Historical Events In 1917
Saturday, 07 September 2024
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 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 Hank Gowdy is 1st baseball player to enlist during WW I in the year 1917.
Jun 01 In the year 1917 william S. Knowles, American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate
Jun 02 On this day in history 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) on this day in history.
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 Some ten million men begin registering for the draft in World War I on this day in history.
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 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 Gwendolyn Brooks, US poet (Bean Eaters, Annie Allen, Pulitzer 1950) on this day in history.
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 in the year 1917.
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 In the year 1917 james Bostock, painter/engraver
Jun 11 In the year 1917 king Alexander assumes the throne of Greece after his father Constantine I abdicated under pressure by allied armies occupying Athens.
Jun 12 On this day in history maria Teresa Carreno, composer, dies at 63
Jun 12 Priscilla Lane, US, actress (Arsenic & Old Lace) in the year 1917.
Jun 12 Secret Service extends protection of president to his family in the year 1917.
Jun 13 Germany bombs London on this day in history.
Jun 14 1e German air attack on England, 100+ killed in East-London on this day in history.
Jun 14 In the year 1917 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) in the year 1917.
Jun 16 1st Congress of Soviets convene in Russia in the year 1917.
Jun 16 On this day in history katharine Graham, NYC, newspaper publisher (Wash Post)
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