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Event Of Interest
Jan 1st T. E. Lawrence joins the forces of the Arabian sheik Feisal al Husayn, beginning his
adventures that will lead him to Damascus by October, 1918
Jan 1st 3rd Rose Bowl: Oregon beats Pennsylvania 14-0
Jan 2nd Royal Bank of Canada takes over Quebec Bank
Jan 8th Austria-Hungarian troops conquer Forlani Italy
Jan 9th World War I: the Battle of Rafa occurs near the Egyptian border with Palestine.
Jan 10th The Allied Governments respond to US President Wilson's December 1916 note,
giving their terms for ending the war
Jan 11th Guy Bolton & PG Wodehouse's "Have a Heart," premieres in NYC
Jan 16th The Greek Government accepts reparations for Allied losses sustained in recent actions
in Greece
Jan 17th US pays Denmark $25 million for Virgin Islands (or 3/21)
Jan 19th The Silvertown explosion: 300 die when a munitions factory in Essex explodes.
Jan 27th Coen de Koning wins 2nd official 11 cities race (9:53) (record)
Jan 28th Municipally owned streetcars take to the streets of San Francisco, California.
Jan 29th British submarine K13 sank in Gaire Loch, Scotland; 32 of her crew died
Jan 31st Germany notifies US that U-boats will attack neutral merchant ship
Jan 31st Mexican President Carranza announces a new constitution with many liberal elements;
most of which his regime will not implement
Feb 1st German Admiral Tirpitz announces unlimited submarine war
Feb 3rd US liner Housatonic is sunk by German submarine, on the same day that US President
Wilson breaks off diplomatic relations with Germany
Feb 4th Belgian Council of Flanders established
Feb 5th Congress overrides Wilson's veto, curtailing Asian immigration
Feb 5th Morosco Theater opens at 217 W 45th St NYC (demolished 1982)
Event of Interest
Feb 5th The last of the American troops commanded by General John Pershing leave Mexico;
President Carranza will be assassinated within the next year
Feb 10th Johanna Westerdijk installed as Netherland's 1st female professor
Feb 15th SF Public Library (Main Branch at Civic center) dedicated
Feb 16th 1st synagogue in 425 years opens in Madrid
Feb 17th In Australia, Nationalist Party takes over a coalition government
Feb 20th Ammunition ship explodes in Archangel harbour, about 1,500 die

Feb 20th Kern, Bolton & Wodehouse's musical "Oh, Boy!" premieres in NYC
Feb 21st British Mendi sinks off Isle of Wight, 627 die
Feb 21st Train near Chirurcha, Romania, catches fire & explodes; hundreds die
Feb 22nd German Navy torpedoes 7 Dutch ships
Feb 22nd [NS Mar 7] Russian February Revolution begins with strike at Putilov factory in
Petrograd
Feb 24th German plan to get Mexican help in WW I exposed (Zimmerman telegram)
Feb 24th Red Sox sell Smokey Joe Wood, his arm dead at 26, to Cleve for $15,000
Feb 26th 1st jazz records recorded - "Dixie Jazz Band One Step" and "Livery Stable Blues" by
Original Dixieland Jass Band for the Victor Talking Machine Company
Event of Interest
Feb 26th [NS Mar 11] Russian February Revolution: Tsar Nicolas II orders army to quell civil
unrest in Petrograd - army mutinies
Feb 26th 1st Annual fair at Utrecht Harbor (Netherlands)
Feb 28th AP reports Mexico & Japan will ally with Germany if US enters WW I
Mar 1st 1st federal land bank chartered in USA
Mar 1st U.S. government releases the plaintext of the Zimmermann Telegram to the public.
Mar 2nd Jones Act: Puerto Rico territory created, US citizenship granted
Mar 3rd US Congress passes 1st excess profits tax on corporations
Mar 3rd Mexico and the USA renew diplomatic relations
Event of Interest
Mar 5th US President Woodrow Wilson is inaugurated for a second term
Mar 7th 1st jazz record record released on a 78 by Original Dixieland Jass Band for the Victor
Talking Machine Company ("Dixie Jazz Band One Step," one side "Livery Stable Blues" other)
Mar 7th Russian February Revolution breaks out [OS=Feb 24] with strike at Putilov factory in
Petrograd
Mar 8th Russian 'February Revolution' begins; riots in St Petersburg over food rations and
conduct of the war.
Mar 10th Batangas was formally founded as one of the Philippines's earliest encomiendas.
Mar 11th 1st NHL championship game ever played, Toronto Arenas beats Montreal Canadiens
7-3 in 1st of 2 game set (second game on March 13)
Mar 11th British forces occupy Baghdad, the capital of Mesopotamia, after Turkish forces
evacuated
Mar 12th [OS Feb 27] Russian Duma sets up the Provisional Committee; Soviets form
Executive Committee

Mar 12th Stalin, Kamenev & Muranov arrives in Petrograd/St Petersburg

Mar 12th A German submarine sinks an unarmed US merchant ship, the 'Algonquin' on the
same day that US President Wilson gives executive order to arm US merchant ships
Mar 15th Nicholas II, the last Russian Tsar abdicates & nominates his brother Grand Duke
Michael to succeed him [OS Mar 2]
Mar 16th [OS Mar 3] Russian Grand Duke Michael, brother of Tsar Nicholas II declines the
Russian throne
Mar 17th 1st exclusively women's bowling tournament begins in St Louis
Mar 17th Delta Phi Epsilon is founded at New York University Law School.
Murder of Interest
Mar 17th Albert Anastasia is convicted of murdering longshoreman George Turino
Mar 19th US Supreme Court upheld 8-hr work day for railroad employees
Mar 20th After the sinking of 3 more American merchant ships, US President Wilson meets
with cabinet, who agree that war is inevitable
Mar 21st Loretta Walsh becomes US Navy's 1st female Petty Officer
Mar 22nd The USA is the first nation to recognize the new government of Russia
Mar 23rd Tornadoes kills 211 over 4 days in Midwest US
Event of Interest
Mar 25th Canadian ace Billy Bishop claims his first victory, shooting down and mortally
wounding German Leutnant Theiller
Mar 26th Stanley Cup: Seattle Metropolitans (PCHA) beat Montreal Canadiens (NHL), 3 games
to 1 - Seattle is 1st US team to win Stanley Cup
Mar 26th British win a battle against Turks at Gaza
Mar 28th Jews are expelled from Tel Aviv & Jaffa by Turkish authorities
Mar 28th Puccini's "La Rondine" premieres in Monte Carlo
Mar 31st US purchases Danish West Indies for $25M & renames them Virgin Islands
Event of Interest
Apr 2nd Jeannette Rankin (Rep-R-Mont) begins her term as 1st woman member of US House of
Reps
Apr 2nd US President Wilson asks Congress to declare war against Germany
Event of Interest
Apr 3rd Lenin arrives in Petrograd from Switzerland [NS=April 16]

Apr 4th US Senate agrees (82-6) to participate in WW I

Apr 6th US declares war on Germany, enters World War I
Apr 7th De Falla's ballet "El Sombrero de tres Picos" premieres in Madrid
Apr 7th James Barries' "Old Lady Shows Her" premieres in London
Apr 9th Battle of Arras begins
Apr 9th Vimy Ridge France stormed by Canadian troops
Apr 10th Munition factory explosion at Eddystone PA, kills 133 workers
Event of Interest
Apr 11th Babe Ruth beats NY Yanks, pitching 3-hit 10-3 win for Red Sox
Apr 12th Bijou Theater opens at 222 W 45th St NYC (Demolished 1982)
Apr 12th Domenico Scarlatti & Jeab Cocteaus ballet premieres in Rome
Apr 14th Chicago White Sox Ed Cicotte no-hits St Louis Browns, 11-0
Apr 16th [OS Apr 3] Lenin arrives back from exile in Russia at Finland Station, Petrograd to
join the Russian Revolution
Apr 16th [OS Apr 4] Lenin issues his radical "April Theses" calling for Soviets to take power
during Russian Revolution
Apr 19th 21st Boston Marathon won by Bill Kennedy of NY in 2:28:37.2
Apr 24th Yankee lefty George Mogridge no-hits Red Sox 2-1 at Fenway
Apr 24th US Congress passes the Liberty Loan Act, authorizing the Treasury to issue a public
subscription for 2 billion in bonds for the war
May 2nd Cin Fred Tooney & Chic's Hippo Vaughn pitch dual no-hitter, Vaughn gives up 2 hits
& a run in 10th, so Cin wins 1-0
May 3rd 1st performance of Ernest Bloch's symphony "Israel"
May 4th A flotilla of US destroyer ships arrive in Queenstown, Ireland, to aid in convoying
ships to England
May 5th St Louis Brown Ernie Koob no-hits Chicago White Sox, 1-0
May 6th St Louis Brown Bob Groom no-hits Chicago White Sox, 3-0
Event of Interest
May 7th Red Sox Babe Ruth beats Wash Senator Walter Johnson, 1-0
May 10th Atlantic ships get destroyer escorts to stop German attacks
Event of Interest
May 11th King George V grants Royal Letters Patent to New Zealand

