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1917 Events

January

• January 2 - The Royal Bank of Canada takes over Quebec Bank.
• January 22 - World War I: President Woodrow Wilson calls for "peace without victory" in Europe.
• January 25 - The Danish West Indies is sold to the United States for $25 million
• January 25 - Anti-prostitution drive in San Francisco attracts huge crowds to public meetings. At one meeting attended by 7000 people, 20000 are kept out for lack of room. In a conference with Rev. Paul Smith, an outspoken foe of prostitution, 300 prostitutes make a plea for toleration explaining they had been forced into the practice by poverty. When Smith asked if they would take other work at $8 to $10 a week, the ladies laughed derisively, which lost them public sympathy. The police close about 200 houses of prostitution shortly thereafter [1]
• January 26 - The sea defences at the village of Hallsands, Devon are breached, leading to all but one of the houses becoming uninhabitable
• January 28 - The United States ends search for Pancho Villa
• January 30 - Pershing's troops in Mexico begin to withdraw to USA. They reach Columbus, Ohio February 5
• January 31 - World War I: Germany announces its U-boats will engage in unrestricted submarine warfare.

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February

• February 3 - World War I: The United States breaks off diplomatic relations with Germany.
• February 5 - The constitution of Mexico is adopted.
• February 13 - Mata Hari is arrested for spying.
• February 24 - World War I: United States ambassador to the United Kingdom Walter H. Page is given the Zimmermann Telegram, in which Germany offers to give the American Southwest back to Mexico, if Mexico will declare war on the United States.
• February 26 - The Original Dixieland Jass Band record their first commercial record, with "Livery Stable Blues" and "Dixie Jazz Band One Step" tunes.

President Woodrow Wilson of the United States announces to Congress the breaking of diplomatic relations with Germany

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March

• March 1 - U.S. government releases the plaintext of the Zimmermann Telegram to the public
• March 1 - Japanese city Omuta, Fukuoka is founded by Hiroushi Miruku
• March 2 - The enactment of the Jones Act grants Puerto Ricans United States citizenship.
• March 4 - US. President Woodrow Wilson, begins second term.
• March 4 - Jeannette Rankin of Montana becomes the first woman member of the United States House of Representatives.
• March 8 (N.S.) (February 23, O.S.) - The Russian February Revolution begins with the overthrow of the Tsar.
• March 8 - The United States Senate adopts the cloture rule in order to limit filibusters.
• March 10 - The Province of Batangas was formally founded as one of the Philippines' first encomienda.
• March 11 - Mexican Revolution - Venustiano Carranza elected president of Mexico - USA gives recognition of his government de jure
• March 15 (N.S.) (March 2, O.S.) - Tsar Nicholas II of Russia abdicates his throne for his brother.
• March 17 (N.S.) (March 4, O.S.) - Grand Duke Michael refuses the throne and power in Russia passes to the newly-formed Provisional Government under Prince Georgy Lvov.
• March 21 - The Danish West Indies become the Virgin Islands when Denmark transfers control over the islands to the United States after the purchase of the islands on January 25.
• March 26 - World War I: First Battle of Giza - British cavalry troops retreat after 17,000 Turks block their advance.
• March 31 - The United States takes possession of the Virgin Islands after paying $25 million to Denmark.

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April

• April 2 - World War I: US President Woodrow Wilson asks U.S. Congress for a declaration of war on Germany.
• April 6 - World War I: United States declares war on Germany. text
• April 9-12 - World War I: Canadian troops win the Battle of Vimy Ridge.
• April 10 - Ammunition factory explodes in Chester, Pennsylvania - 133 dead.
• April 11 - World War I: Brazil severs relations with Germany.
• April 16 - Lenin arrives in Petrograd.
• April 16 - The Nivelle Offensive commences.

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May

• May 9 - The Nivelle Offensive was abandoned.
• May 13 - Three peasant children claim to see the Virgin Mary above a Holm Oak tree in Cova da Iria near Fátima, Portugal.
• May 13 - The nuncio Eugenio Pacelli, the future Pope Pius XII, is consecrated Archbishop by Pope Benedict XV^[1]
• May 18 - World War I: The Selective Service Act passes the U.S. Congress giving the President the power of conscription.
• May 21 - Over 300 acres (73 blocks) destroyed in Great Atlanta fire of 1917.
• May 26 - Tornado strikes Mattoon, Illinois causing devastation and killing 101 people.
• May 27 - Over 30.000 French troops refuse to go to the trenches in Missy-aux-Bois.

