Page 9: 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 on this day in history.   

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 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   In the year 1917 max Showalter, Caldwell Ks, actor/composer (Stockard Channing Show)   

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

Jun 05   In the year 1917 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   Iacob Moresianu, composer, dies at 59 in the year 1917.   

Jun 06   In the year 1917 kirk Kerkorian, CEO (MGM, UA)   

Jun 07   On this day in history battle of Messines, Belgium   

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   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 on this day in history.   

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

Jun 10   William Barr, rector (Exeter College, Oxford) on this day in history.   

Jun 11   On this day in history james Bostock, painter/engraver   

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

Jun 12   In the year 1917 secret Service extends protection of president to his family   

Jun 13   Germany bombs London on this day in history.   

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

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) on this day in history.   

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

Jun 16   Katharine Graham, NYC, newspaper publisher (Wash Post) on this day in history.   

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Jan 01   Jule Gregory Charney, American meteorologist (d. 1981) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 01   In the year 1917 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   Vernon Walters, NYC, US permanent rep to the UN was born on this day in history.   

Jan 03   In the year 1917 birth of roger W. Straus, Jr., American publisher (d. 2004)   

Jan 04   On this day in history birth of maurice Wohl, English broker/multi-millionaire   

Jan 05   Reginald Smith Brindle, composer was born in the year 1917.   

Jan 05   Wieland Wagner, German opera director was born in the year 1917.   

Jan 02   In the year 1917 edward B Tylor, English anthropologist, dies at 84   

Jan 06   On this day in history 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   George Dewey, U.S. admiral (b. 1837) died on this day in history.   

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

Feb 05   On this day in history paul Rubens, composer, dies at 41