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   1st jazz record released (Dark Town Strutters Ball) on this day in history.  

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 in the year 1917.  

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

Jun 02   On this day in history 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) on this day in history.  

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   Some ten million men begin registering for the draft in World War I in the year 1917.  

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

Jun 06   On this day in history 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) on this day in history.  

Jun 08   In the year 1917 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   On this day in history william Barr, rector (Exeter College, Oxford)  

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 on this day in history.  

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   Secret Service extends protection of president to his family in the year 1917.  

Jun 13   In the year 1917 germany bombs London  

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

Jun 14   On this day in history 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) on this day in history.  

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

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

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Jan 01   On this day in history birth of jule Gregory Charney, American meteorologist (d. 1981)  

Jan 01   Albert Mol, Dutch actor (d. 2004) was born in the year 1917.  

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 on this day in history.  

Jan 03   Roger W. Straus, Jr., American publisher (d. 2004) was born on this day in history.  

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   On this day in history birth of wieland Wagner, German opera director  

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

Jan 06   Hendrik P G Quack, lawyer/economist (Bank of Neth), dies at 82 on this day in history.  

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   In the year 1917 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 in the year 1917.  

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