Page 9: Historical Events In 1917

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

May 30   On this day in history alexander I becomes king of Greece.   

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

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

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 on this day in history.   

Jun 02   In the year 1917 capt. William Avery Bishop Cdn. (Royal Flying Corps.) wins the Victoria Cross for service over France   

Jun 02   Max Showalter, Caldwell Ks, actor/composer (Stockard Channing Show) in the year 1917.   

Jun 04   On this day in history 1st Pulitzer prize awarded to Richards & Elliott (Julia Ward Howe)   

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   On this day in history carel van Dillen, resistance fighter   

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

Jun 06   In the year 1917 iacob Moresianu, composer, dies at 59   

Jun 06   On this day in history 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   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   On this day in history walt Disney graduates from Benton High School   

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

Jun 10   On this day in history 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   Maria Teresa Carreno, composer, dies at 63 on this day in history.   

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

Jun 12   Secret Service extends protection of president to his family in the year 1917.   

Jun 13   On this day in history germany bombs London   

Jun 14   1e German air attack on England, 100+ killed in East-London in the year 1917.   

Jun 14   Al "Lash" LaRue, Gretna La, actor (Lash of the West, Wyatt Earp) on this day in history.   

Jun 14   In the year 1917 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) on this day in history.   

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

Jun 16   Katharine Graham, NYC, newspaper publisher (Wash Post) in the year 1917.   

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Jan 01   On this day in history 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   Vera Zorina, German dancer (d. 2003) was born in the year 1917.   

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   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   In the year 1917 birth of wieland Wagner, German opera director   

Jan 02   Edward B Tylor, English anthropologist, dies at 84 on this day in history.   

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

Jan 10   Buffalo Bill Cody died in the year 1917.   

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

Jan 17   On this day in history hendrik Goeman Borgesius, Dutch politician, dies at 70   

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

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

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