1917 34595 225288538 2008-07-12T22:17:43Z 216.16.96.220 {{year nav|1917}} {{C20YearInTopicX}} Year '''1917''' ('''[[Roman numerals|MCMXVII]]''') was a [[common year starting on Monday]] (link will display the full calendar) of the [[Gregorian calendar]] (or a [[common year starting on Sunday]]<ref> "Calendar in year 1917 (Russia)" (Julian calendar), webpage: [http://www.timeanddate.com/calendar/index.html?year=1917&country=19 Julian-1917]<!-- --> (Romania used Julian in 1919, when Russia adopted Gregorian). </ref> of the 13-day-slower [[Julian calendar]]). <!-- 13-day span=Mon-Sun,Tue-Mon,Wed-Tue,Thu-Wed,Fr-Th,Sa-Fr --> {{C20YearTOC}} ==Events of 1917== ===January=== <!-- Link dates even if repeated, for date-format preferences. Do not link months. --> * [[January 2]] - The [[Royal Bank of Canada]] takes over [[Quebec Bank]]. * [[January 11]] - [[Kingsland Explosion]] at Kingsland, NJ (now [[Lyndhurst, NJ]]) Due to German sabotage, leading to the U.S. involvement in [[World War I]]. * [[January 19]] - [[Silvertown explosion]]: a blast at a munitions factory in [[London]] kills 73 and injures over 400. The resulting fire causes over £2,000,000 worth of damage. * [[January 22]] - [[World War I]]: [[President of the United States|President]] [[Woodrow Wilson]] calls for "peace without victory" in Europe. * [[January 25]] **<!--January 25-->The [[Virgin Islands|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 will take other work at $8 to $10 a week, the ladies laugh derisively, which loses them public sympathy. The police close about 200 houses of prostitution shortly thereafter [http://www.sfgenealogy.com/sf/history/hbtbc12.htm] * [[January 26]] - The sea defences at the English village of [[Hallsands]] are breached, leading to all but one of the houses becoming uninhabitable. * [[January 28]] - The United States ends its search for [[Pancho Villa]]. * [[January 30]] - [[John J. Pershing|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-boat]]s will engage in unrestricted [[submarine]] warfare. ===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 [[spy]]ing. * [[February 23]] - First [[International Women's Day]] (Russia) * [[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. [[Image:USA_bryter_de_diplomatiska_förbindelserna_med_Tyskland_3_februari_1917.jpg|thumb|right|300px|President Woodrow Wilson of the United States announces to Congress the breaking of diplomatic relations with Germany]] ===March=== * [[March 1]] **<!--March 1-->U.S. government releases the [[plaintext]] of the [[Zimmermann Telegram]] to the public **<!--March 1-->Japanese city of [[Omuta, Fukuoka]] is founded by Hiroushi Miruku * [[March 2]] - The enactment of the [[Jones-Shafroth Act|Jones Act]] grants [[Puerto Rico|Puerto Ricans]] United States citizenship. * [[March 4]] **<!--March 4-->[[President of the United States|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]] **<!--March 8-->(N.S.) ([[February 23]], O.S.) - The Russian [[February Revolution]] begins with the overthrow of the [[Tsar]]. **<!--March 8-->[[United States Senate]] adopts the [[cloture]] rule in order to limit [[Filibuster (legislative tactic)|filibuster]]s. * [[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]] - [[United States|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 son. * [[March 17]] (N.S.) ([[March 4]], O.S.) - [[Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich of Russia|Grand Duke Michael]] refuses the throne and power in Russia passes to the newly-formed [[Russian Provisional Government|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 25]] - The [[Georgian Orthodox Church]] restores its [[autocephaly]] abolished by [[Imperial Russia]] in 1811. * [[March 26]] - World War I: [[First Battle of Gaza]] - British cavalry troops retreat after 17,000 Turks block their advance. * [[March 31]] - The United States takes possession of the [[U.S. Virgin Islands|Virgin Islands]] after paying $25 million to Denmark. ===April=== * [[April 2]] - [[World War I]]: US President Woodrow Wilson asks [[Congress of the United States|U.S. Congress]] for a [[declaration of war]] on Germany. * [[April 6]] - World War I: United States declares war on Germany. [[s:Woodrow Wilson declares war on Germany|text]] * [[April 9]]-[[April 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]] **<!