May 12th 42nd Preakness: E Haynes aboard Kalitan wins in 1:54.4

May 12th 43rd Kentucky Derby: Charles Borel on Omar Khayyam wins in 2:04.6
May 13th 1st appearance of Mary to 3 shepherd children in Fatima, Portugal
May 13th Ernest Bloch's "Schelomo" premieres
May 15th The first officer's training camp is opened in the US, as the country prepares for war
May 18th Satie/Massine/Picasso's ballet "Parade" premieres in Paris
May 18th US Congress passes Selective Service Act, authorizing the federal government to raise
a national army for the American entry into World War I through compulsory enlistment
May 18th First units of the American Expeditionary Force, commanded by General John J.
Pershing, is ordered to France
May 20th Turkish government authorizes Jews to return to Tel Aviv & Jaffa
May 21st Leo Pinckney, 1st American drafted during WW I
May 21st The Great Fire of Atlanta: at least 10,000 people were displaced, but there was only
one fatality
May 23rd Dutch 2nd Chamber approves 1908 conscription draft
May 26th Walt Cruise hit 1st HR out of Braves Field
May 27th Race riot in East St Louis Illinois, 1 black killed
May 30th Jazz standard "Dark Town Strutters Ball" by Original Dixieland Jass Band first
recorded
Jun 1st Hank Gowdy is 1st baseball player to enlist during WW I
Jun 2nd Canadian ace Billy Bishop undertakes a solo mission behind enemy lines, shooting
down three aircrafts as they were about to take off and several more on the ground, for which he
is awarded the Victoria Cross
Jun 4th 1st Pulitzer prize awarded to Richards & Elliott (Julia Ward Howe)
Jun 4th American men begin registering for the draft
Jun 4th Most Excellent Order of British Empire inaugurated by King George V to recognise the
efforts of his people in WWI
Jun 5th 10 million US men begin registering for draft in WW I
Jun 7th Melvin Jones and a number of other Chicago businessmen found Lions Clubs
International, now the largest service organization in the world
Jun 7th The British detonate mines beneath the German-held Messines Ridge, in the Ypres area
Jun 8th Walt Disney graduates from Benton High School
Jun 10th 60,000 people of Petrograd Russia welcome Prince Kropotkin (banned 41 years)
returning after February Russian Revolution
Jun 10th Limburgse mine workers strike
Jun 11th King Alexander assumes the throne of Greece after his father Constantine I abdicated
under pressure by allied armies occupying Athens.
Jun 12th Secret Service extends protection of president to his family

Jun 13th World War I: the deadliest German air raid on London during World War I is carried
out by Gotha G bombers and results in 162 deaths, including 46 children, and 432 injuries.
Jun 14th 1st German air attack on England, 100+ killed in East London
Jun 14th Gen Pershing & his HQ staff arrived in Paris during WW I
Jun 15th In order to calm troubled relations with Ireland, the British grant amnesty to the
Prisoners taken during the Easter Rising of 1916
Jun 16th 1st All Russian Congress of the Soviets convenes in Petrograd, Russia [OS Jun 3]
Jun 16th 49th Belmont: James Butwell aboard Hourless wins in 2:17.8
Jun 19th The British Royal Family, which has had strong German ties since George I, renounces
its German names and titles and adopts the name of Windsor
Jun 21st Hawaiian Red Cross forms
Jun 23rd Ammunition factory in Boleweg Bohemia explodes, killing 1,000
Jun 23rd Ernie Shore replaces Red Sox pitcher Babe Ruth with a runner on, he throws him out
& retires all 26 he faces for a perfect game
Jun 23rd 31st U.S. Women's National Championship: Molla Bjurstedt beats Marion Vanderhoef
(4-6, 6-0, 6-2)
Jun 24th Russian Black Sea fleet mutinies at Sebastopol
Jun 26th 1st US Expeditionary Force arrives in France during WW I
Jun 27th 1st baseball player (Hank Gowdy) to enter WW I military service
Jun 27th Venizelos takes over as Prime Minister of Greece and severs relations with Central
Powers, bringing Greece onside with the Allies in WWI
Jun 28th Potato entrepreneurs begins in Amsterdam
Jul 1st 257 cm-mirror for Mount Wilson Observatory mounted
Jul 1st Race riots in East St Louis Illinois (40 to 200 reported killed)
Jul 1st Reds' Fred Toney pitches completes doubleheader victories over Pirates
Jul 1st Robins (Dodgers) play their 1st Sunday game in Brooklyn
Jul 2nd Riots in East St Louis Mo
Jul 3rd Spontaneous demonstration at Tauride-palace Petrograd
Jul 6th T. E. Lawrence captures port of Aqaba from Turks
Communication
HMS Vanguard Disaster
Jul 9th British battleship Vanguard explodes at Scapa Flow (the result of an internal explosion
of faulty cordite), killing 804
Jul 10th Emma Goldman imprisoned for obstructing draft
Jul 12th The Bisbee Deportation occurs as vigilantes kidnap and deport nearly 1,300 striking
miners and others from Bisbee, Arizona.
Jul 13th Vision of Virgin Mary appeared to children of Fatima, Portugal

Jul 17th Royal Proclamation by King George V changes name of British Royal family from
German Saxe-Coburg-Gotha to Windsor
Jul 20th Pact of Corfu signed: Serbs, Croats & Slovenes form Yugoslavia
Jul 20th WW I draft lottery held; #258 is 1st drawn
Jul 21st Russian Revolution: Socialist Alexander Kerensky becomes Russian Prime Minister
Jul 22nd British bomb German lines at Ypres, 4,250,000 grenades
Jul 23rd Cleveland Metropolitan Park District establishes
Jul 25th Sir Thomas Whyte introduces the first income tax in Canada as a "temporary" measure
(lowest bracket is 4% and highest is 25%).
Event of Interest
Jul 26th J. Edgar Hoover gets job in US Department of Justice
Jul 27th The Allies reach the Yser Canal at the Battle of Passchendaele (WWI)
Event of Interest
Jul 28th Silent Parade organised by James Weldon Johnson of 10,000 African-American march
on 5th Ave (NYC) protesting against lynching
Jul 30th Board of Commissioners of Cleveland Metroparks has its 1st meeting
Jul 31st 3rd battle of Ypres begins
Aug 1st Frank Little, IWW organizer, lynched in Butte, MT
Aug 4th Pravda calls for the killing of all capitalists, priests & officers
Aug 5th British troops attack canal of Ypres in Boesinghe, Belgium
Aug 5th The entire US National Guard is taken into national service, subject to presidential
rather than state control
Aug 6th World War I: Battle of Mreti between the Romanian and German armies begins.
Aug 9th Canadian Parliament passes the Compulsory Military Act which is opposed by many
French-Canadians from Qubec
Aug 13th Phillies steal 5 bases in an inning against Braves
Aug 13th A revolt in Catalonia, the province in northeast Spain that has long seen itself as
independent.
Aug 14th China declares war on Germany & Austria
Aug 14th Leeuwen soccer team forms
Aug 17th Italy declares war on Turkey
Aug 18th Dutch Naval Air Force forms (MLD)
Aug 18th A Great Fire in Thessaloniki, Greece destroys 32% of the city leaving 70,000
individuals homeless.

