Page 9: Historical Events In 1917

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

May 30   On this day in history alexander I becomes king of Greece.   

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

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   Capt. William Avery Bishop Cdn. (Royal Flying Corps.) wins the Victoria Cross for service over France on this day in history.   

Jun 02   Max Showalter, Caldwell Ks, actor/composer (Stockard Channing Show) on this day in history.   

Jun 04   1st Pulitzer prize awarded to Richards & Elliott (Julia Ward Howe) in the year 1917.   

Jun 04   Allen Greenwood, deputy CEO (British Aerospace) in the year 1917.   

Jun 05   10 million US men begin registering for draft in WW I in the year 1917.   

Jun 05   Carel van Dillen, resistance fighter in the year 1917.   

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

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   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   60,000 people of Petrograd welcome Prince Kropotkin (banned 41 years) on this day in history.   

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

Jun 11   In the year 1917 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 in the year 1917.   

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   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   In the year 1917 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   On this day in history katharine Graham, NYC, newspaper publisher (Wash Post)   

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Jan 01   Jule Gregory Charney, American meteorologist (d. 1981) was born on this day in history.   

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

Jan 02   Vera Zorina, German dancer (d. 2003) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 03   In the year 1917 birth of vernon Walters, NYC, US permanent rep to the UN   

Jan 03   In the year 1917 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   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   On this day in history edward B Tylor, English anthropologist, dies at 84   

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

Jan 10   Buffalo Bill Cody died in the year 1917.   

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   In the year 1917 edwin Tyler, cricketer (slow-lefty played once for England 1896), dies   

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

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