Historical Events In 1917
Thursday, 30 November 2023
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) in the year 1917.
May 31 1st jazz record released (Dark Town Strutters Ball) in the year 1917.
Jun 01 On this day in history hank Gowdy is 1st baseball player to enlist during WW I
Jun 01 In the year 1917 william S. Knowles, American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate
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) in the year 1917.
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 on this day in history.
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 Iacob Moresianu, composer, dies at 59 in the year 1917.
Jun 06 Kirk Kerkorian, CEO (MGM, UA) on this day in history.
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 On this day in history gwendolyn Brooks, US poet (Bean Eaters, Annie Allen, Pulitzer 1950)
Jun 08 On this day in history byron R Whizzer White, Ft Collins, NFLer/Supreme Court Just (1962-93)
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) in the year 1917.
Jun 10 On this day in history 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 Maria Teresa Carreno, composer, dies at 63 on this day in history.
Jun 12 Priscilla Lane, US, actress (Arsenic & Old Lace) on this day in history.
Jun 12 Secret Service extends protection of president to his family on this day in history.
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 On this day in history al "Lash" LaRue, Gretna La, actor (Lash of the West, Wyatt Earp)
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) on this day in history.
Jun 16 In the year 1917 1st Congress of Soviets convene in Russia
Jun 16 Katharine Graham, NYC, newspaper publisher (Wash Post) in the year 1917.
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