Back 100 years - Wednesday 15 August 1917

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It was Wednesday, under the sign of Leo. The US president was Woodrow Wilson (Democratic). Famous people born on this day include Chuck Boyajian(Disneyland worker 1955-81 as Manager of Custodial Operations.) in Ohio and Jacques Andrieux(French fighter ace of the Second World War credited with 6 aerial victories).

Paul Klee painted Sailing ships waiting out the storm
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Source: http://www.arsmundi.com/en/artwork/sailing-ships-paul-klee-735066.html
Paul Klee (18 December 1879 – 29 June 1940) was a Swiss-German artist. His highly individual style was influenced by movements in art that included Expressionism, Cubism, and Surrealism.

Romain Rolland said "The Russian revolution is being suppressed by the Allies. The Bolsheviks are being persecuted. Capital punishment has been reinstated in the army. Poor Kerensky is a Danton-like marionette, his strings in the hands of England and President Wilson."
Romain Rolland was a French dramatist, novelist, essayist, art historian and mystic who was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1915.

The US Army have parade with the Stars and Stripes carried in front, down Piccadilly in London.
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Source: http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205022006

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