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

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 on this day in history.   

Jan 03   On this day in history birth of vernon Walters, NYC, US permanent rep to the UN   

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 in the year 1917.   

Jan 05   In the year 1917 birth of reginald Smith Brindle, composer   

Jan 05   On this day in history birth of wieland Wagner, German opera director   

Jan 02   On this day in history edward B Tylor, English anthropologist, dies at 84   

Jan 06   Hendrik P G Quack, lawyer/economist (Bank of Neth), dies at 82 in the year 1917.   

Jan 10   Buffalo Bill Cody died on this day in history.   

Jan 16   On this day in history death of george Dewey, U.S. admiral (b. 1837)   

Jan 17   On this day in history hendrik Goeman Borgesius, Dutch politician, dies at 70   

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

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

Feb 05   Paul Rubens, composer, dies at 41 on this day in history.