Page 9: Historical Events In 1917

May 29   The birth of John F. Kennedy, Former (35th) American President in the year 1917.   

May 30   Alexander I becomes king of Greece in the year 1917.   

May 31   On this day in history 1First jazz record released (Dark Town Strutters Ball)   

May 31   1st jazz record released (Dark Town Strutters Ball) in the year 1917.   

Jun 01   In the year 1917 hank Gowdy is 1st baseball player to enlist during WW I   

Jun 01   On this day in history 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 in the year 1917.   

Jun 02   In the year 1917 max Showalter, Caldwell Ks, actor/composer (Stockard Channing Show)   

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   On this day in history 10 million US men begin registering for draft in WW I   

Jun 05   On this day in history carel van Dillen, resistance fighter   

Jun 05   Some ten million men begin registering for the draft in World War I on this day in history.   

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   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) in the year 1917.   

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

Jun 11   James Bostock, painter/engraver on this day in history.   

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

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 on this day in history.   

Jun 13   Germany bombs London in the year 1917.   

Jun 14   On this day in history 1e German air attack on England, 100+ killed in East-London   

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   On this day in history al "Lash" La Rue, cowboy actor (Black Lash, Lash of the West)   

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   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   In the year 1917 birth of vera Zorina, German dancer (d. 2003)   

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

Jan 03   On this day in history birth of roger W. Straus, Jr., American publisher (d. 2004)   

Jan 04   On this day in history birth of maurice Wohl, English broker/multi-millionaire   

Jan 05   Reginald Smith Brindle, composer was born on this day in history.   

Jan 05   In the year 1917 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 in the year 1917.   

Jan 10   Buffalo Bill Cody died in the year 1917.   

Jan 16   George Dewey, U.S. admiral (b. 1837) died on this day in history.   

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   On this day in history evelyn Baring earl Cromer, English consul-general in Egypt, dies at 75   

Feb 05   Paul Rubens, composer, dies at 41 in the year 1917.