Date: July 28, 1917
Sinking of the SS Laurentic after hitting two German mines off the coast of northwest Ireland. Date: January 25, 1917 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on January 25 π Events on this day in 1917 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1917Romania Signs Armistice of FocΘani with Central Powers, December…
The Kingsland munitions factory explosion occurs, possibly as a result of German sabotage. Date: January 11, 1917 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on January 11 π Events on this day in 1917 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1917World War I: Baghdad Falls to Anglo-Indian Forces, March 11, 1917Kingsland Munitions…
Father Edward J. Flanagan founds Boys Town as a farm village for wayward boys. Date: December 12, 1917 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on December 12 π Events on this day in 1917 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1917International Women’s Day Protests in Petrograd Begin February Revolution, March 8,…
World War I: The U.S. ambassador Walter Hines Page to the United Kingdom is given the Zimmermann Telegram, in which Germany pledges to ensure the return of New Mexico, Texas, and Arizona to Mexico if Mexico declares war on the United States. Date: February 24, 1917 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on…
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 β π Other events on May 27 π Events on this day in 1917 π On This Day (Today) More events…
Three children report the first apparition of Our Lady of FΓ‘tima in FΓ‘tima, Portugal. Date: May 13, 1917 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on May 13 π Events on this day in 1917 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1917International Women’s Day Protests in Petrograd Begin February Revolution, March 8,…