May 1917

Sunday 13:

Three peasant children claim to see the Blessed Virgin Mary above a holmoak tree in Cova da Iria near Fatima, Portugal.

World War I: The Selective Service Act passes the U.S. Congress giving the President the power of conscription.

The U.S. town of Codell, Kansas, is struck by an F3 tornado.

John Fitzgerald Kennedy, the 35th President of the United States (1961?1963), is born.

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