Page 9: Historical Events In 1917

May 29   In the year 1917 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) in the year 1917.   

May 31   On this day in history 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 in the year 1917.   

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

Jun 02   Max Showalter, Caldwell Ks, actor/composer (Stockard Channing Show) on this day in history.   

Jun 04   In the year 1917 1st Pulitzer prize awarded to Richards & Elliott (Julia Ward Howe)   

Jun 04   In the year 1917 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 in the year 1917.   

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

Jun 07   In the year 1917 battle of Messines, Belgium   

Jun 07   Crpl Samuel Frickleton, 3rd Battalion, 3rd NZ (Rifle) Brigade, won the Victoria Cross at Messines, Belgium on this day in history.   

Jun 07   On this day in history gwendolyn Brooks, US poet (Bean Eaters, Annie Allen, Pulitzer 1950)   

Jun 08   Byron R Whizzer White, Ft Collins, NFLer/Supreme Court Just (1962-93) on this day in history.   

Jun 08   On this day in history walt Disney graduates from Benton High School   

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

Jun 10   In the year 1917 william Barr, rector (Exeter College, Oxford)   

Jun 11   In the year 1917 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   In the year 1917 maria Teresa Carreno, composer, dies at 63   

Jun 12   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.   

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   In the year 1917 al "Lash" La Rue, cowboy actor (Black Lash, Lash of the West)   

Jun 16   In the year 1917 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 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   Vernon Walters, NYC, US permanent rep to the UN was born in the year 1917.   

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

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

Jan 05   Reginald Smith Brindle, composer was born on this day in history.   

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

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

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