It is in fact amazing what the woman can do for the good of the human race, or for its ruin, if she should leave the common road; both the civil and domestic orders are easily upset. With the decline in religion, cultured women have lost with their piety, also their sense of shame. Many, in order to take up occupations ill-befitting their sex, took to imitating men. Others abandoned the duties of the housewife, for which they were fashioned, to cast themselves recklessly into the current of life. And this is the source of the deplorable perversion of morals, which the disorder bred of the war has multiplied and propagated beyond all belief.
This is not the charge of the Light Brigade.
Tsar Nicholas dispatched two expeditions to search Mount Ararat to look for Noah's Ark
German withdrawal on the Western Front.
Churches of Saint Demetrius in Sirmium Dalmatia, and Saint Thais in Salonica were bombed by the Axis powers.
Revolution in Russia.
Flood in Chino Valley, Arizona.
Births:
Clell McClung (1917-99), realtor.
Andrew Wyeth, artist.
Deaths:
Aleksandrathat
Rasputin /Grigory Yefimovich Novykh (c1872-Dec 29-30, 1916), the monk, advisor of Alexandra was executed in Russia. See rasputinthemusical.com
Alexandra Feodorovna was executed as a German spy in Russia.
August Rodin, sculptor.
Buffalo Bill Cody.
Many blacks died in a race riot in East Saint Louis.
From Italy, Apostolic Delegate, Giovanni Cardinal Bonzano visited Belleville, Il.
Al Smith was elected president of NYC Board of Aldermen.
Publications:
Prufrock and Other Observations by T.S. Eliot.
Films:
Mater Dolorose French film.
The Little Princess with Mary Pickford.
Music:
First Jazz recordings by The Original Dixieland Jass Band.
Prohibition of alcohol is proposed in US Congress.
Four women suffrage marchers were arrested at the White House, and jailed for 6 months.
Managers of the NY Giants and Cincinnati Reds, baseball teams were arrested for holding ball games on Sundays at the Polo Grounds in NYC.
Visit www.ditto.com.
January-
14: Grandpa William Nieman (1886-1958)'s 31st birthday.
22: US President Woodrow Wilson (1856-1924)'s Peace Without Victory speech.
February-
1: James Nieman (1912-)'s 5th birthday.
3: US breaks off diplomatic relations with Germany.
12: Joseph Wresi��ski (1917-88), a priest of the archdiocese of Paris and founder of Mouvement Aide �� Toute D��tresse Quart Monde, was born today in Angers, France. He died on February 14, 1988 in Paris, France.
14 or 17: Anniversary of the birth of Frederick Douglass (February 17, 1818 – February 20, 1895)
March-
@4: Sadie Gray (1896-) became pregnant with Bob Jr., see December 4.
13: Pope Benedict XV (1854-1922) consecrated Eugenio Pacelli/Pio XII (-1958), as Titular Archbishop of Sardes, in Saint Peter's Basilica, Rome.
16: Czar Nicholas II of Russia was forced to abdicate.
26: Harriet Pavlak (1917-) was born in New Jersey.
Baghdad fell, with help from Englishman, T.E. Lawrence of Arabia.
April-
2: President Woodrow Wilson called a special session of Congress to deliver his War Message, asking Congress to declare war on Germany.
4: US Senate passes (82-6) Wilson's declaration.
6: Good Friday. US House of Representatives concurred, President Wilson signed the Declaration of War.
Panama and Cuba also declared war on Germany.
Franklin Delano Roosevelt became Assistant Secretary of the Navy. The British Royal Family renounces its German Names and Titles.
Air Raids on London.
Bolsheviks come into power. Kerensky becomes Russian Premier.
George M. Cohan writes "Over There" song, the Yanks are Coming!!
Harriet Pavlak was born.
May-
5: Pope Benedict XIV wrote a peace note and added "Mary, Queen of Peace,
Pray for us!" to the Litany of Loreto.
13: The first appearance of Our Lady of Fatima to Saint Francisco Marto (1908-19), Saint Jacinta Marto (1910-20) and Lucia Abobora (1907-) in the Cova da Iria, Serra da Aire, near Fatima, Portugal.
20: Patrick Jeremiah Dennehy was born to Ella and Jeremiah Partick Dennehy.
29: John Fitzgerald Kennedy was born to Rose and Patrick Kennedy.
June-
4: Columbia University and the Pulitzer Prize board awarded the first Pulitzers on this date in 1917. The official site pulitzer.org has profiles of winners, a biography of Joseph Pulitzer, information on the history of the prizes, and guidelines for entry submission.13: Second appearance of Our Lady of Fatima.