--April 16-->[[Vladimir Lenin|Lenin]] arrives in [[Petrograd]]. **<!--April 16-->The [[Nivelle Offensive]] commences. * [[April 19]] - The [[Second Battle of Gaza]], a fiasco for the British, causes the dismissal of the commander of the [[Eastern Expeditionary Force]], General [[Archibald Murray]]. ===May=== * [[May 9]] - The [[Nivelle Offensive]] was abandoned. * [[May 13]] **<!--May 13-->Three peasant children claim to see the [[Marian apparitions|Virgin Mary]] above a [[Holm Oak]] tree in [[Cova da Iria]] near [[Fátima, Portugal|Fátima]], [[Portugal]]. **<!--May 13-->The nuncio Eugenio Pacelli, the future [[Pope Pius XII]], is consecrated [[Archbishop]] by [[Pope Benedict XV]]<ref>L'Osservatore Romano, Weekly Edition in English, 12/19 August 1998, page 9</ref> * [[May 18]] - [[World War I]]: The [[Selective Service Act of 1917|Selective Service Act]] passes the [[Congress of the United States|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|Mattoon]], [[Illinois]] causing devastation and killing 101 people. * [[May 27]] - Over 30.000 [[France|French]] troops refuse to go to the trenches in [[Missy-aux-Bois]]. ===June=== * [[June 1]] - [[France|French]] infantry regiment seizes [[Missy-aux-Bois]] and declares anti-war military government. [[France|French]] army soon apprehend them. * [[June 4]] - The very first [[Pulitzer Prize]]s are awarded: [[Laura E. Richards]], [[Maud Howe Elliott]], and [[Florence Hall]] receive the first [[Pulitzer Prize|Pulitzer]] for a biography (for ''[[Julia Ward Howe]]''). [[Jean Jules Jusserand]] receives the first [[Pulitzer Prize|Pulitzer]] for history for his work ''With Americans of Past and Present Days.'' [[Herbert Bayard Swope]] receives the first [[Pulitzer Prize|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 [[Germany|German]] bombing raid on [[London]] left 162 dead and 432 injured * [[June 15]] - The [[United States]] enacts the [[Espionage Act of 1917|Espionage Act]]. ===July=== <!-- Link dates even if repeated, for date-format preferences. Do not link months --> * [[July 1]] - [[Labor Dispute]] ignites a [[Race Riot]] in [[East St. Louis, Illinois]]. Over 250 dead. * [[July 6]] **<!--July 6-->[[Arabia]]n troops led by [[Robert Constant]] capture [[Aqaba]] from the [[Ottoman Empire|Turks]]. **<!--July 6-->[[Conscription Crisis of 1917|Conscription crisis]] in Canada leads to passing of the Military Service Act. * [[July 12]] - [[Phelps Dodge|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 thenceforth the male line descendants of the [[British Royal Family]] will bear the surname [[House of Windsor|Windsor]] vice the Germanic bloodline of ''[[Saxe-Coburg and Gotha|House of Saxe-Coburg]]'', which is an offshoot of the historic (800+ years) [[House of Wettin]]. * [[July 20]] **<!--July 20-->[[Corfu Declaration]] that enabled post-war [[Kingdom of Yugoslavia]] was signed by the [[Yugoslav Committee]] and Kingdom of [[Serbia]]. **<!