Date: November 24, 1917
Russian Revolution: Vladimir Lenin returns to Petrograd, Russia, from exile in Switzerland. Date: April 16, 1917 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 16 📅 Events on this day in 1917 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1917World War I: Battle of Arras Begins, Canadian Corps Assault Vimy Ridge, April…
The enactment of the Jones–Shafroth Act grants Puerto Ricans United States citizenship. Date: March 2, 1917 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 2 📅 Events on this day in 1917 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1917Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition Survivors Rescued, January 10, 1917Military Revolutionary Committee Holds First Meeting,…
The Norwegian football club Rosenborg BK is founded. Date: May 19, 1917 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 19 📅 Events on this day in 1917 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1917Selective Service Act Passes, Granting U.S. Conscription Power, May 18, 1917American Expeditionary Forces Arrive in France, June…
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 1917Romania Signs…
King Alexander assumes the throne of Greece after his father, Constantine I, is deemed to have abdicated under pressure from allied armies occupying Athens. Date: June 11, 1917 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 11 📅 Events on this day in 1917 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1917World…
Father Edward J. Flanagan founds Boys Town as a farm village for wayward boys. Date: December 12, 1917 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 12 📅 Events on this day in 1917 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1917King Alexander Becomes King of Greece Amid Allied Pressure, June 11,…