Aug 19th Sunday benefit baseball game at Polo Grounds results in John McGraw & Christy
Mathewson's arrest for violating Blue laws
Aug 22nd Pittsburgh Pirates play 4th straight extra inning game, Carson Bigbee sets record of 11
at-bats, they lose in 22 innings to Dodgers
Aug 23rd Race riot in Houston Texas (2 blacks & 11 whites killed)
Aug 25th 37th U.S. Men's National Championship: Robert Lindley Murray beats Nathaniel W.
Niles (5-7, 8-6, 6-3, 6-3)
Aug 27th Indians set club record by stealing eight bases in a game
Aug 28th Ten suffragists arrested as they picket the White House
Aug 31st In China, Sun Yat-sen and his supporters' 'rump' parliament establishes a military
government and elects Sun Yat-sen as commander-in-Chief
Sep 2nd Deutsche Vaterlands Partei formed by admiral Tirpitz
Sep 3rd 1st night bombing of London by German aircraft
Sep 3rd German troops overrun Riga, Latvia
Sep 3rd Grover Cleveland Alexander pitches complete wins in a doubleheader
Sep 3rd Utrecht soccer team Holland forms
Sep 6th French pilot Georges Guynemer shoots down 54th German aircraft
Sep 15th Russia proclaimed a republic by Alexander Kerensky's Provisional government
Sep 20th British assault on Polygon Forest, France
Sep 20th Paraguay becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty.
Sep 26th British assault on Menin-street, France
Sep 27th Broadhurst Theater opens at 235 W 44th St NYC
Sep 27th EHC soccer team forms in Hoensbroek Neth
Oct 4th British assault on Broodseinde, France
Oct 6th In the final attack on Third Battle of Ypres, Canadian troops capture the village of
Passchendaele, after 250,000 casualties on both sides
Event of Interest
Oct 8th Leon Trotsky named chairman of the Petrograd Soviet as Bolsheviks gain control
Oct 10th Giants Rube Benton is 1st lefty to pitch a World Series no hitter
Oct 10th Plymouth Theater opens at 236 W 45th St NYC
Oct 12th The First Battle of Passchendaele, now Passendale
Oct 13th Soviets accept establishment of Petrograd Military
Oct 13th 7th College Football Crab Bowl Classic: Navy beats Maryland 62-0 in Annapolis
Oct 15th Chicago White Sox beat NY Giants, 4 games to 2 in 14th World Series
Battle Execution

Oct 15th World War I: At Vincennes outside of Paris, Dutch dancer Mata Hari is executed by
firing squad for spying for Germany.
Oct 15th A Parisian dancer Mata Hari is executed for espionage by the French Government after
being convicted of passing military secrets to Germany
Oct 17th 1st British bombing of Germany
Oct 19th Love Field in Dallas, Texas, is opened.
Oct 21st 1st Americans to see action on front lines of WW I: US troops enter front lines at
Sommervillier under French command
Oct 21st Petrograds garrison accepts Revolutionary Military Committee
Oct 23rd 1st Infantry division "Big Red One" shoots 1st US shot in WW I
Event of Interest
Oct 23rd Lenin speaks against Kamenev, Kollontai, Stalin & Trotsky
Oct 24th Battle at Caporetto: Germany & Austria smash Italian army
Oct 25th Pan-Russian Congress opens in Petrograd
Oct 26th Petrograd Soviet accepts establishment of Military
Oct 26th World War I: Brazil declared in state of war with Central Powers.
Oct 27th 20,000 women march in a suffrage parade in New York, US
Oct 30th British government gives final approval to Balfour Declaration
Oct 31st Eugene O'Neill's "In the Zone" premieres in NYC
Oct 31st World War I: Battle of Beersheba in southern Palestine- "last successful cavalry charge
in history"
Nov 1st In WW I, the 1st US soldiers are killed in combat
Nov 2nd Balfour Declaration proclaims support for a Jewish state in Palestine
Nov 2nd Lansing-Ishii Agreement; US recognizes Japan's privileges in China
Nov 3rd 1st class US mail now costs 3 cents per ounce
Nov 5th Gen Pershing & US troops see action on Western Front for 1st time
Nov 5th Supreme Court decision (Buchanan v Warley) strikes down Louisville, Kentucky,
ordinance requiring blacks & whites to live in separate areas
Nov 6th [OS Oct 24] Bolshevik revolution begins with bombardment of the Winter Palace in
Petrograd during the Russian October Revolution
Nov 6th New York State adopts a constitutional amendment giving women the right to vote in
state elections
Nov 7th British capture Gaza, Palestine, from Turks
Nov 7th [OS Oct 25] October Revolution in Russia; Lenin and the Bolsheviks seize power,
capture the Winter Palace and overthrow the Provisional Government

Nov 8th People's Commissars gives authority to Lenin, Trotsky & Stalin during October
Revolution
Nov 8th Telephone Co runs 1st ad for Army operators, gets 7,000 applicants
Nov 10th 41 suffragists are arrested in front of White House
Nov 10th Faure's 2nd Violo Sonate premieres
Nov 10th New bolshevik government under Lenin suspends freedom of press (temporary) during
October Revolution
Nov 16th British occupy Tel Aviv and Jaffa
Nov 17th Lenin defends "temporary" removal of freedom of the press
Nov 18th Sigma Alpha Rho, a Jewish high school fraternity, is founded in Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania.
Nov 20th First successful tank use in battle (Britain breaks through German lines) at Battle of
Cambrai WWI
Nov 20th Ukrainian Republic declared
Event of Interest
Nov 21st Maxim Gorky calls Vladimir Lenin a blind fanatic/unthinking adventurer
Nov 22nd NHL forms with Montreal Canadiens, Montreal Maroons, Toronto Arenas, Ottawa
Senators & Quebec Bulldogs; National Hockey Association disbands
Nov 24th Nine police officers and one civilian are killed when a bomb explodes at the
Milwaukee, Wisconsin police headquarters building.
Nov 26th The new government of Russia offers an armistice to Germany and Austria-Hungary
Nov 28th Sigmund Romberg's revue "Over the Top" premieres in NYC
Nov 29th A Supreme Allied War Council meets at Versailles to define war aims
Dec 1st Boys Town founded by Father Edward Flanagan west of Omaha Neb
Dec 2nd Han Yong-woon, found Zen awakening at Osean Monastery Korea
Dec 3rd After nearly 20 years of planning and construction, the Quebec Bridge opens to traffic.
Dec 3rd The Supreme Allied War Council, meeting at Versailles to define war aim, fails to reach
an agreement
Dec 5th Austro-German Forces launch an offensive against the Italians on the western end of
their line, around Asiago
Dec 6th French munition ship "Mont Blanc" explodes in Halifax, kills 1,700
Dec 6th Taking advantage of the temporary relaxation of authority in Russia, Finland declares
itself a republic, following Ukraine on 20 November
Dec 7th US becomes 13th country to declare war on Austria during World War I
Event of Interest