--July 20-->([[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]]. * [[July 31]] - [[World War I]] Commencement of Allied offensive operations in Flanders in what would become known as the [[Third Battle of Ypres]] or [[the Battle of Passchendaele]]. ===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]] - [[Edwin Harris Dunning|Squadron Commander E.H. Dunning]] [http://www.royal-navy.mod.uk/server/show/nav.3919 lands his aircraft on the ship] [[HMS Furious]] in [[Scapa Flow]], [[Orkney]]. He was killed five days later during another landing on the ship. * [[August 3]] - [[New York Guard]] founded. * [[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 important meetings takes place when [[Wilfred Owen]] introduces himself to [[Siegfried Sassoon]] at [[Craiglockhart Hydropathic|Craiglockhart War Hospital]] in [[Edinburgh]]. * [[August 18]] - A [[Great Thessaloniki Fire of 1917|Great Fire]] in [[Thessaloniki]], [[Greece]], destroys 32% of the city leaving 70,000 individuals homeless. * [[August 29]] - [[World War I]]: The [[Military Service Act (Canada)|Military Service Act]] is passed in the [[Canadian House of Commons]] giving the [[Government of Canada]] the right to conscript men into the army. ===October=== * [[October 15]] - [[World War I]]: At [[Vincennes]] outside of [[Paris]], [[Dutch people|Dutch]] [[dancer]] [[Mata Hari]] is executed by [[firing squad]] for [[espionage|spying]] for [[Germany]]. * [[October 19]] - [[Dallas Love Field|Love Field]] in [[Dallas, Texas]] is opened. * [[October 25]] - Traditional date of [[coup d'etat]] that began the [[Bolshevik Revolution]]. * [[October 26]] - [[World War I]]: [[Brazil]] [[History of Brazil (1889–1930)#Brazil_in_World_War_I| declared in state of war]] with [[Central Powers]]. ===November=== <!-- Link dates even if repeated, for date-format preferences. --> * [[November 2]] - [[Zionism]]: The [[Balfour Declaration of 1917|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]] - 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 [[Bolshevik]] leader [[Vladimir Lenin]], attacked the [[Aleksandr Kerensky|Kerensky]] Provisional Government ( [[Julian Calendar]] shows an [[October 25]] date). **The [[Safavid Empire]] of [[Persian Empire|Persia]] (which provided weapons for [[Russia]]) refuses to support the [[Allied Forces]] after the [[October Revolution]]. **<!--November 7-->[[World War I]]: [[Third Battle of Gaza]] ends - [[United Kingdom]] forces capture [[Gaza]] from the [[Ottoman Empire]]. * [[November 15]] - [[Finland]] takes a step towards full [[sovereignty]], ending the [[personal union]] with [[Russia]]. **<!--November 16-->[[United Kingdom|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 fraternities and sororities|high school fraternity]], is founded in [[West Philadelphia]], [[Pennsylvania]] * [[November 20]] **<!--November 20-->World War I: [[Battle of Cambrai (1917)|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 23]] - [[Bolsheviks]] release the full text of the previously secret [[Sykes-Picot Agreement]] in [[Izvestia]] and [[Pravda]]; it is subsequently printed in the [[Manchester Guardian]] on November 26. * [[November 24]] - In [[Milwaukee]], [[Wisconsin]], nine members of the [[Milwaukee Police Department]] are killed by a bomb, the most fatal single event in U.S. police history until the [[September 11, 2001 attacks]]. * [[November 26]] - The [[National Hockey League]] is formed as a replacement. * [[November 29]] - Striking coal miners at [[Rostov]] declare [[Don Republic]] - it lasts two weeks. ===December=== * [[December 3]] - After nearly 20 years of planning and construction, the [[Quebec Bridge]] opens to traffic (the bridge partially collapsed on [[August 29]] [[1907]] and [[September 11]] [[1916]]). * [[December 6]] **<!--December 6-->[[Finland's declaration of independence]]. **<!