1917 Calendar
What Happened In Year 1917?
- January 9, 1917 – World War I: the Battle of Rafa occurs near the Egyptian border with Palestine.
- January 23, 1917 – New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Fire Snake in Chinese astrology.
- February 23, 1917 – First demonstrations in Saint Petersburg, Russia. The beginning of the February Revolution.
- February 26, 1917 – The Original Dixieland Jass Band records the first jazz record, for the Victor Talking Machine Company in New York.
- March 8, 1917 – The United States Senate votes to limit filibusters by adopting the cloture rule.
- May 21, 1917 – The Commonwealth War Graves Commission is established through Royal Charter to mark, record and maintain the graves and places of commemoration of Commonwealth of Nations military forces.
- May 30, 1917 – Alexander I becomes king of Greece.
- June 23, 1917 – In a game against the Washington Senators, Boston Red Sox pitcher Ernie Shore retires 26 batters in a row after replacing Babe Ruth, who had been ejected for punching the umpire.
- July 2, 1917 – The East St. Louis Riots end.
- July 6, 1917 – World War I: Arabian troops led by T. E. Lawrence (“Lawrence of Arabia”) and Auda ibu Tayi capture Aqaba from the Ottoman Empire during the Arab Revolt.
- October 23, 1917 – Lenin calls for the October Revolution.
- October 26, 1917 – World War I: Brazil declared in state of war with Central Powers.
- October 31, 1917 – World War I: Battle of Beersheba – “last successful cavalry charge in history”.
- November 2, 1917 – The Balfour Declaration proclaims British support for the “establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people” with the clear understanding “that nothing shall be done which may prejudice the civil and religious rights of existing non-Jewish communities”.
- November 6, 1917 – World War I: Third Battle of Ypres ends: After three months of fierce fighting, Canadian forces take Passchendaele in Belgium.
- November 7, 1917 – World War I: Third Battle of Gaza ends: British forces capture Gaza from the Ottoman Empire.
- November 26, 1917 – The National Hockey League is formed, with the Montreal Canadiens, Montreal Wanderers, Ottawa Senators, Quebec Bulldogs, and Toronto Arenas as its first teams.
- December 2, 1917 – An armistice is signed between Russia and the Central Powers at Brest-Litovsk and peace talks leading to the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk began.
- December 7, 1917 – World War I: The United States declares war on Austria-Hungary.
- December 12, 1917 – In Nebraska, Father Edward J. Flanagan founds Boys Town as a farm village for wayward boys.
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