Historical Events In 1917

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

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

Jun 02   In the year 1917 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) on this day in history.   

Jun 04   Allen Greenwood, deputy CEO (British Aerospace) in the year 1917.   

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

Jun 05   In the year 1917 carel van Dillen, resistance fighter   

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

Jun 06   In the year 1917 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   On this day in history 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) on this day in history.   

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) in the year 1917.   

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

Jun 11   James Bostock, painter/engraver in the year 1917.   

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   On this day in history priscilla Lane, US, actress (Arsenic & Old Lace)   

Jun 12   On this day in history secret Service extends protection of president to his family   

Jun 13   In the year 1917 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) in the year 1917.   

Jun 14   On this day in history gen Pershing & his HQ staff arrived in Paris during WW I   

Jun 15   Al "Lash" La Rue, cowboy actor (Black Lash, Lash of the West) in the year 1917.   

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

Jun 16   In the year 1917 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   On this day in history birth of vera Zorina, German dancer (d. 2003)   

Jan 03   Vernon Walters, NYC, US permanent rep to the UN was born on this day in history.   

Jan 03   Roger W. Straus, Jr., American publisher (d. 2004) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 04   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.   

Jan 02   Edward B Tylor, English anthropologist, dies at 84 in the year 1917.   

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 on this day in history.   

Jan 17   Hendrik Goeman Borgesius, Dutch politician, dies at 70 on this day in history.   

Jan 25   Edwin Tyler, cricketer (slow-lefty played once for England 1896), dies in the year 1917.   

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

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