--December 6-->[[Halifax Explosion]]: Two freighters collide in [[Halifax Harbour]] at [[City of Halifax|Halifax]] [[Nova Scotia]] and cause a huge explosion that kills at least 1963 people, injures 9000 and destroys part of the city. Until [[Hiroshima]], this was the biggest manmade explosion in recorded history. * [[December 11]] - British troops take [[Jerusalem]] from the troops of the [[Ottoman Empire]] * [[December 25]] - ''[[Why Marry?]]'', first dramatic play to win a [[Pulitzer Prize]], opens at the [[Astor Theatre]] in [[New York City]]. * [[December 26]] - [[United States]] president [[Woodrow Wilson]] uses the [[Federal Possession and Control Act]] to place most U.S. [[railroad]]s under the [[United States Railroad Administration]], hoping to more efficiently transport troops and materials for the war effort. ===Undated=== * The last male [[Carolina Parakeet]] dies in Cincinnati Zoo. * [[Lions Clubs International]] is formed. * [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] begins writing the original ''[[The Book of Lost Tales|Book of Lost Tales]]'' (the first version of ''[[The Silmarillion]]''); thus [[Middle-earth]] is first written in about this year. * [[Female suffrage]] in the [[Netherlands]] * [[True Jesus Church]] is established in [[Beijing]]. * [[Oreland Boy Scout Troop 1]] is established. * The first of the [[Cottingley Fairies]] photos are taken. ===Ongoing=== * [[World War I]] ([[1914]]-[[1918]]). * [[Encephalitis lethargica]] (1917-[[1928]]). * [[Russian Revolution of 1917|Russian Revolution]]. ==Births== {{Year in other calendars|Japanese=[[Taishō]] 6}} ===January-February=== <!-- Link dates even if repeated, for date-format preferences. House style is to repeat dates, not use second-level bullet points. --> * [[January 2]] - [[Vera Zorina]], German dancer and actress (d. [[2003]]) * [[January 3]] - [[Roger W. Straus, Jr.]], American publisher (d. [[2004]]) * [[January 5]] - [[Jane Wyman]], American actress and wife of [[Ronald Reagan]] 1940-1948 (d. [[2007]]) * [[January 5]] - [[Francis L. Kellogg]], U.S. diplomat and prominent socialite (d. [[2006]]) * [[January 6]] - [[Koo Chen-fu]], [[Nationalist]] Chinese negotiator (d. [[2005]]) * [[January 10]] - [[Jerry Wexler]], American record producer * [[January 12]] **<!--January 12--> [[Jimmy Skinner]], Detroit Red Wings head coach (d. [[2007]]) **<!--January 12--> [[Maharishi Mahesh Yogi]], taught transcendental meditation to [[The Beatles]] (d. [[2008]]) * [[January 16]] - [[Carl Karcher]], founded the Carl's Jr. hamburger chain (d. [[2008]]) * [[January 19]] **<!--January 19--> [[John Raitt]], American actor and singer (d. [[2005]]) **<!--January 19-->[[Graham Higman]], British mathematician (d. [[2008]]) * [[January 24]] - [[Ernest Borgnine]], American actor * [[January 25]] - [[Ilya Prigogine]], Russian-born physicist and chemist, recipient of the [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry]] (d. [[2003]]) * [[January 26]] - [[William Verity Jr.]], American politician (d. [[2007]]) * [[February 1]] - [[James Harry Lacey]], a.k.a Squadron Leader James "Ginger" Lacey DFM & Bar, the top scoring RAF fighter pilot during the [[Battle of Britain]] (d. [[1989]]) * [[February 2]] - [[Đỗ Mười]], Vietnamese leader * [[February 4]] **<!--February 4--> [[Yahya Khan]], [[President of Pakistan]] (d. [[1980]]) **<!--February 4--> [[Abdur Rahman Badawi]], Egyptian [[existentialist]] philosopher (d. [[2002]]) * [[February 6]] - [[Zsa Zsa Gabor]], Hungarian-born actress * [[February 11]] **<!--February 11--> [[Sidney Sheldon]], American author (d. [[2007]]) **<!--February 11--> [[T. Nagi Reddy]], Indian revolutionary (d. [[1976]]) * [[February 14]] - [[Herbert A. Hauptman]], American mathematician, recipient of the [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry]] * [[February 17]] - [[Joseph Conombo]], [[Prime Minister of Upper Volta]] * [[February 18]] - [[Tuulikki Pietilä]], Finnish artist * [[February 19]] - [[Carson McCullers]], American author (d. [[1967]]) * [[February 25]] - [[Anthony Burgess]], English author (d. [[1993]]) * [[February 27]] - [[John Connally]], Governor of Texas (d. [[1993]]) * [[February 28]] - [[Fidel Sánchez Hernández]], [[President of El Salvador]] (d. [[2003]]) ===March-April=== <!