Dec 7th The USA's 42nd 'Rainbow' Division arrives in France (with Colonel Douglass
MacArthur among its ranks)
Dec 9th British forces under General Allenby capture Jerusalem
Dec 11th 13 black soldiers hanged for participation in Houston riot
Dec 11th German-occupied Lithuania proclaims independence from Russia
Dec 12th French troop train derails in French Alps killing 543
Dec 12th Rev Edward Flanagan forms Boys Town outside Omaha, Nebraska
Dec 14th UFA, Universal Film AG, forms in Germany
Dec 15th Moldavian Republic declares independence from Russia
Dec 15th World War I: An armistice is reached between the new Russian Bolshevik government
and the Central Powers.
Dec 18th Soviet regiment (Stalin/Lenin) declares Finland Independent
Dec 18th The 18th Amendment, authorizing prohibition of alcohol, is approved by the US
congress and sent to the states for ratification
Dec 19th 1st NHL game played on artificial ice (Toronto)
Dec 19th Quebec Bulldogs play their 1st professional hockey game
Dec 20th Cheka formed - Soviet state security force and forerunner to the KGB, under Felix
Dzerzhinsky after decree by Lenin
Dec 20th A second nationwide referendum on military conscription is rejected by the Australian
public
Dec 22nd Flanders declares its independence, under Pieter Tack
Dec 23rd 3 British warships come close to Holland
Dec 25th "Why Marry" 1st drama to win Pulitzer Prize, premieres in NYC
Dec 25th Hirsch/Harbach's musical "Going Up" premieres in NYC
Dec 26th 1st NHL defensemen to score a goal: Toronto Maple Leaf Harry Cameron
Dec 26th US Federal government took over operation of American railroads for duration of WW
I
Dec 30th -32F (-36C) in Mountain City, Tennessee (state record)
Dec 30th -37F (-38C) in Lewisburg, WV (state record)
Dec 31st Dutch Social-democratic trade union NVV counts 159,450 members

http://www.infoplease.com/year/1917.html
News and Events of 1917
Nobel Peace Prize:
International Red Cross
More World Statistics...
First U.S. combat troops arrive in France as U.S. declares war on Germany (April 6).
Background: World War I
Third Battle of Ypres is fought. Background: World War I
World-wide influenza pandemic strikes; by 1920, nearly 20 million are dead. In U.S. alone,
500,000 perish. Background: Major U.S. Epidemics
Dutch dancer Mata Hari is convicted and executed as a German spy.
Government offices are seized and the Romanov's Winter Palace is stormed in Russian October
Revolution.
U.S. Events
U.S. Statistics
President: Woodrow Wilson
Vice President: Thomas R. Marshall
Population: 103,268,000
More U.S. Statistics...
U.S. declares war with Germany (Apr. 6). Background: World War I
"I Want You." James Montgomery Flagg's poster, featuring Uncle Sam and based on a 1914
British poster, attracts thousands of U.S. recruits to WWI duty.
Between ten thousand and fifteen thousand blacks silently walk down New York City's Fifth
Avenue to protest racial discrimination and violence (July 28). Background: civil rights
Economics
Federal spending: $1.95 billion

Consumer Price Index: 12.8

Unemployment: 4.6%
Cost of a first-class stamp: $0.02 ($0.03 as of 11/3/17)
More Economics...
Sports
Sports Links
Pro Football Summary
Pro Basketball Summary
Pro Baseball Summary
World Series
Chicago White Sox d. NY Giants (4-2)
Stanley Cup
Seattle Metropolitans (PCHA)
Wimbledon
Women: Not held (World War I)
Men: Not held (World War I)
Kentucky Derby Champion
Omar Khayyam
NCAA Football Champions
Georgia Tech (9-0-0)
Entertainment
Entertainment Awards
Nobel Prize for Literature: Karl Gjellerup (Denmark) and Henrik Pontoppidan (Denmark)
More Entertainment Awards...
Events
The first Pulitzer Prizes are awarded for editorial writing, reporting, history of the United States,
and biography or autobiography.
The first op-ed page appears in the New York Times.
Science
Nobel Prizes in Science

Chemistry: None awarded

Physics: Charles G. Barkla (UK), for discovery of Roentgen radiation of the elements
Physiology or Medicine: None awarded
A telescope with a 100-inch mirror (the world's largest for 30 years) is installed atop Mount
Wilson Observatory in California.

http://www.firstworldwar.com/timeline/1917.htm
This section lists the events of the year 1917, the fourth year of the war. This year saw the
adoption by the German high command of the disastrous policy of unrestricted submarine
warfare - disastrous in that it brought about America's entry into the war within the space of a
couple of months, and ultimately led to her downfall the following year.
Meanwhile the British launched a major offensive at Passchendaele in autumn 1917: as at the
Somme the previous year it proved a highly costly failure. 1917 also saw Russia's exit from the
war amid two revolutions, the first in February and a second in October.
January 10 Allies state peace objectives in response to US President Woodrow Wilson's
December 1916 peace note
January 31 Germany announces unrestricted submarine warfare
February 1 Germany resumes unrestricted submarine warfare
February 3 US severs diplomatic ties with Germany
February 23 - April 5
German forces begin withdrawal to strong positions on the
Hindenburg Line
February 24 Zimmermann Telegram is passed to the US by Britain, detailing alleged German
proposal of an alliance with Mexico against the US
February 26 US President Woodrow Wilson requests permission from Congress to arm US
merchantmen
March 1
Zimmermann Telegram published in US press
March 11
British capture Baghdad
March 12
US President Woodrow Wilson announces arming of US merchantmen by
executive order after failing to win approval from Congress
March 15
Tsar Nicholas II abdicates as a consequence of Russian Revolution
March 20
US President Woodrow Wilson's war cabinet votes unanimously in favour of
declaring war on Germany
April 2
US President Woodrow Wilson delivers war address to Congress
April 6
US declares war on Germany
April 9-20
Nivelle Offensive (Second Battle of Aisne, Third Battle of Champagne) ends in
French failure
April 9
Canadian success at the Battle of Vimy Ridge
April 16
Lenin arrives in Russia
April 29 - May 20 Mutiny breaks out among French army
May 12 - October 24 10th, 11th and 12th Battles of Isonzo fought, ending in Italian failure
May 28
Pershing leaves New York for France
June 7
British explode 19 large mines under the Messines Ridge

June 15
June 26
June 27
July 2
July 6
July 11
July 16
July 31
September 1
October 24
November 7
taking office
November 20
December 7
December 9
December 22

US Espionage Act passed

First US troops arrive in France, 1st Division
Greece enters the war on the side of the Allies
Pershing makes first request for army of 1,000,000 men
T.E. Lawrence and the Arabs capture Aquaba
Pershing revises army request figures upwards to 3,000,000
Third Battles of Ypres (Passchendaele) begins
Major British offensive launched at Ypres.
Germany takes the northernmost end of the Russian front in the Riga offensive
Austria-Germany breakthrough at Caporetto on Italian front
Bolshevik Revolution in Russia results in Communist government under Lenin
British launch surprise tank attack at Cambrai
US declares war on Austria-Hungary
Jerusalem falls to Britain
Russia opens separate peace negotiations with Germany (Brest-Litovsk)

https://worldhistoryproject.org/1917
What Happened in 1917
Albert Einstein publishes first paper on cosmology
In 1917, Einstein applied the General theory of relativity to model the structure of the universe as
a whole. He wanted the universe to be eternal... Read more
Houdini Performs Buried Alive Escape
Throughout his career, Houdini performed three variations on a "Buried Alive" stunt/escape. The
first was near Santa Ana, California in 1917, and... Read more
'Prufrock and Other Observations' is Published
T. S. Eliot's first collection of poems, published in 1917 under the imprint of the Egoist
magazine. Ezra Pound undertook arrangements for... Read more
Volume I of De Stijl Journal Published
The De Stijl (literally, "the style") art movement was founded by the painter and architect Theo
van Doesburg in Leiden in 1917. It encompassed a... Read more
International Committee of the Red Cross Wins the Nobel Peace Prize
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is a private humanitarian institution based
in Geneva, Switzerland. States parties... Read more
De Stijl Movement
After World War I there was a turning away from old forms and philosophies among architects
and designers, just as there was among artists and... Read more
Al Capone Becomes "Scarface" From Knife Fight
Back in 1917 young burly Al Capone was working in the Harvard Inn on Coney Island for
Frankie Yale. Frankie Yale was a mob boss in New York. ... Read more
William "Buffalo Bill" Cody dies
William F. Cody died of kidney failure on January 10, 1917, surrounded by family and friends at
his sister's house in Denver. On his deathbed, Cody... Read more
Silvertown Explosion
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explosion the biggest London had seen before or has... Read more