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June

• June 1 - French infantry regiment seizes Missy-aux-Bois and declares anti-war military government. French army soon apprehend them.
• June 4 - The very first Pulitzer Prizes are awarded: Laura E. Richards, Maud Howe Elliott, and Florence Hall receive the first Pulitzer for a biography (for Julia Ward Howe). Jean Jules Jusserand receives the first Pulitzer for history for his work With Americans of Past and Present Days. Herbert Bayard Swope receives the first Pulitzer for journalism for his work for the New York World.
• June 5 - World War I: Conscription begins in the United States as "Army registration day."
• June 13 - World War I: First major German bombing raid on London left 162 dead and 432 injured
• June 15 - The United States enacts the Espionage Act.

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July

• July 1 - Labor Dispute ignites a Race Riot in East St. Louis, Illinois. Over 250 dead.
• July 6 - Arabian troops led by T.E. Lawrence capture Aqaba from the Turks.
• July 12 - Phelps Dodge Corporation deports over 1000 suspected IWW members from Bisbee, Arizona.
• July 17 - King George V of the United Kingdom issues a Proclamation stating that the male line descendants of the British Royal Family will bear the surname Windsor.
• July 20 - Corfu Declaration that enabled post-war Kingdom of Yugoslavia was signed by the Yugoslav Committee and Kingdom of Serbia.
• July 20 (N.S.) (July 7, O.S.) - Alexander Kerensky becomes premier of the Russian Provisional Government, replacing Prince Georgy Lvov.
• July 25 - Sir Thomas Whyte introduces the first income tax in Canada as a "temporary" measure (lowest bracket is 4% and highest is 25%).
• July 28 - The Silent Protest was organized by the NAACP in New York to protest the East St. Louis Massacre of July 2, as well as lynchings in Texas and Tennessee.

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August

• August - The Green Corn Rebellion, an uprising by several hundred farmers against the World War I draft, takes place in central Oklahoma.
• August 2 - Squadron Commander E.H. Dunning became the first pilot to land his aircraft on a ship when he landed his Sopwith Pup on HMS Furious in Scapa Flow, Orkney. He was killed five days later during another landing on the ship.
• August 10 - General strike in Spain begins, smashed after three days with 70 left dead, hundreds of wounded and 2000 prisoners.
• August 17 - One of English literature's most important and most famous meetings takes place when Wilfred Owen introduces himself to Siegfried Sassoon at Craiglockhart War Hospital in Edinburgh.
• August 18 - A Great Fire in Thessaloniki, Greece, destroyes 32% of the city leaving 70,000 individuals homeless.
• August 29 - World War I: The Military Service Act is passed in the Canadian House of Commons giving the Government of Canada the right to conscript men into the army.

For other uses, see August (disambiguation). ... The Green Corn Rebellion took place in 1917 in rural Oklahoma. ... “The Great War ” redirects here. ... Official language(s) None Capital Oklahoma City Largest city Oklahoma City Area  Ranked 20th  - Total 69,960 sq mi (181,196 km²)  - Width 230 miles (370 km)  - Length 298 miles (480 km)  - % water 1. ... August 2 is the 214th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (215th in leap years), with 151 days remaining. ... Sqn Cdr E. H. Dunning landing on HMS Furious in his Sopwith Pup. ... Sqn Cdr E. H. Dunning landing on HMS Furious in a Sopwith Pup. ... Five vessels of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Furious: Furious, launched 1797, was a 12-gun gunvessel. ... Aerial Photo of Scapa Flow Scapa Flow is a body of water in the Orkney Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, sheltered by the islands of Mainland, Graemsay, Burray, South Ronaldsay and Hoy. ... Location Geography Area Ranked 16th  - Total 990 km²  - % Water  ? Admin HQ Kirkwall ISO 3166-2 GB-ORK ONS code 00RA Demographics Population Ranked 32nd  - Total (2005) 19,590  - Density 20 / km² Politics Orkney Islands Council http://www. ... August 10 is the 222nd day of the year (223rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... August 17 is the 229th day of the year (230th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Wilfred Edward Salter Owen, MC (March 18, 1893 – November 4, 1918) was an English poet and soldier, regarded by many as the leading poet of the First World War. ... Siegfried Loraine Sassoon, CBE, MC (September 8, 1886 – September 1, 1967) was an English poet and author. ... Craiglockhart Hydropathic, now known as Craiglockhart Campus, is located in Craiglockhart, Edinburgh, Scotland. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... August 18 is the 230th day of the year (231st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... The Great Thessaloniki Fire of 1917 was one of the most important incidents that marked the history of the city. ... Thessaloniki, (Greek: Θεσσαλονίκη), is Greeces second-largest city and the capital of the Greek region of Macedonia and the periphery of Central Macedonia. ... August 29 is the 241st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (242nd in leap years), with 124 days remaining. ... “The Great War ” redirects here. ... UK Military Service Act In January, 1916 David Lloyd George introduced the Military Service Act for the UK. Previous to this Act, the British Government had been relying on voluntary registration called the Derby Scheme. ... The House of Commons (French: Chambre des communes) is a component of the Parliament of Canada, along with the Sovereign (represented by the Governor General) and the Senate. ... Bold text The Canada wordmark, used by most agencies of the Canadian federal government. ...

