Events Date 1917 June | History by KabAstro

Jun 1 Boston Braves first baseman Hank Gowdy is first active MLB player to enlist for service in World War I; only player to fight in both World War I & II

Bill Bishop's Victoria Cross

Jun 2 Canadian ace Billy Bishop undertakes a solo mission behind enemy lines, shooting down three aircraft as they were about to take off and several more on the ground, for which he is awarded the Victoria Cross

Jun 4 American men begin registering for the draft
Jun 4 Laura E. Richards and Maud Howe Elliott awarded 1st Pulitzer Prize for Biography (Julia Ward Howe), the story of the authors. mother

Most Excellent Order

Jun 4 Most Excellent Order of British Empire inaugurated by King George V to recognise the efforts of his people in WWI

Jun 5 10 million US men begin registering for draft in WW I
Jun 7 Melvin Jones and a number of other Chicago businessmen found Lions Clubs International, now the largest service organization in the world
Jun 7 The British detonate mines beneath the German-held Messines Ridge, in the Ypres area
Jun 8 Walt Disney graduates from Benton High School
Jun 10 60,000 people of Petrograd Russia welcome Prince Kropotkin (banned 41 years) returning after February Russian Revolution
Jun 10 Limburg mine workers strike in the Netherlands

Alexander of Greece

Jun 11 King Alexander assumes the throne of Greece after his father Constantine I abdicates under pressure by allied armies occupying Athens

Jun 12 US Secret Service extends protection of the President to include his family
Jun 13 World War I: the deadliest German air raid on London during World War I is carried out by Gotha G bombers and results in 162 deaths, including 46 children with 432 injuries
Jun 14 1st German air attack on England, 100+ killed in East London
Jun 14 General Pershing and his HQ staff arrived in Paris during WW I
Jun 15 In order to calm troubled relations with Ireland, the British grant amnesty to the Prisoners taken during the Easter Rising of 1916
Jun 16 1st All Russian Congress of the Soviets convenes in Petrograd, Russia [OS Jun 3]
Jun 16 49th Belmont: James Butwell aboard Hourless wins in 2:17.8
Jun 19 The British Royal Family, which has had strong German ties since George I, renounces its German names and titles and adopts the name of Windsor
Jun 21 Hawaiian Red Cross forms
Jun 23 Ammunition factory in Boleweg Bohemia explodes, killing 1,000

Shore Replaces Ejected Ruth

Jun 23 Ernie Shore enters game after Boston Red Sox pitcher Babe Ruth is ejected for throwing punch at umpire; retires all 26 batters he faces to win 4-0 vs Washington Senators; ruled combined no-hitter

Jun 23 US National Championship Women's Tennis, Forest Hills, NY: Two-time defending champion Molla Bjurstedt beats Marion Vanderhoef 4-6, 6-0, 6-2
Jun 24 Russian Black Sea fleet mutinies at Sebastopol
Jun 26 First US troops arrive in France during World War I

Greece Joins the Allies

Jun 27 Eleftherios Venizelos takes over as Prime Minister of Greece and severs relations with Central Powers, bringing Greece onside with the Allies in WWI