Jan 22 1917
"Easy Street" (film) is Released
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maintain law and order and so it is Chaplin,... Read more
Feb 1 1917 to Apr 6 1917
German Armies Retreat 25 Miles to New Hindenberg Line
As They Withdraw, German Army Destroys 2,000 Villages, Towns and Cities Allied Forces,
2,500,000 General Robert Nivelle, Commander-in-Chief... Read more
Feb 1 1917
The Zimmerman Telegram - Germany Begins Unrestricted Submarine Warfare
United States Adopts a Policy of "Armed Neutrality," Germans Sink 7,000 Vessels Germany,
with feverish speed, had been multiplying her fleets of... Read more
Feb 3 1917
United States Severs Diplomatic Relations With Germany
On January 31, 1917, Count von Bernstorff, the German Ambassador to the United States,
notified this Government that on the following day, February... Read more
Feb 19 1917
Carson McCullers Is Born
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in the context of the twentieth-century South, was... Read more
Feb 26 1917
President Wilson Asks Congress to Establish a State of Armed Neutrality
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of caution after the severance of diplomatic... Read more
Mar 5 1917
Woodrow Wilson's second inauguration
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Room that morning. The oath was taken again the... Read more
Mar 11 1917
Fall of Baghdad (1917)

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after a series of defeats, captured Baghdad in a... Read more
Mar 13 1917
British Launch the Samarrah Offensive
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Ottomans as part of the Mesopotamian Campaign in World... Read more
Mar 15 1917 to Jul 20 1917
Russian Revolution
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when an epidemic of strikes broke out in Petrograd... Read more
Mar 15 1917 3:05PM
Abdication of Czar Nicholas II of Russia
By the Grace of God, We, Nikolai II, Emperor of All the Russias, Tsar of Poland, Grand Duke of
Finland, and so forth, to all our faithful subjects... Read more
Mar 19 1917
British Forces Capture Falluja
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Ottomans as part of the Mesopotamian Campaign in World... Read more
Mar 25 1917
First Action at Jebel Hamrin
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affair. The Turks held us back on the hills when... Read more
Mar 26 1917
First Battle Of Gaza
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eight months of painstaking advances, British Empire... Read more
Mar 26 1917 to Apr 6 1917
US Mobilizes Navy for the War and Seizes 109 German Ships in US Ports
President Wilson had not waited until the actual Declaration of War before setting Uncle Sam's
house in order for the inevitable conflict. On March... Read more
Mar 26 1917

Seattle Metropolitans win Stanley Cup

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Mar 31 1917
U.S. Takes Formal Possession Of The Danish West Indies
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Virgin Islands, this chain consists of St. Thomas, St.... Read more
Apr 1917
Gandhi Goes to Champaran to Investigate Conditions of Local Farmers
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cultivation in 1914 (at Pipra) and 1916 (Turkaulia). Then... Read more
Apr 2 1917
President Woodrow Wilson Delivers War Message to Congress
Gentlemen of the Congress: I have called the Congress into extraordinary session because there
are serious, very serious, choices of policy to... Read more
Apr 4 1917
Senator George Norris Opposes U.S. Entry into the War
Mr. President, while I am most emphatically and sincerely opposed to taking any step that will
force our country into the useless and senseless war... Read more
Apr 6 1917
United States Declares War on Germany
DECLARATION OF WAR Public Resolution No. 1 S. J. Res. 1 65th Congress Sixty-fifth
Congress of the United States of America; At the First... Read more
Apr 7 1917
Cuba Declares War on Germany
Resolved, that from today a state of war is formally declared between the Republic of Cuba and
the Imperial Government of Germany, and the... Read more
Apr 7 1917
Panama Declares War on Germany
Our indisputable duty in this tremendous hour of history is of a common ally, whose interests
and existence as well are linked indissolubly with... Read more

Apr 9 1917 to May 16 1917

Battle of Arras
The Battle of Arras was a British offensive during World War I. From 9 April to 16 May, 1917,
British, Canadian, and Australian troops attacked... Read more
Apr 9 1917 to Apr 12 1917
Battle of Vimy Ridge
Canadian Corps (1st British Army), 75,000 Lieutenant-General Sir Julian Byng, Commander 1st
Division Major-General Currio 2d Division ... Read more
Apr 10 1917
Eddystone Ammunition Works Explosion
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Monday, April 10th at about 9:55 a.m., F Building of... Read more
Apr 14 1917
Congress Passes $7,000,000,000 [Roughly $131,603,828,125 Today] Bond Bill to Carry on the
War. First Liberty Loan of $2,000,000,000 Oversubscribed by 4,000,000 Wage Earners Ways
and means for carrying on the War were the immediate concern... Read more
Apr 14 1917 to May 15 1917
Second Battle of the Aisne, including the Battle of Craonne Plateau
While the British forces were attempting to turn the Northern flank of the new Hindenburg line,
near Arras and Vimy Ridge, the French Armies were... Read more
Apr 19 1917
Second Battle Of Gaza
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attempt mounted by British Empire forces to break the... Read more
Apr 23 1917
British Take Control of Samarrah and Its Railroad, Ending Samarrah Offensive
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Ottomans as part of the Mesopotamian Campaign in World... Read more
Apr 24 1917 to May 21 1917
Allied Nations Send Envoys to United States
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the United States to express their gratitude for the... Read more

Apr 25 1917
Ella Fitzgerald Is Born
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leading jazz singers of all time. In her lifetime,... Read more
May 10 1917 to Jun 8 1917
Tenth Battle Of The Isonzo
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World War I. With nine largely unsuccessful... Read more
May 16 1917 to Jun 5 1917
Selective Service Act Passed - 9,586,508 Men Enroll
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strength of the Germanic Allies, was now the chief task... Read more
May 26 1917
Mattoon Tornado of 1917
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southeast of Quincy (Wilson and Changnon, 1971). It... Read more
May 29 1917
John F. Kennedy is Born
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3:00 p.m., the second son of Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr.,... Read more
Jun 6 1917 to Dec 31 1917
First American Expeditionary Forces Arrive in France
While the youth of America were rallying to the colors in the spring of 1917, and preparations
were under way to shape them into an invincible... Read more
Jun 11 1917
King Constantine of Greece Abdicates Throne
The German conspiracies in the Balkans not only had alienated Greece and Bulgaria from their
natural allegiance to the Allies and brought disaster... Read more
Jun 17 1917
Gandhi Establishes Sabarmati Ashram

Sabarmati Ashram (Gujarati: also known as Gandhi Ashram, Harijan Ashram,

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Jun 17 1917
"The Immigrant"
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Tramp character as an immigrant coming to the United... Read more
Jun 27 1917
Greece Declares War on Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, Germany and Turkey
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population, a challenging context both socially and... Read more
Jun 29 1917 to Jul 20 1917
Russian Army Deserts and is Expelled from Galicia
Russian Army, 1,000,000 General Brusiloff General Kornilov General Erdelli General Gutor
General Tcheremisoff Prince... Read more
Jul 1917 to Oct 1917
Bolsheviks Seize Control of the Russian Government
Social Revolutionary Army General Kornilov, Commander-in-Chief Bolshevik Army Leon
Trotsky, Commander-in-Chief Through the June elections... Read more
Jul 9 1917
Destruction of HMS Vanguard
The eighth HMS Vanguard was the victim of an internal explosion. Her magazine was detonated
by unstable cordite and within seconds the battleship... Read more
Jul 11 1917 to Nov 10 1917
Third Battle of Ypres (Battle of Passchendaele)
Allied Forces, 1,000,000 General Sir Douglas Haig, Commander-in-Chief General Sir William
Robertson, Chief of Staff 2d British ArmyGeneral... Read more
Jul 14 1917
US Congress Appropriates $640,000,000 for Manufacture of Airplanes
The nation voiced its enthusiastic approval when, on July 14, 1917, the Congress voted an
appropriation of $640,000,000 for the manufacture of... Read more
Jul 22 1917

