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   Hank Gowdy is 1st baseball player to enlist during WW I on this day in history.   

Jun 01   On this day in history 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) 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   Some ten million men begin registering for the draft in World War I in the year 1917.   

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

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   In the year 1917 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) in the year 1917.   

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

Jun 08   In the year 1917 walt Disney graduates from Benton High School   

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

Jun 12   In the year 1917 priscilla Lane, US, actress (Arsenic & Old Lace)   

Jun 12   Secret Service extends protection of president to his family on this day in history.   

Jun 13   In the year 1917 germany bombs London   

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

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) in the year 1917.   

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

Jun 16   Katharine Graham, NYC, newspaper publisher (Wash Post) in the year 1917.   

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Jan 01   In the year 1917 birth of jule Gregory Charney, American meteorologist (d. 1981)   

Jan 01   Albert Mol, Dutch actor (d. 2004) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 02   Vera Zorina, German dancer (d. 2003) was born on this day in history.   

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 in the year 1917.   

Jan 05   On this day in history birth of reginald Smith Brindle, composer   

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   In the year 1917 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 in the year 1917.   

Jan 17   In the year 1917 hendrik Goeman Borgesius, Dutch politician, dies at 70   

Jan 25   On this day in history edwin Tyler, cricketer (slow-lefty played once for England 1896), dies   

Jan 29   Evelyn Baring earl Cromer, English consul-general in Egypt, dies at 75 on this day in history.   

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