-- Link dates even if repeated, for date-format preferences. --> * [[March 1]] **<!--March 1--> [[Harry Caray]], baseball broadcaster (d. [[1998]]) **<!--March 1--> [[Robert Lowell]], American poet (d. [[1977]]) * [[March 2]] **<!--March 2--> [[Desi Arnaz]], Cuban-born actor, bandleader, and musician (d. [[1986]]) **<!--March 2--> [[John Gardner (composer)|John Gardner]], British composer **<!--March 2--> [[Laurie Baker]], English architect (d. [[2007]]) * [[March 4]] - [[Clyde McCullough]], American baseball catcher (d. [[1982]]) * [[March 5]] - [[Raymond P. Shafer]], Governor of Pennsylvania (d. [[2006]]) * [[March 12]] - [[Googie Withers]], British actress * [[March 14]] - [[John McCallum (actor)|John McCallum]], Australian actor * [[March 16]] - [[Samael Aun Weor]], Columbian writer (d. [[1977]]) * [[March 19]] - [[Dinu Lipatti]], Romanian pianist (d. [[1950]]) * [[March 20]] - [[Vera Lynn]], English actress and singer * [[March 24]] - [[John Kendrew]], British molecular biologist, recipient of the [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry]] (d. [[1997]]) * [[March 26]] - [[Rufus Thomas]], American singer (d. [[2001]]) * [[March 27]] - [[Cyrus Vance]], American politician (d. [[2002]]) * [[April 1]] - [[Sydney Newman]], Canadian-born television producer (d. [[1997]]) * [[April 2]] - [[Dabbs Greer]], American actor (d. [[2007]]) * [[April 5]] - [[Robert Bloch]], American writer (d. [[1994]]) * [[April 10]] - [[Robert Burns Woodward|Robert B. Woodward]], American chemist, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. [[1979]]) * [[April 12]] - [[Helen Forrest]], American jazz singer (d. [[1999]]) * [[April 13]] - [[Robert O. Anderson]], American businessman, founder of Atlantic Richfield Oil Co. (d. [[2007]]) * [[April 14]] - [[Marvin Miller]], baseball executive * [[April 17]] - [[Bill Clements]], Governor of Texas * [[April 22]] - [[Yvette Chauviré]], French ballerina * [[April 25]] - [[Ella Fitzgerald]], American jazz singer (d. [[1996]]) * [[April 26]] - [[Virgil Trucks]], baseball player * [[April 30]] - [[Bea Wain]], American singer ===May-June=== <!-- Link dates even if repeated, for date-format preferences. House style is to repeat dates, not use second-level bullet points. --> * [[May 1]] - [[Fyodor Khitruk]], Russian animator * [[May 3]] - [[Kiro Gligorov]], [[President of the Republic of Macedonia]] * [[May 8]] - [[John Anderson, Jr.]], American politician * [[May 12]] - [[Frank Clair]], Canadian football coach (d. [[2005]]) * [[May 14]] - [[Lou Harrison]], American composer (d. [[2003]]) * [[May 16]] - [[George Gaynes]], Finnish-born actor * [[May 20]] - [[Bergur Sigurbjörnsson]], Icelandic politician (d. [[2005]]) * [[May 21]] - [[Raymond Burr]], Canadian actor (d. [[1993]]) * [[May 22]] - [[Georg Tintner]], Austrian conductor (d. [[1999]]) * [[May 25]] - [[Theodore Hesburgh]], American priest and educator * [[May 28]] - [[Papa John Creech]], American fiddler (d. [[1994]]) * [[May 29]] - [[John F. Kennedy]], [[President of the United States]] (d. [[1963]]) * [[June 1]] - [[William S. Knowles]], American chemist, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate * [[June 7]] - [[Dean Martin]], American actor (d. [[1995]]) * [[June 10]] **<!--June 10--> [[Eric Hobsbawm]], British historian **<!--June 10--> [[Ruari McLean]], British typographer (d. [[2006]]) * [[June 15]] **<!--June 15--> [[John Bennett Fenn]], American chemist, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate **<!--June 15--> [[Lash La Rue]], American cowboy actor (d. [[1996]]) * [[June 16]] **<!--June 16--> [[Irving Penn]], American photographer **<!--June 16--> [[Katharine Graham]], American publisher (d. [[2001]]) **<!--June 17--> [[Ben Bubar]], American presidential candidate. (d. [[1994]]) **<!