Siam Declares War on Germany and Austria-Hungary

In 1917 Siam declared war on Germany, mainly to gain favour with the British and the French.
Siam's token participation in World War I secured it a... Read more
Aug 14 1917
China Declares War on Germany
On August 14th China formally joined the Allies and declared war on Austria and Germany. She
took no great part in the war, except to invade the... Read more
Aug 14 1917
China Declares War on Austria-Hungary
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took no great part in the war, except to invade the... Read more
Aug 18 1917 to Sep 12 1917
Eleventh Battle Of The Isonzo
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Austro-Hungarian Armies on the Italian Front between August 18... Read more
Aug 26 1917
William French Smith Is Born
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74th Attorney General of the United States. Born in... Read more
Aug 28 1917
Ten suffragists Are Arrested As They Picket The White House
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Sep 24 1917
Bere Ferrers Rail Accident
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thinking they had arrived at their destination of... Read more
Sep 28 1917
British Forces Launch Attack on Ramadi
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the Ottomans; it was part of the Mesopotamian... Read more

Oct 6 1917 to Oct 15 1917

1917 World Series
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The Series was played against the backdrop of World War... Read more
Oct 13 1917
Miracle of the Sun
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witnesses, the lady came in an 'aeroplane of light,' an... Read more
Oct 21 1917
Dizzy Gillespie is born
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trumpeter, bandleader, singer, and composer. He was born in... Read more
Oct 24 1917 to Nov 19 1917
Battle Of Caporetto
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Oct 26 1917
Brazil Declares War on Germany
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with the Triple Entente, after initially... Read more
Oct 31 1917
Battle Of Beersheba
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campaign during World War I. The highlight of the battle... Read more
Oct 31 1917 to Nov 7 1917
Third Battle Of Gaza
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British Empire forces under the command of General Edmund... Read more
Nov 2 1917
Balfour Declaration
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the British government stating that "His Majesty's... Read more

Nov 13 1917
Battle Of Mughar Ridge
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Haifa-Jerusalem line branches to Beersheba. The battle... Read more
Nov 20 1917 to Dec 12 1917
Battle of Cambrai (1917)
Hundreds of British Tanks Breach the Hindenburg Line at Cambrai General Byng's Army, After
Nearly Reaching Its Objective, Forced to... Read more
Nov 20 1917
Senator Robert Byrd is Born as Cornelius Calvin Sale, Jr
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1917. When he was one year old, his mother, Ada Mae... Read more
Nov 28 1917
Peace Talks Begin Between Russia and Germany
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November 28, 1917, crossing over into the German... Read more
Dec 6 1917
The Halifax Explosion
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Scotia, Canada, was devastated by the huge detonation... Read more
Dec 7 1917
United States Declares War on Austria-Hungary
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action in Great Britain, Switzerland, Scandinavia... Read more
Dec 10 1917
Panama Declares War on Austria-Hungary
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Cuba were treaty protectorates, and Haiti, the... Read more
Dec 16 1917
Arthur C. Clarke Is Born

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2008) was a British science fiction author, inventor, and... Read more

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This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1917.
Events
March 7 "Livery Stable Blues", recorded with "Dixie Jazz Band One Step" on February 26 by
the Original Dixieland Jass Band in the United States, becomes the first jazz recording
commercially released. On August 17 the band records "Tiger Rag"
May 12 Bla Bartk's ballet The Wooden Prince is premiered in Budapest
First African American jazz recordings made by Wilbur Sweatman's Band
Eddie Cantor makes his first recordings
Songs of the First World War become popular in the U.S.
Bands formed
Musical groups established in 1917
Budapest String Quartet
Grimethorpe Colliery Band
Louisiana Five
Original Memphis Five
Southern Methodist University Mustang Band
Published popular music
"All The World Will Be Jealous Of Me" w. Al Dubin m. Ernest R. Ball
"Any Time Is Kissing Time" w. Oscar Asche m. Frederic Norton from the musical Chu Chin
Chow
"Are You From Heaven?" w.m. L. Wolfe Gilbert & Anatole Friedland
"A Bachelor Gay" w. Frank Clifford Harris & (Arthur) Valentine m. James W. Tate from the
musical The Maid of the Mountains
"Barnyard Blues" w.m. Edwin B. Edwards, Nick La Rocca, Tony Sbarbaro & Larry Shields
"The Bells Of St Mary's" w. Douglas Furber m. A. Emmett Adams
"The Bombo-Shay" by Henry Creamer
"Bring Back My Daddy to Me" m. George W. Meyer w. William Tracey & Howard Johnson
"Bring Me A Rose" w.m. Charles Shisler
"Cheer Up, Liza" John L. Golden, Raymond Hubbell
"Cleopatra Had A Jazz Band" w. Jack Coogan m. Jimmy Morgan
"Come To The Fair" w. Helen Taylor m. Easthope Martin
"The Darktown Strutters' Ball" w.m. Shelton Brooks
"Dixie Jass Band One-Step" Original Dixieland Jass Band
"Down in the Valley" trad US

"Eileen (Alanna Asthore)" w. Henry Blossom m. Victor Herbert

"For Me And My Gal" w. Edgar Leslie & E. Ray Goetz m. George W. Meyer
"For Your Country and My Country" w.m. Irving Berlin
"Give a Man a Horse He Can Ride" w. James Thomson m. Geoffrey O'Hara
"Give Me the Moonlight, Give Me the Girl" w. Lew Brown m. Albert Von Tilzer
"Going Up" w. Otto Harbach m. Louis A. Hirsch
"Good Luck and God Be With You, Laddie Boy" w. Will D. Cobb m. Gus Edwards
"Good Bye Broadway, Hello France" w. C. Francis Reisner & Benny Davis m. Billy Baskette
"Goodbye, Ma! Goodbye, Pa! Goodbye, Mule, with Yer Old Hee-Haw!" w. William Herschell
m. Barclay Walker
"Good-bye-ee" w.m. R. P. Weston & Bert Lee
"Hail! Hail! The Gang's All Here" w. D. A. Esrom m. Theodore F. Morse & Arthur Sullivan
"Have A Heart" w. P. G. Wodehouse m. Jerome Kern
"Hawaiian Butterfly" w. George A. Little m. Billy Baskette & Joseph H. Santley
"Homeward Bound" m. George Meyer w. Howard Johnson and Coleman Goetz
"Homing" w. Arthur L. Salmon m. Teresa del Riego
"How Can I Forget When There's So Much To Remember" w.m. Irving Berlin
"Huckleberry Finn" by Cliff Hess
"I Don't Know Where I'm Going But I'm On My Way" w.m. George Fairman
"I Don't Want to Get Well" w. Howard Johnson & Harry Pease m. Harry Jentes
"I May Be Gone for a Long, Long Time" w. Lew Brown m. Albert Von Tilzer
"I'd Love To Be A Monkey In The Zoo" w. Bert Hanlon m. Willie White
"I'll Take You Back To Italy" w.m. Irving Berlin
"I'm All Bound Round With The Mason-Dixon Line" w. Sam M. Lewis & Joe Young m. Jean
Schwartz
"I'm Always Chasing Rainbows" w. Joseph McCarthy m. Harry Carroll (melody adapted from
Chopin)
"If I Find The Guy Who Wrote "Poor Butterfly" " w. William Jerome m. Arthur Green
"Indiana" w. Ballard MacDonald m. James F. Hanley
"Indianola" m. Henry R. Stern & Domenico Savino
"Joan of Arc, They Are Calling You" w. Alfred Bryan & Willie Weston m. Jack Wells
"Johnson Rag" m. Guy H. Hall & Henry Kleinhauf
"Just A Baby's Prayer At Twilight" w. Sam M. Lewis & Joe Young m. M. K. Jerome
"Leave It To Jane" w. P. G. Wodehouse m. Jerome Kern
"Let's All Be Americans Now" w.m. Irving Berlin, Edgar Leslie & George W. Meyer
"Lily Of The Valley" w. L. Wolfe Gilbert m. Anatole Friedland
"Little Mother Of Mine" w. Walter H. Brown m. Harry T. Burleigh
"Little Sir Echo" w. Laura R. Smith m. J. S. Fearis

