Historical Events In 1917

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

May 30   Alexander I becomes king of Greece on this day in history.  

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) on this day in history.  

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   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) in the year 1917.  

Jun 04   On this day in history 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   Carel van Dillen, resistance fighter on this day in history.  

Jun 05   On this day in history some ten million men begin registering for the draft in World War I.  

Jun 06   Iacob Moresianu, composer, dies at 59 on this day in history.  

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   Byron R Whizzer White, Ft Collins, NFLer/Supreme Court Just (1962-93) in the year 1917.  

Jun 08   Walt Disney graduates from Benton High School in the year 1917.  

Jun 10   60,000 people of Petrograd welcome Prince Kropotkin (banned 41 years) in the year 1917.  

Jun 10   William Barr, rector (Exeter College, Oxford) in the year 1917.  

Jun 11   On this day in history 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 in the year 1917.  

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

Jun 13   On this day in history germany bombs London  

Jun 14   On this day in history 1e German air attack on England, 100+ killed in East-London  

Jun 14   Al "Lash" LaRue, Gretna La, actor (Lash of the West, Wyatt Earp) in the year 1917.  

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) in the year 1917.  

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

Jun 16   On this day in history 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   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   On this day in history birth of vernon Walters, NYC, US permanent rep to the UN  

Jan 03   Roger W. Straus, Jr., American publisher (d. 2004) was born in the year 1917.  

Jan 04   In the year 1917 birth of maurice Wohl, English broker/multi-millionaire  

Jan 05   In the year 1917 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 on this day in history.  

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   On this day in history 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   In the year 1917 evelyn Baring earl Cromer, English consul-general in Egypt, dies at 75  

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