--June 17--> [[Atle Selberg]], Norwegian mathematician (d. [[2007]]) * [[June 30]] - [[Lena Horne]], American singer ===July-August=== * [[July 1]] - [[Humphry Osmond]], British psychiatrist (d. [[2004]]) * [[July 4]] - [[Manolete]], Spanish bullfighter (d. [[1947]]) * [[July 7]] **<!--July 7--> [[Fidel Sánchez Hernández]], [[President of El Salvador]] (d. [[2003]]) **<!--July 7--> [[Larry O'Brien]], American politician and former NBA commissioner (d. [[1990]]) * [[July 10]] **<!--July 10--> [[Don Herbert]], American television personality (d. [[2007]]) **<!--July 10--> [[Reg Smythe]], British cartoonist (d. [[1998]]) * [[July 16]] - [[William Woodson]], American voice actor * [[July 17]] **<!--July 17--> [[Phyllis Diller]], American comedian **<!--July 17--> [[Red Sovine]], American country & folk singer & songwriter (d. [[1980]]) * [[July 18]] - [[Henri Salvador]], French singer (d. [[2008]]) * [[July 19]] - [[William Scranton]], American politician * [[August 11]] - [[Dik Browne]], American Cartoonist (d. [[1989]]) * [[August 14]] - [[Marty Glickman]], American sports announcer (d. [[2001]]) * [[August 15]] **<!--August 15--> [[Jack Lynch]], [[President of Ireland]] (d. [[1999]]) **<!--August 15--> [[Oscar Romero]], [[El Salvador]] Roman catholic Archbishop (d. [[1980]]) * [[August 18]] - [[Caspar Weinberger]], [[United States Secretary of Defense]] (d. [[2006]]) * [[August 22]] - [[John Lee Hooker]], American musician (d. [[2001]]) * [[August 25]] - [[Mel Ferrer]], Cuban-American actor, film director and film producer (d. [[2008]]) * [[August 28]] - [[Jack Kirby]], American comic book artist (d. [[1994]]) * [[August 29]] - [[Isabel Sanford]], American actress (d. [[2004]]) * [[August 30]] - [[Denis Healey]], British author and politician ===September-October=== <!-- Link dates even if repeated, for date-format preferences. --> * [[September 6]] - [[Philipp von Boeselager]], German Wehrmacht officer, failed assassin of Adolf Hitler (d. [[2008]]) * [[September 7]] **<!--September 7--> [[John Cornforth]], Australian chemist, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate **<!--September 7--> [[Leonard Cheshire]], British war hero (d. [[1992]]) * [[September 10]] - [[Miguel Serrano]], Chilean diplomat, explorer, and journalist * [[September 11]] **<!--September 11--> [[Herbert Lom]], Czech-born British actor **<!--September 11--> [[Ferdinand Marcos]], [[President of the Philippines]] (d. [[1989]]) ** [[Daniel Wildenstein]], French art dealer and racehorse owner (d. [[2001]]) * [[September 13]] - [[Robert Ward]], American composer (d. [[1994]]) * [[September 15]] - [[Shanul Haq Haqqee]], Pakistani poet, author, lexicographer (d. [[2005]]) * [[September 20]] - [[Red Auerbach]], American basketball coach and official (d. [[2006]]) * [[September 25]] - [[Johnny Sain]], baseball player (d. [[2006]]) * [[September 27]] - [[Louis Auchincloss]], American novelist * [[October 2]] - [[Christian de Duve]], English-born biologist, recipient of the [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]] * [[October 7]] - [[June Allyson]], American actress (d. [[2006]]) * [[October 8]] **<!--October 8--> [[Danny Murtaugh]], baseball player and manager (d. [[1976]]) **<!--October 8--> [[Rodney Robert Porter]], English biochemist, recipient of the [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]] (d. [[1985]]) * [[October 10]] - [[Thelonious Monk]], American jazz pianist (d. [[1982]]) * [[October 13]] - [[George Osmond|George Virl Osmond]], Osmond family patriarch (d. [[2007]]) * [[October 15]] - [[Jan Miner]], American actress (d. [[2004]]) * [[October 15]] - [[Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.]], American historian and political commentator (d. [[2007]]) * [[October 21]] - [[Dizzy Gillespie]], American musician (d. [[1993]]) * [[October 22]] - [[Joan Fontaine]], British-born actress * [[October 30]] - [[Maurice Trintignant]], French race car driver (d. [[2005]]) ===November-December=== * [[November 11]] - [[Madeleine Damerment]], French World War II heroine (d. [[1944]]) * [[November 18]] - [[Pedro Infante]], Mexican actor and singer (d. [[1957]]) * [[November 19]] - [[Indira Gandhi]], [[Prime Minister of India]] (d. [[1984]]) * [[November 20]] - [[Robert Byrd]], U.S. Senator from West Virginia * [[November 22]] - [[Andrew Huxley]], English scientist, recipient of the [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]] * [[December 6]] **<!