Date: June 4, 1917
Halifax Explosion: A munitions explosion near Halifax, Nova Scotia kills more than 1,900 people in the largest artificial explosion up to that time. Date: December 6, 1917 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 6 📅 Events on this day in 1917 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1917U.S. Senate…
The Zimmermann Telegram is reprinted in newspapers across the United States after the U.S. government releases its unencrypted text. Date: March 1, 1917 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 1 📅 Events on this day in 1917 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1917World War I: U.S. Severs Ties…
Pope Benedict XV promulgates the 1917 Code of Canon Law, the first comprehensive codification of Catholic canon law in the legal history of the Catholic Church. Date: May 27, 1917 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 27 📅 Events on this day in 1917 📅 On This Day (Today) More events…
World War I: The Corfu Declaration, which leads to the creation of the post-war Kingdom of Yugoslavia, is signed by the Yugoslav Committee and Kingdom of Serbia. Date: July 20, 1917 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 20 📅 Events on this day in 1917 📅 On This Day (Today) More…
Finland declares independence from the Russian Empire. Date: December 6, 1917 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 6 📅 Events on this day in 1917 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1917SS Laurentic Sinks After Hitting German Mines, January 25, 1917Mexico Adopts Current Constitution, Establishing Federal Republic, February 5,…
World War I: German forces defeat Portuguese army of about 1,200 at Negomano on the border of modern-day Mozambique and Tanzania. Date: November 25, 1917 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 25 📅 Events on this day in 1917 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1917First Pulitzer Prizes Awarded…