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) in the year 1917.  

May 31   In the year 1917 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   William S. Knowles, American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate on this day in history.  

Jun 02   Capt. William Avery Bishop Cdn. (Royal Flying Corps.) wins the Victoria Cross for service over France on this day in history.  

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

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

Jun 05   Carel van Dillen, resistance fighter in the year 1917.  

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   On this day in history 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   In the year 1917 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   In the year 1917 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   James Bostock, painter/engraver in the year 1917.  

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 in the year 1917.  

Jun 12   In the year 1917 priscilla Lane, US, actress (Arsenic & Old Lace)  

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

Jun 13   Germany bombs London in the year 1917.  

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) in the year 1917.  

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

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

Jan 03   On this day in history birth of vernon Walters, NYC, US permanent rep to the UN  

Jan 03   On this day in history birth of roger W. Straus, Jr., American publisher (d. 2004)  

Jan 04   Maurice Wohl, English broker/multi-millionaire was born on this day in history.  

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   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   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 in the year 1917.  

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