1917, a year fondly remembered

Saxony Line I-XIII

Last time on the Saxony Line we misread the date of a newspaper article and reported a German invasion of Venice, albeit 34, 383 days late. But it got us thinking about the year 1917. 1917 was an eventful year.

The University of Oregon won the 3rd Rose Bowl with a 14-0 win over Pennsylvania.

The US Government tired of searching for their number one enemy at the time, Pancho Villa.

Puerto Ricans became American citizens.

The Romanov family of Russia were deposed ushering in the much lengthier Soviet age.

Poland made a come back.

Carl Karcher, founder of the delicious Carl's Jr was born.

Yugoslavia shows up on the map.

There's a whole bunch of striking going on in Spain (somethings never change).

The NHL was born.

The glorious Don Republic held sway over territory formerly held by the Tsar (for 2 weeks).

Finland breaks free of Russia.

Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, the Beatle's guru was born.

Zsa Zsa Gabor was born.

Sadly the world lost two greats, Edgar Degas and Buffalo Bill Cody. Both were influential in the development of art. One in sculpting, the other in kitsch.

To end this post we will simply quote the darling Zsa Zsa Gabor, "I call everyone 'Darling' because I can't remember their names." So witty.