Sadie Gray was baptized at Saint Elizabeth's Church by Father Peter Engel. Her mother-in-law, Margaret (O'Reilly) Gray
was her sponsor. Fr. Engel solemnized the marriage of Sadie and Rob.
General John J. Pershing and American Allies entered Paris.
Germany allowed Lenin to return to Russia. He became chief Commissar.
Trotsky became Commissar for Foreign Affairs.
Clemenceau became Premier in France.
King Constantine I abdicates in favor of his son, Alexander I in Greece.
July-
13: Third appearance of Our Lady of Fatima.
August-
8: Dinah Amorim/Maria dos Anjos of Saint Teresa, schp (1917-88) a sister of the order Hijas de Maria, Escolapias, was born on August 8, 1917 at Claudio, Minas Gerais. She died on September 1, 1988 at Santa Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
13: 4th appearance of Our Lady of Fatima.
15: Oscar Arnulfo Romero Galdamez (1917-80), archbishop of San Salvador, was born on this day at Ciudad Barrios. He died on March 24, 1980 at San Salvador, El Salvador in odium fidei, while saying Mass.
September-
Fred Niemann was in the 3rd grade at Saint Elizabeth's School, East Saint Louis, IL.
4: Sarah Nieman's birthday.
12: Sarah & William Nieman's wedding anniversary.
13: 5th appearance of Our Lady of Fatima.
18: Luis Mar��a Etcheverry Boneo (1917-71), a priest of the archdiocese of Buenos Aires and founder of the Asociaci��n de V��rgenes Consagradas/Servidoras was born today at Buenos Aires, Argentina. He died on March 18,1971 at Madrid.
29: Marian Nieman's 3rd birthday.
October-
13: 6th appearance of Our Lady of Fatima.
16: Miracle of the Sun, dancing in the sky at Fatima, Portugal.
Conspiracy of Silence.
20: Saint Maximilian Kolbe, OFM. (1894-1941), founded The Militia Immaculata. www.auschwitz.dk/Kolbe.htm or http://www.catholic-forum.com/saints/saintm01.htm.
27: Teddy Roosevelt (1858-1919) turned 58.
November-
11: Maria Rosa of Jesus Pellesi /Sister Maria Rosa of Jesus Pellesi-Bruna (1917-72), of the order Francescane Missionarie di Cristo /Franciscan Missionaries of Christ, was born at Morano. She died on December 1, 1972 at Sassuolo. See 1910: Maria Teresa of Jesus Crucified Zavagli.
30: Ethel Verla (Farris) Hutsler was born.
December-
Turks surrendered Jerusalem to Allenby.
Mata Hari, a dancer, was executed by Allies, as a German spy.
"Bobbed" hair becomes a fad in England and USA.
4: Robert James "Bob" Gray (1917-1978) born to Sadie Belle (Flood) and Robert Joseph Gray in East Saint Louis, Illinois.
Santina Scribano of the Sacred Heart/Emmanuela Giovanna (1917-68) a sister of the Sacred Heart of Jesus/Suore del Sacro Cuore di Ges�� di Ragusa was born today at Ragusa. She died at Ragusa on May 12, 1968. See Maria Schinin�� of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, and Nazarena Di Pasquale of the Crucified.
Woodrow Wilson delivered his 5th State of the Union address to the 65th US Congress.
7: US declared war on Austria.
Robert was baptized at Saint Elizabeth's church by Rev. Peter Engel.
Genevieve May Phillips (1917-1920) born to Joe and Lucy (Gray) Phillips.
Bob and Genevieve had their picture taken with Grandma Julia Flood-Weigel.
16: Arthur C. Clarke, science-fiction writer who was the first to think of satellite communications, was born.
22: Saint Francis Xavier Cabrini died in Chicago.
Lucinda (O'Reilly) Ganey died.
Fulton J. Sheen graduated from Saint Viator's College, Bourbonnais, Illinois.
D.W. Griffith released his Hearts of the World film, which was full of contradictions. President Wilson feared that, because of the harsh violence portrayed in the movie, it might harm the just armistice. Griffith had previously received bad reviews because of his film Birth of a Nation which seemed to glorify the KKK.
25: Bob Gray's first Christmas.
Teresa Mar��a Ortega Pardo OP (1917-72), a Dominican Nun, was born today at Puente Caldetas. She died August 20, 1972 at Olmedo, Valladolid.