--December 6--> - [[Kamal Jumblatt]], leader of the Lebanese Druze (d. [[1977]]) **<!--December 6--> - [[Irv Robbins]], Canadian-American entrepreneur (b. [[2008]]) * [[December 9]] - [[James Rainwater]], American physicist, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. [[1986]]) * [[December 10]] - [[Sultan Yahya Petra]], King of Malaysia (d. [[1979]]) * [[December 16]] - [[Arthur C. Clarke]], British/Sri Lankan science-fiction author (d. 2008) * [[December 20]] - [[David Bohm]], American-born physicist, philosopher, and neuropsychologist (d. [[1992]]) * [[December 21]] - [[Heinrich Böll]], German writer, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. [[1985]]) * [[December 22]] - [[Gene Rayburn]], American television personality (d. [[1999]]) * [[December 27]] - [[Onni Palaste]], Finnish writer * [[December 28]] - [[Ellis Clarke]], [[President of Trinidad and Tobago]] * [[December 29]] - [[Ramanand Sagar]], Indian film director (d. [[2005]]) * [[December 30]] - [[Seymour Melman]], American industrial engineer (d. [[2004]]) ==Deaths== ===January - June=== <!-- Link dates even if repeated, for date-format preferences. House style is to repeat dates, not use second-level bullet points. --> * [[January 2]] - [[Edward Burnett Tylor]], English anthropologist (b. [[1832]]) * [[January 4]] - [[Frederick Selous]], explorer * [[January 10]] - [[Buffalo Bill|William F. "Buffalo Bill" Cody]], American frontiersman (b. [[1846]]) * [[January 16]] - [[George Dewey]], U.S. admiral (b. [[1837]]) * [[February 5]] - [[Jaber II Al-Sabah]], Emir of [[Kuwait]] (b. [[1860]]) * [[February 10]] - [[John William Waterhouse]], Italian-born artist (b. [[1849]]) * [[March 5]] - [[Manuel de Arriaga]], first president of [[Portugal]] (b. [[1840]]) * [[March 8]] - [[Ferdinand von Zeppelin]], German inventor (b. [[1838]]) * [[March 17]] - [[Franz Brentano]], German philosopher and psychologist (b. [[1838]]) * [[March 31]] - [[Emil Adolf von Behring]], German winner of the [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]] (b. [[1854]]) * [[April 1]] - [[Scott Joplin]], American musician and composer (b. [[1867]]-[[1868]]) * [[April 14]] - [[L. L. Zamenhof]], Polish creator of Esperanto (b. [[1859]]) * [[May 7]] - [[Albert Ball]], British World War I pilot, VC recipient (b.[[1896]]) * [[May 17]] - [[Charles Anthoni Johnson Brooke]], ruler of Sarawak (b. [[1829]]) * [[May 20]] - [[Philipp von Ferrary]], Italian stamp collector (b. [[1850]]) * [[May 25]] - [[Maksim Bahdanovič]], Belarusian poet (b. [[1891]]) * [[June 26]] - [[John Dunville]], British Army officer (b. [[1896]]) * [[June 30]] - [[Antonio de La Gandara]], French painter (b. [[1861]]) ===July - December=== <!-- Link dates even if repeated, for date-format preferences. --> * [[July 8]] - [[Tom Thomson]], Canadian painter (b. [[1877]]) * [[July 12]] - [[Donald Cunnell]], British World War I pilot (b.[[1893]]) * [[July 16]] - [[Philipp Scharwenka]], Polish-German composer (b. [[1847]]) * [[July 27]] - [[Emil Theodor Kocher|Emil Kocher]], Swiss medical researcher, recipient of the [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]] (b. [[1841]]) * [[July 31]] **<!--July 31--> [[Francis Ledwidge]], Irish poet (b. [[1887]]) **<!