Page 9: 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) on this day in history.   

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

Jun 01   Hank Gowdy is 1st baseball player to enlist during WW I on this day in history.   

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   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) in the year 1917.   

Jun 04   Allen Greenwood, deputy CEO (British Aerospace) on this day in history.   

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

Jun 05   In the year 1917 carel van Dillen, resistance fighter   

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 on this day in history.   

Jun 06   In the year 1917 kirk Kerkorian, CEO (MGM, UA)   

Jun 07   Battle of Messines, Belgium on this day in history.   

Jun 07   On this day in history 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) on this day in history.   

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   In the year 1917 william Barr, rector (Exeter College, Oxford)   

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

Jun 11   King Alexander assumes the throne of Greece after his father Constantine I abdicated under pressure by allied armies occupying Athens in the year 1917.   

Jun 12   Maria Teresa Carreno, composer, dies at 63 in the year 1917.   

Jun 12   Priscilla Lane, US, actress (Arsenic & Old Lace) in the year 1917.   

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

Jun 13   Germany bombs London on this day in history.   

Jun 14   In the year 1917 1e German air attack on England, 100+ killed in East-London   

Jun 14   On this day in history 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   In the year 1917 al "Lash" La Rue, cowboy actor (Black Lash, Lash of the West)   

Jun 16   1st Congress of Soviets convene in Russia in the year 1917.   

Jun 16   In the year 1917 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   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   Vernon Walters, NYC, US permanent rep to the UN was born in the year 1917.   

Jan 03   Roger W. Straus, Jr., American publisher (d. 2004) was born on this day in history.   

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   In the year 1917 birth of wieland Wagner, German opera director   

Jan 02   Edward B Tylor, English anthropologist, dies at 84 in the year 1917.   

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

Jan 10   On this day in history death of buffalo Bill Cody   

Jan 16   In the year 1917 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   On this day in history 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   Paul Rubens, composer, dies at 41 in the year 1917.