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   In the year 1917 1First jazz record released (Dark Town Strutters Ball)   

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 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) on this day in history.   

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

Jun 05   In the year 1917 carel van Dillen, resistance fighter   

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

Jun 06   On this day in history iacob Moresianu, composer, dies at 59   

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

Jun 07   Battle of Messines, Belgium in the year 1917.   

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

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   James Bostock, painter/engraver in the year 1917.   

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   On this day in history priscilla Lane, US, actress (Arsenic & Old Lace)   

Jun 12   On this day in history secret Service extends protection of president to his family   

Jun 13   Germany bombs London in the year 1917.   

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

Jun 14   In the year 1917 al "Lash" LaRue, Gretna La, actor (Lash of the West, Wyatt Earp)   

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) in the year 1917.   

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

Jun 16   In the year 1917 katharine Graham, NYC, newspaper publisher (Wash Post)   

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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   In the year 1917 birth of vera Zorina, German dancer (d. 2003)   

Jan 03   Vernon Walters, NYC, US permanent rep to the UN was born in the year 1917.   

Jan 03   In the year 1917 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   Reginald Smith Brindle, composer was born in the year 1917.   

Jan 05   Wieland Wagner, German opera director was born on this day in history.   

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

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

Jan 10   On this day in history death of buffalo Bill Cody   

Jan 16   George Dewey, U.S. admiral (b. 1837) died in the year 1917.   

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 in the year 1917.   

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.