The first "jass" tune to be recorded. Roger Graham Music Publisher, Chicago.
"Livery Stable Blues" Alcide Nunez & Ray Lopez
"Lorraine (My Beautiful Alsace Lorraine)" w. Alfred Bryan m. Fred Fisher
"Love Will Find A Way" w. Harry Graham m. Harold Fraser-Simson. Introduced by Jos Collins
in the musical The Maid of the Mountains
"Mad'moiselle From Armentieres" w.m. anon
"McNamara's Band" w. John J. Stamford m. Shamus O'Connor
"The Modern Maiden's Prayer" w. Ballard MacDonald m. James F. Hanley
"My Sunshine Jane" w. J. Keirn Brennan m. Ernest R. Ball
"My Sweetie" w.m. Irving Berlin
"'N' Everything" w.m. Al Jolson, B. G. DeSylva & Gus Kahn
"Napoleon" w. P.G. Wodehouse m. Jerome Kern
"Nesting Time In Flatbush" w. P. G. Wodehouse m. Jerome Kern
"Oh It's A Lovely War" w.m. Maurice Scott
"Oh Johnny, Oh Johnny, Oh!" w. Ed Rose m. Abe Olman
"Ole Miss Rag" w.m. W. C. Handy
"On The Road To Home Sweet Home" w. Gus Kahn m. Egbert van Alstyne
"Ostrich Walk" m. Edwin B. Edwards, Nick LaRocca, Tony Spargo & Larry Shields
"Out Where The West Begins" w. Arthur Chapman m. Estelle Philleo
"Over There" w.m. George M. Cohan
"Paddy McGinty's Goat" w.m. R.P. Weston, Bert Lee & The Two Bobs
"A Paradise For Two" w. Frank Clifford Harris & Valentine m. James W. Tate
"Regretful Blues" w. Grant Clarke m. Cliff Hess
"The Road To Paradise" w. Rida Johnson Young m. Sigmund Romberg from the musical
Maytime
"Rockaway" by Howard Johnson
"Rolled Into One" w. P. G. Wodehouse m. Jerome Kern
"Rose Room" w. Harry Williams m. Art Hickman
"Sailin' Away On The Henry Clay" w. Gus Kahn m. Egbert Van Alstyne
"Say a Prayer for the Boys "Out There"" w. Bernie Grossman m. Alex Marr
"Send Me Away With A Smile" w.m. Louis Weslyn & Al Piantadosi
"Shave 'em Dry" m. Sam Wishnuff
"Shim-Me-Sha-Wabble" m. Spencer Williams
"Sing Me Love's Lullaby" w. Dorothy Terris m. Theodore F. Morse
"The Siren's Song" w. P. G. Wodehouse m. Jerome Kern
"Six Times Six Is Thirty-Six" w. Bert Hanlon m. William White
"Slippery Hank" F. H. Losey
"Smile And Show Your Dimple" w.m. Irving Berlin
"Smiles" w. J. Will Callahan m. Lee S. Roberts

"Some Sunday Morning" w. Gus Kahn & Raymond B. Egan m. Richard A. Whiting
"Somewhere In France" w. Arthur Wimperis m. Herbert Ivey
"Somewhere In France (Is The Lily)" w. Philander Chase Johnson m. Joseph E. Howard
"Southern Gals" w. Jack Yellen m. Albert Gumble
"The Story Book Ball" w.m. Billie Montgomery & George Perry
"Sweet Emalina My Gal" w. Henry Creamer m. Turner Layton
"That's The Kind Of Baby For Me" w.m. Jack Egan & Alfred Harrison
"There Are Fairies At The Bottom Of Our Garden" w.m. Liza Lehmann
"There's A Lump Of Sugar Down In Dixie" w. Alfred Bryan & Jack Yellen m. Albert Gumble
"There's Something Nice About The South" w.m. Irving Berlin
"They Go Wild Simply Wild Over Me" w. Joseph McCarthy m. Fred Fisher
"They'll Be Whistling It All Over Town" w. E Ray Goetz m.Jean Schwartz
"Thine Alone" w. Henry Blossom m. Victor Herbert
"The Tickle Toe" w. Otto Harbach m. Louis Hirsch
"Tiger Rag" w. Harry De Costa m. Edwin B. Edwards, Nick La Rocca, Tony Sbarbaro, Henry
Ragas & Larry Shields
"Till The Clouds Roll By" w. P. G. Wodehouse, Guy Bolton & Jerome Kern m. Jerome Kern
"Ugly Chile" w.m. Clarence Williams
"The Waggle O' The Kilt" w.m. Harry Lauder
"Wait Till The Cows Come Home" w. Anne Caldwell m. Ivan Caryll
"When the Boys Come Home" w. John Hay m. Oley Speaks
"When Yankee Doodle Learns To Parlez Vous Francais" w. Will Hart m. Edward G. Nelson
"Where Do We Go From Here?" w. Howard Johnson m. Percy Wenrich
"Where The Morning Glories Grow" w. Gus Kahn & Raymond B. Egan m. Richard A. Whiting
"Why Am I Always The Bridesmaid?" w.m. Fred Leigh, Charles Collins & Lily Morris
"Will You Remember?" w. Rida Johnson Young m. Sigmund Romberg
"Wonder Eyes" m. Percy E. Fletcher
"Yah-De-Dah" m. Mel B. Kaufman
"You Brought Ireland Right Over To Me" w. J. Keirn Brennan m. Ernest R. Ball
"You Never Knew About Me" w. P. G. Wodehouse m. Jerome Kern
Hit recordings
The first commercial jazz recording, 1917.

"Livery Stable Blues/Dixie Jass One Step" by the Original Dixieland Jass Band
"Goodbye Broadway, Hello France" by the American Quartet
"A Bachelor Gay" by Peter Dawson
"I Don't Want To Get Well" by Van & Schenck
"Long Boy" by Byron G. Harlan With The Peerless Quartet
"Over There" recorded by
Billy Murray
Nora Bayes
"Poor Butterfly" by the Victor Military Band
Classical music
Lili Boulanger Psaume 130 (Du fond de l'abme)
Frank Bridge - Cello Sonata in D minor
John Alden Carpenter
The Birthday of the Infanta, ballet
The Home Road for SATB mixed chorus or unison voices and piano
Symphony No. 1 ("Sermons in Stones")
Carlos Chvez Sonata fantasia (Piano Sonata No. 1)
Nancy Dalberg Symphony in C-sharp minor
Claude Debussy Violin Sonata in G minor
Alexander Glazunov Piano Concerto No. 2 in B, Op. 100
Launy Grndahl Violin Concerto in D Major
Charles Ives
Orchestral Set No. 1: Three Places in New England
Set No. 2, for chamber orchestra
Washington's Birthday, for small orchestra
Charles Koechlin
La divine vespre, ballet

Paysages et marines, Op. 63bis, version for flute, clarinet, string quartet, and piano
Sonata for cello and piano, Op. 66
Carl Nielsen Chaconne, for piano
Willem Pijper
Symphony No. 1, Pan
Sonatina No. 1, for piano
De Lente Komt, choral
Sergei Prokofiev
Violin Concerto No. 1, Op. 19
Igrok (The Gambler), opera, Op. 24
Mimoletnosti (Visions fugitives), 20 pieces for piano, Op. 22
Piano Sonata No. 3 ("From Old Notebooks"), Op. 28
Piano Sonata No. 4 ("From Old Notebooks"), Op. 29
Symphony No. 1 Classical, Op. 25
Maurice Ravel Le tombeau de Couperin, for piano
Ottorino Respighi Ancient Airs and Dances Suite No. 1
Arnold Schoenberg Verklrte Nacht (string orchestra version)
Jean Sibelius Humoresques for Violin and Orchestra opp. 87 and 89
Charles Villiers Stanford
Aviator's Hymn, for tenor, bass, choir, and organ
Irish Rhapsody No. 5, in G Minor, for orchestra
Night Thoughts, Op. 148, for piano
"On Windy Way When Morning Breaks", partsong
Sailing Song, partsong, two soprano voices
"St George of England", song
Scnes de ballet, Op. 150, for piano
Sonata No. 1, in F major, Op. 149, for organ
Sonata No. 2 ("Eroica"), in G minor, Op. 151, for organ
Sonata No. 3 ("Britannica"), in D minor, Op. 152, for organ
Igor Stravinsky
Berceuse, for voice and piano
Le chant du rossignol, symphonic poem
Cinq pices faciles, for piano 4 hands
"Ovsen", No. 2 from Podblyudnye (Saucers) (Four Russian Peasant Songs), for women's choir
Song of the Volga Boatmen, arrangement for winds and percussion
Study, for pianola
Valse pour les enfants, for piano (possibly 1916)
Karol Szymanowski
Sonata No. 3, for piano