--July 31--> [[Hedd Wyn]], Welsh poet (killed in action) (b. [[1887]]) * [[August 3]] - [[Stephane Javelle]], French astronomer (b. [[1864]]) * [[August 13]] - [[Eduard Buchner]], German chemist, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. [[1860]]) * [[August 20]] - [[Adolf von Baeyer]], German chemist, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. [[1835]]) * [[August 30]] - [[Alan Leo]], British astrologer (b. [[1860]]) * [[September 27]] - [[Edgar Degas]], French painter (b. [[1834]]) * [[October 13]] - [[Florence La Badie]], Canadian actress (b. [[1888]]) * [[October 15]] - [[Mata Hari]], Dutch dancer and spy (executed) (b. [[1876]]) * [[October 23]] - [[Eugène Grasset]], Swiss artist (b. [[1845]]) * [[October 27]] - [[Arthur Rhys Davids]], British World War I pilot (b.[[1897]]) * [[October 28]] - [[Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein]] (b. [[1831]]) * [[November 8]] - [[Colin Blythe]], English cricketer (b. [[1879]]) * [[November 11]] - Queen [[Liliuokalani of Hawai'i]] (b. [[1838]]) * [[November 15]] - [[Émile Durkheim]], French sociologist (b. [[1858]]) * [[November 17]] - [[Neil James Archibald Primrose]], MP (killed in action) (b. [[1882]]) * [[November 17]] - [[Auguste Rodin]], French sculptor (b. [[1840]]) * [[December 8]] - [[Mendele Moykher Sforim]], Russian Yiddish and Hebrew writer (b. [[1836]]) * [[December 10]] - [[Mackenzie Bowell]], [[Prime Minister of Canada]] (b. [[1824]]) * [[December 12]] - [[Andrew Taylor Still]], American father of osteopathy (b. [[1828]]) * [[December 19]] - [[Richard Maybery]], British World War I pilot (b.[[1895]]) * [[December 28]] - [[Alfred Edwin McKay]], Canadian pilot (b. [[1892]]) ==Nobel prizes== * [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Physics]] - [[Charles Glover Barkla]] * [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Chemistry]] - not awarded * [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Medicine]] - not awarded * [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Literature]] - [[Karl Adolph Gjellerup]], [[Henrik Pontoppidan]] * [[Nobel Peace Prize|Peace]] - [[International Committee of the Red Cross]] ==Notes== {{reflist}} {{commonscat}} ==External links== *[http://www.coinpage.com/1917-pictures.html 1917 Coin Pictures] ==Table of Contents== __TOC__ [[Category:1917| ]]<!--years 19xx are blank-category--> [[af:1917]] [[am:1917 እ.ኤ.አ.]] [[ar:1917]] [[an:1917]] [[frp:1917]] [[ast:1917]] [[gn:1917]] [[av:1917]] [[az:1917]] [[bn:১৯১৭]] [[map-bms:1917]] [[be:1917]] [[be-x-old:1917]] [[bh:१९१७]] [[bs:1917]] [[br:1917]] [[bg:1917]] [[ca:1917]] [[cv:1917]] [[cs:1917]] [[co:1917]] [[cy:1917]] [[da:1917]] [[de:1917]] [[et:1917]] [[el:1917]] [[es:1917]] [[eo:1917]] [[eu:1917]] [[fa:۱۹۱۷ (میلادی)]] [[fo:1917]] [[hif:1917]] [[fr:1917]] [[fy:1917]] [[fur:1917]] [[ga:1917]] [[gan:1917年]] [[gv:1917]] [[gd:1917]] [[gl:1917]] [[ko:1917년]] [[hy:1917]] [[hi:1917]] [[hr:1917.]] [[io:1917]] [[ilo:1917]] [[bpy:মারি ১৯১৭]] [[id:1917]] [[ia:1917]] [[os:1917]] [[is:1917]] [[it:1917]] [[he:1917]] [[jv:1917]] [[pam:1917]] [[kn:೧೯೧೭]] [[ka:1917]] [[csb:1917]] [[kk:1917]] [[kw:1917]] [[sw:1917]] [[kg:1917]] [[ht:1917 (almanak gregoryen)]] [[ku:1917]] [[la:1917]] [[lv:1917]] [[lb:1917]] [[lt:1917 m.]] [[lij:1917]] [[ln:1917]] [[lmo:1917]] [[hu:1917]] [[mk:1917]] [[mi:1917]] [[mr:इ.स. १९१७]] [[ms:1917]] [[nah:1917]] [[nl:1917]] [[new:ई सं १९१७]] [[ja:1917年]] [[nap:1917]] [[no:1917]] [[nn:1917]] [[nrm:1917]] [[nov:1917]] [[oc:1917]] [[uz:1917]] [[pi:१९१७]] [[nds:1917]] [[pl:1917]] [[pt:1917]] [[ty:1917]] [[ksh:Joohr 1917]] [[ro:1917]] [[ru:1917 год]] [[se:1917]] [[sq:1917]] [[scn:1917]] [[simple:1917]] [[sk:1917]] [[sl:1917]] [[sr:1917]] [[sh:1917]] [[su:1917]] [[fi:1917]] [[sv:1917]] [[tl:1917]] [[ta:1917]] [[tt:1917]] [[te:1917]] [[th:พ.ศ. 2460]] [[vi:1917]] [[tr:1917]] [[uk:1917]] [[vec:1917]] [[wa:1917]] [[vls:1917]] [[yo:1917]] [[zh-yue:1917年]] [[cbk-zam:1917]] [[bat-smg:1917]] [[zh:1917年]]