the year 1917.   

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

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

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

Jun 11   James Bostock, painter/engraver on this day in history.   

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   On this day in history maria Teresa Carreno, composer, dies at 63   

Jun 12   Priscilla Lane, US, actress (Arsenic & Old Lace) in the year 1917.   

Jun 12   Secret Service extends protection of president to his family on this day in history.   

Jun 13   On this day in history 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) on this day in history.   

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

Jun 15   Al "Lash" La Rue, cowboy actor (Black Lash, Lash of the West) on this day in history.   

Jun 16   1st Congress of Soviets convene in Russia in the year 1917.   

Jun 16   Katharine Graham, NYC, newspaper publisher (Wash Post) on this day in history.   

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Jan 01   In the year 1917 birth of jule Gregory Charney, American meteorologist (d. 1981)   

Jan 01   Albert Mol, Dutch actor (d. 2004) was born on this day in history.   

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   Maurice Wohl, English broker/multi-millionaire was born in the year 1917.   

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   On this day in history hendrik P G Quack, lawyer/economist (Bank of Neth), dies at 82   

Jan 10   In the year 1917 death of buffalo Bill Cody   

Jan 16   In the year 1917 death of george Dewey, U.S. admiral (b. 1837)   

Jan 17   Hendrik Goeman Borgesius, Dutch politician, dies at 70 in the year 1917.   

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

Jan 29   Evelyn Baring earl Cromer, English consul-general in Egypt, dies at 75 on this day in history.   

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