Page 9: Historical Events In 1917

May 29   On this day in history 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   In the year 1917 1st jazz record released (Dark Town Strutters Ball)   

Jun 01   In the year 1917 hank Gowdy is 1st baseball player to enlist during WW I   

Jun 01   William S. Knowles, American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate in the year 1917.   

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

Jun 04   Allen Greenwood, deputy CEO (British Aerospace) on this day in history.   

Jun 05   On this day in history 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   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   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   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.   

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

Jun 10   On this day in history william Barr, rector (Exeter College, Oxford)   

Jun 11   In the year 1917 james Bostock, painter/engraver   

Jun 11   King Alexander assumes the throne of Greece after his father Constantine I abdicated under pressure by allied armies occupying Athens on this day in history.   

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   In the year 1917 secret Service extends protection of president to his family   

Jun 13   In the year 1917 germany bombs London   

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   In the year 1917 1st Congress of Soviets convene in Russia   

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   On this day in history birth of albert Mol, Dutch actor (d. 2004)   

Jan 02   On this day in history birth of vera Zorina, German dancer (d. 2003)   

Jan 03   In the year 1917 birth of vernon Walters, NYC, US permanent rep to the UN   

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   On this day in history birth of wieland Wagner, German opera director   

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

Jan 06   In the year 1917 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   George Dewey, U.S. admiral (b. 1837) died in the year 1917.   

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

Jan 25   Edwin Tyler, cricketer (slow-lefty played once for England 1896), dies on this day in history.   

Jan 29   On this day in history evelyn Baring earl Cromer, English consul-general in Egypt, dies at 75   

Feb 05   Paul Rubens, composer, dies at 41 in the year 1917.