The Day
**It was Thursday, under the sign of Virgo. The US president was Woodrow Wilson (Democratic). Famous people born on this day include Vladimir Kirillovich(Grand Duke of Russia, pretender to the Russian throne ) and Henry Sanson(France Military man).
Puppet Council
The puppet Polish Council of State resigns en masse. For months the Council has been in conflict with Germany, which isn’t prepared to hand over much power to them. The final straw was Germany’s decision to make Lithuania and Courland, territories wrested from Russia, into German protectorates. The Poles wanted Lithuania for themselves. (Update: tomorrow’s paper will say that the resignations were over an order that Polish sharpshooters be placed at the disposal of Austria, to reinforce its failing position on the Italian front.
The music
Igor Stravinsky finished piece for the pianola. And wrote: "I continued my work on the last scene of Les Noces throughout the summer, and finished a piece for the pianola. In an effort, perhaps, to avoid losing ground on my predecessors, who, on their return from Spain, would nail down their impressions in pieces inspired by Spanish music, I too indulged myself and paid tribute to this tradition.
My piece was inspired by the curious and unusual combinations of melodies – performed on mechanical pianos and orchestrinas – that resounded in the streets of Madrid and in its small night taverns."
You can listen here:
https://soundcloud.com/ewodzju1pd4a/etude-pour-pianola
The Admiral
Admiral of the Fleet Sir G A Callaghan GCB GCVO
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If you know some interesting or important from your national history what happened that day please put in the comment.
Yesterday post:
https://steemit.com/back100years/@petrvl/back-100-years-wednesday-29-august-1917