String Quartet No. 1 in C major

Demeter, cantata
Agave, cantata
Heitor Villa-Lobos
String Quartet No. 4
Symphony No. 2 Asceno (Ascension), revised or completed 1943/44
Opera
Armas Launis Kullervo
Sergei Prokofiev The Gambler
Giacomo Puccini - La rondine
Richard Strauss Die Frau ohne Schatten
Gabriel von Wayditch The Caliph's Magician
Alexander Zemlinsky - Eine florentinische Tragdie
Musical theater
The Better 'Ole London production opened at the Oxford Theatre on August 4 and ran for 811
performances
The Boy London production opened at the Adelphi Theatre on September 14 and ran for 801
performances
Cheep London revue opened at the Vaudeville Theatre on April 26.
Chu Chin Chow Broadway production opened at the Manhattan Opera House on October 22 and
ran for 208 performances
Eileen opened at the Shubert Theatre on March 19 and ran for 64 performances.
Hanky Panky London revue opened at the Empire Theatre on March 24
Jack O'Lantern Broadway production opened at the Globe Theatre on October 16 and ran for 265
performances
Leave It to Jane Broadway production opened at the Longacre Theatre on August 28 and ran for
167 performances
The Maid Of The Mountains London production opened at Daly's Theatre on February 10 and
ran for 1352 performances
Maytime Broadway production opened at the Shubert Theatre on August 16 and ran for 492
performances
Miss 1917 Broadway revue opened at the Century Theatre on November 5 and ran for 72
performances
Oh, Boy! (musical) Broadway production opened at the Princess Theatre on February 20 and ran
for 463 performances
The Riviera Girl Broadway production opened at the New Amsterdam Theatre on September 24
and ran for 78 performances

Births
January 2 Vera Zorina, German dancer and actress (died 2003)
January 3 Pierre Dervaux, French operatic conductor, composer, and pedagogue (d. 1992)
January 10 Jerry Wexler, music journalist and record producer (d. 2008)
January 12 - Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, major influence on The Beatles (d. 2008)
January 15 Tiny Timbrell, guitarist (d. 1992)
January 19 John Raitt, American actor and singer (d. 2005)
February 11 Arcesia, singer (d. 1983)
February 15 Denise Scharley, French contralto (d. 2011)
February 18 Dona Massin, choreographer (d. 2001)
February 25 Anthony Burgess, composer (d. 1993)
February 27 George Mitchell, founder of the Black and White Minstrels (d. 2002)
March 2
Desi Arnaz, musician, actor and producer (d. 1986)
John Gardner, composer (d. 2011)
March 7 Janet Collins, dancer and choreographer (d. 2003)
March 12 Leonard Chess, founder of Chess Records (d. 1969)
March 17 Brian Boydell, Irish composer (d. 2000)
March 18 Riccardo Brengola, violinist (d. 2004)
March 19 Dinu Lipatti, pianist (d. 1950)
March 20 Vera Lynn, singer
March 23 Oscar Shumsky, violinist (d. 2000)
March 26 Rufus Thomas, singer (d. 2001)
March 30
Els Aarne, composer (d. 1995)
Rudolf Brucci, composer (d. 2002)
April 9 Johannes Bobrowski, lyricist (d. 1965)
April 12 Helen Forrest, American jazz singer (d. 1999)
April 22 Yvette Chauvir, ballerina
April 25 Ella Fitzgerald, jazz singer (d. 1996)
April 30 Bea Wain, US band singer
May 1 Danielle Darrieux, singer and actress
May 14 Norman Luboff, US choral director (d. 1987)
May 16 Vera Rzsa, singer and voice teacher
May 21 Dennis Day, US singer (d. 1988)
May 22 Georg Tintner, Austrian conductor (d. 1999)
May 28 Papa John Creach, fiddler (Jefferson Airplane) (d. 1994)
June 4 Robert Merrill, operatic baritone (d. 2004)

June 7 Dean Martin, singer and actor (d. 1995)

June 19 Dave Lambert, US singer and arranger (d. 1966)
June 29
Sylvia Olden Lee, vocal coach and accompanist (d. 2004)
Ulpio Minucci, songwriter and composer (d. 2007)
June 24 Ramblin' Tommy Scott, American singer and guitarist (d. 2013)
June 30 Lena Horne, singer (died 2010)
July 2 - Murry Wilson, American songwriter, producer, and manager (d. 1973)
July 14 Roshan, Bollywood composer (d. 1967)
July 17 Red Sovine, American country & folk singer & songwriter (d. 1980)
July 24
Henri Betti, French composer and pianist (d. 2005)
Robert Farnon, composer (d. 2005)
Leonor Orosa Goquinco, pianist and dancer (d. 2005)
August - Walter Brown, blues shouter (d. 1956)
August 3 Antonio Lauro, guitarist and composer (d. 1986)
August 22 John Lee Hooker, blues musician (d. 2001)
August 23 Tex Williams, American country singer (d. 1985)
September 5 Art Rupe, founder of Specialty Records
September 11 Myrta Silva, singer and composer (d. 1987)
September 13 Robert Ward, composer
September 15 Richard Arnell, English composer (d. 2009)
September 30 Buddy Rich, American jazz drummer (d. 1987)
October 4 Violeta Parra, Chilean folk musician (suicide 1967)
October 7 June Allyson, American singer and actress (d. 2006)
October 10 Thelonious Monk, black American jazz pianist (d. 1982)
October 13 George Osmond, father of the Osmond brothers (d. 2007)
October 21
William Adam, trumpeter (d. 2013)
Dizzy Gillespie, jazz musician (d. 1993)
October 24 Mike Pedicin, jazz bandleader (d. 2016)
October 31 Anna Marly, French singer-songwriter (d. 2006)
November 12 Jo Stafford, singer (d. 2008)
Deaths
January - Friederike Grn, operatic soprano (born 1836)
January 13 Albert Niemann, Wagnerian tenor (b. 1831)
February 10 Emile Pessard, French composer (b. 1843)
February 25 Paul Rubens (composer), English songwriter (b. 1875)

March 1 Antonina Miliukova, widow of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (b. 1848)

March 4 Julius Bechgaard, Danish composer (b. 1843)
March 25 Spyridon Samaras, composer (b. 1861)
April 1 Scott Joplin, ragtime composer (b. 1868)
April 29 Florence Farr, actress, singer and composer (b. 1860)
May 20 - Romilda Pantaleoni, operatic soprano (b. 1847)
May 25 Edouard de Reszke, operatic bass (b. 1853)
June 12 Teresa Carreo, pianist, singer and conductor (b. 1853)
July 16 Philipp Scharwenka, composer (b. 1847)
August 7 Basil Hood, librettist and lyricist (b. 1864)
August 12 Pavel Gerdt, dancer (b. 1844)
September 5 Marie Hanfstngl, operatic soprano (b. 1848)
September 8 Charles Edouard Lefebvre, French composer (b. 1843)
September 11 Evie Greene, actress and singer (b. 1875)
October 3 Eduardo di Capua, singer and songwriter (b. 1865)
December 7 Ludwig Minkus, violinist and composer (b. 1826)
December 9 Nat M. Wills, singer, comedian, and actor (b. 1873)