Canadian Forces Capture Vimy Ridge in World War I, April 12, 1917

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…

The Military Revolutionary Committee of the Petrograd Soviet, in charge of preparation and carrying out the Russian Revolution, holds its first meeting. Date: November 2, 1917 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 2 📅 Events on this day in 1917 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1917World War I:…

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 1917First Apparition…

A Great Fire in Thessaloniki, Greece, destroys 32% of the city leaving 70,000 individuals homeless. Date: August 18, 1917 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 18 📅 Events on this day in 1917 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1917World War I: United States Declares War on Germany, April…

In Milwaukee, nine members of the Milwaukee Police Department are killed by a bomb, the most deaths in a single event in U.S. police history until the September 11 attacks in 2001. Date: November 24, 1917 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 24 📅 Events on this day in 1917 📅…