It was Saturday, under the sign of Leo. The US president was Woodrow Wilson (Democratic). Famous people born on this day include Casper Weinberger (US Secretary of Defense (1981-87)).
Pierre Gilliard said "On the following day we passed the native village of Rasputin, and the family, gathered on the deck, were able to observe the house of the staretz, which stood out clearly from among the isbas.
There was nothing to surprise them in this event, for Rasputin had foretold that it would be so, and chance once more seemed to confirm his prophetic words."
Paul Klee works on Persian nightingales
source: http://www.design-is-fine.org/post/106156128199/paul-klee-persian-nightingales-1917-gouache-and
Still was war and battle of Passchendaele was ongoing. JULY-NOVEMBER 1917
This picture is taken from this day and showing distant shell-bursts on Pilckem Ridge
Source: http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205079496
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