Page 9: Historical Events In 1917

May 29   The birth of John F. Kennedy, Former (35th) American President on this day in history.   

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   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   William S. Knowles, American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate on this day in history.   

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) in the year 1917.   

Jun 04   In the year 1917 allen Greenwood, deputy CEO (British Aerospace)   

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

Jun 06   Kirk Kerkorian, CEO (MGM, UA) in the year 1917.   

Jun 07   In the year 1917 battle of Messines, Belgium   

Jun 07   In the year 1917 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   On this day in history byron R Whizzer White, Ft Collins, NFLer/Supreme Court Just (1962-93)   

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) in the year 1917.   

Jun 10   William Barr, rector (Exeter College, Oxford) in the year 1917.   

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   Maria Teresa Carreno, composer, dies at 63 in the year 1917.   

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

Jun 12   In the year 1917 secret Service extends protection of president to his family   

Jun 13   Germany bombs London in the year 1917.   

Jun 14   In the year 1917 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   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 on this day in history.   

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

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Jan 01   Jule Gregory Charney, American meteorologist (d. 1981) was born in the year 1917.   

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

Jan 02   On this day in history birth of vera Zorina, German dancer (d. 2003)   

Jan 03   Vernon Walters, NYC, US permanent rep to the UN was born on this day in history.   

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

Jan 04   Maurice Wohl, English broker/multi-millionaire was born on this day in history.   

Jan 05   Reginald Smith Brindle, composer was born in the year 1917.   

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

Jan 02   Edward B Tylor, English anthropologist, dies at 84 on this day in history.   

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

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   Hendrik Goeman Borgesius, Dutch politician, dies at 70 in the year 1917.   

Jan 25   Edwin Tyler, cricketer (slow-lefty played once for England 1896), dies in the year 1917.   

Jan 29   Evelyn Baring earl Cromer, English consul-general in Egypt, dies at 75 in the year 1917.   

Feb 05   In the year 1917 paul Rubens, composer, dies at 41