September

• September 11 - Torrance High School opens in Torrance, CA

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October

• October 15 - World War I: At Vincennes outside of Paris, Dutch dancer Mata Hari is executed by firing squad for spying for Germany.
• October 19 - Love Field in Dallas, Texas is opened.
• October 26 - World War I: Brazil declared in state of war with Germany.

October 15 is the 288th day of the year (289th in leap years). ... “The Great War ” redirects here. ... This article is about the city in France. ... City flag City coat of arms Motto: Fluctuat nec mergitur (Latin: Tossed by the waves, she does not sink) Paris Eiffel tower as seen from the esplanade du Trocadéro. ... A contemporary dancer rehearsing in a dance studio Dance generally refers to human movement either used as a form of expression or presented in a social, spiritual or performance setting. ... Mata Hari, exotic dancer and convicted spy, made her name synonymous with femme fatale during World War I. For the Indonesian supermarket/department store chain, see Matahari. ... Execution by firing squad is a method of capital punishment, especially in times of war. ... Spy and Secret agent redirect here. ... October 19 is the 292nd day of the year (293rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Dallas Love Field Airport (IATA: DAL, ICAO: KDAL) is a public airport located 5 miles (8 km) northwest of Dallas, Texas (USA). ... Nickname: Location in the state of Texas Coordinates: Country United States State Texas Counties Dallas, Collin, Denton, Kaufman, and Rockwall Incorporated 2 February 1856 Government  - Mayor Laura Miller (D)[1] Area  - City  385. ... October 26 is the 299th day of the year (300th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 66 days remaining. ... “The Great War ” redirects here. ...

November

• November - Don Republic declares independence from Bolshevist Russia
• November 2 - Zionism: The Balfour Declaration proclaims British support for Jewish settlement in Palestine.
• November 6 - World War I: Third Battle of Ypres ends: After three months of fierce fighting, Canadian forces take Passchendaele in Belgium.
• November 7 - October Revolution begins: The workers of St. Petersburg in Russia, led by the Bolsheviks and the Bolshevik leader Vladimir Lenin, attacked the ineffective Kerensky Provisional Government (Russia was still using the Julian Calendar at the time, so period references show an October 25 date). The Soviets of Workers, Farmers and Soldiers took control of the economy and the administration of a country for the first time in history. The Safavid Empire of Persia (which provided weapons for Russia) refuses to support the Allied Forces after the October Revolution and surrenders from the war.
• November 7 - World War I: Third Battle of Giza ends - United Kingdom forces capture Giza from the Ottoman Empire.
• November 15 - Finland takes a step towards full sovereignty recognizing the personal union with Russia finished after the Tsar being dethroned.
• November 16 - British troops occupy Tel Aviv and Jaffa in Palestine.
• November 16 - Georges Clemenceau becomes prime minister of France
• November 18 - Sigma Alpha Rho, Jewish high school fraternity, is founded in West Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• November 20 - World War I: Battle of Cambrai begins - British forces make early progress in an attack on German positions but are soon beaten back.
• November 20 - Ukraine is declared a republic.
• November 22 - In Montreal, Canada, the National Hockey Association breaks up.
• November 26 - The National Hockey League is formed as a replacement.
• November 29 - Striking coal miners at Rostov declare Don Soviet Republic - it lasts two weeks.

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