It was Monday, under the sign of Leo. The US president was Woodrow Wilson (Democratic). Famous people born on this day include Loretta King(American actress, best known for the brevity of her career and her relationship with director Ed Wood).
Alexander Blok said "The crucial task of Russian culture is in making sure its fire is directed at that which needs to be burned; to turn the rebellions of Stenka Razin and Pugachev into a powerful wave of music; to bound this fire in such a way as not to weaken it but to shape its flow; to organise its rebellious will the lazy embers in which the flames of rebellion can sometimes be smothered must be directed to those Rasputin depths of the soul and there to fan the flames to the very sky, a fire of cunning, lazy, masochistic craving."
Alexander Alexandrovich Blok ((Russian: Алекса́ндр Алекса́ндрович Бло́к) (28 November 1880 – 7 August 1921)) was a Russian lyrical poet.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Blok
AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY ON THE WESTERN FRONT
Source: http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205374166
Idaho national guards under the command of the War Dept raid IWW headquarters in Spokane and arrest 27 Wobblies. The IWWers are told they are military prisoners. This is in response to a planned strike of agricultural and construction workers. And members of the Washington State National Guards, under the command of no one, attack IWW hq in Port Angeles and wreck it.
A 100-yard race between men of the army and navy reserve on Staten Island begins with a Marine sergeant firing a starting pistol and accidentally shooting a spectator with a truly stupendous and alliterative name, Cornelius Cleary, in the head.
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https://steemit.com/back100years/@petrvl/back-100-years-sunday-19-august-1917