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Year
1917 (
Roman numerals) was a
common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the
Gregorian calendar (or a
common year starting on Sunday "Calendar in year 1917 (Russia)" (Julian calendar), webpage:
http://www.timeanddate.com/calendar/index.html?year=1917&country=19 Julian-1917 (Romania used Julian in 1919, when Russia adopted Gregorian).of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar).
Events of 1917
January
- January 2 - The Royal Bank of Canada takes over Quebec Bank.
- January 11 - Kingsland Explosion at Kingsland, NJ (now Lyndhurst, NJ) Due to German sabotage, leading to the U.S. involvement in World War I.
- January 19 - Silvertown explosion: a blast at a munitions factory in London kills 73 and injures over 400. The resulting fire causes over £2,000,000 worth of damage.
- January 22 - World War I: President of the United States Woodrow Wilson calls for "peace without victory" in Europe.
- January 25
- The Virgin Islands is sold to the United States for $25 million
- Anti-prostitution drive in San Francisco attracts huge crowds to public meetings. At one meeting attended by 7000 people, 20000 are kept out for lack of room. In a conference with Rev. Paul Smith, an outspoken foe of prostitution, 300 prostitutes make a plea for toleration explaining they had been forced into the practice by poverty. When Smith asked if they would take other work at $8 to $10 a week, the ladies laughed derisively, which lost them public sympathy. The police close about 200 houses of prostitution shortly thereafter
- January 26 - The sea defences at the English village of Hallsands are breached, leading to all but one of the houses becoming uninhabitable
- January 28 - The United States ends search for Pancho Villa
- January 30 - John J. Pershing's troops in Mexico begin to withdraw to USA. They reach Columbus, Ohio February 5
- January 31 - World War I: Germany announces its U-boats will engage in unrestricted submarine warfare.
February
- February 3 - World War I: The United States breaks off diplomatic relations with Germany.
- February 5 - The constitution of Mexico is adopted.
- February 13 - Mata Hari is arrested for spying.
- February 23 - First International Women's day (Russia)
- February 24 - World War I: United States ambassador to the United Kingdom Walter H. Page is given the Zimmermann Telegram, in which Germany offers to give the American Southwest back to Mexico, if Mexico will declare war on the United States.
- February 26 - The Original Dixieland Jass Band record their first commercial record, with "Livery Stable Blues" and "Dixie Jazz Band One Step" tunes.
March
- March 1
- U.S. government releases the plaintext of the Zimmermann Telegram to the public
- Japanese city Omuta, Fukuoka is founded by Hiroushi Miruku
- March 2 - The enactment of the Jones-Shafroth Act grants Puerto Ricans United States citizenship.
- March 4
- March 8
- March 10 - The Province of Batangas was formally founded as one of the Philippines' first encomienda.
- March 11 - Mexican Revolution - Venustiano Carranza elected president of Mexico - United States gives recognition of his government de jure
- March 15 (N.S.) (March 2, O.S.) - Tsar Nicholas II of Russia abdicates his throne for his brother.
- March 17 (N.S.) (March 4, O.S.) - Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich of Russia refuses the throne and power in Russia passes to the newly-formed Russian Provisional Government under Prince Georgy Lvov.
- March 21 - The Danish West Indies become the Virgin Islands when Denmark transfers control over the islands to the United States after the purchase of the islands on January 25.
- March 26 - World War I: First Battle of Giza - British cavalry troops retreat after 17,000 Turks block their advance.
- March 31 - The United States takes possession of the U.S. Virgin Islands after paying $25 million to Denmark.
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
- [October Revolution in Russia (old style)
November
- November - Don Republic declares independence from Bolshevist Russia
- November 2 - Zionism: The Balfour Declaration of 1917 proclaims British support for Jewish settlement in Palestine.
- November 6 - World War I: Third Battle of Ypres ends: After three months of fierce fighting, Canadian forces take Passchendaele in Belgium.
- November 7 - October Revolution begins: The workers of St. Petersburg in Russia, led by the Bolsheviks and the Bolshevik leader Vladimir Lenin, attacked the ineffective Aleksandr Kerensky Provisional Government (Russia was still using the Julian Calendar at the time, so period references show an October 25 date). The Soviets of Workers, Farmers and Soldiers took control of the economy and the administration of a country for the first time in history. The Safavid Empire of Persian Empire (which provided weapons for Russia) refuses to support the Allied Forces after the October Revolution and surrenders from the war.
- November 7 - World War I: Third Battle of Giza ends - United Kingdom forces capture Giza from the Ottoman Empire.
- November 15 - Finland takes a step towards full sovereignty recognizing the personal union with Russia finished after the Tsar being dethroned.
- November 16
- November 18 - Sigma Alpha Rho, Jewish High school fraternities and sororities, is founded in West Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- November 20
- World War I: Battle of Cambrai (1917) begins - British forces make early progress in an attack on German positions but are soon beaten back.
- Ukraine is declared a republic.
- November 22 - In Montreal, Canada, the National Hockey Association breaks up.
- November 26 - The National Hockey League is formed as a replacement.
- November 29 - Striking coal miners at Rostov declare Don Soviet Republic - it lasts two weeks.
December
- December 3 - After nearly 20 years of planning and construction, the Quebec Bridge opens to traffic (the bridge partially collapsed on August 29 1907 and September 11 1916).
- December 6
- Finland's declaration of independence.
- Halifax Explosion: Two freighters collide in Halifax Harbour at City of Halifax Nova Scotia and cause a huge explosion that kills at least 1963 people, injures 9000 and destroys part of the city. Until Hiroshima, this was the biggest manmade explosion in recorded history.
- December 11 - British troops take Jerusalem from the troops of the Ottoman Empire
- December 25 - Why Marry?, first dramatic play to win a Pulitzer Prize, opens at the Astor Theatre in New York City.
- December 26 - United States president Woodrow Wilson uses the Federal Possession and Control Act to take control of nearly all American railroads under the United States Railroad Administration so they can be more efficiently used to transport troops and materials for the war effort.
Undated
- The last parrots native to the United States dies in Cincinnati Zoo. Carolina parrots once flew the skies from Florida to Maryland, Mississippi and Missouri river valleys down through Texas. With a diet of primarly cockleburs, through the years, farmers killed the cockleburs. When the parrots switched to seeds inside fruit (discarding the fruit pulp) the farmers killed the parrots. The last wild parrots died in Florida in 1904. The first of the Cincinnati Zoo parrots, the female, died during the summer of 1917. The male remained “listless and mournful”, dieing about six months later.
- Lions Clubs International is formed.
- J.R.R. Tolkien begins writing the original The Book of Lost Tales (the first version of The Silmarillion); thus Middle-earth is first written in about this year.
- Female suffrage in the Netherlands
- True Jesus Church is established in Beijing.
- Oreland Boy Scout Troop 1 is established.
Ongoing
- World War I (1914-1918).
- Encephalitis lethargica (1917-1928).
- Russian Revolution of 1917.
Births
- Nur Mohammad Taraki, General Secretary of the People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan (d. 1979)
January-February
- January 2 - Vera Zorina, German dancer and actress (d. 2003)
- January 3 - Roger W. Straus, Jr., American publisher (d. 2004)
- January 5 - Jane Wyman, American actress and philanthropist (d. 2007)
- January 6 - Koo Chen-fu, Chinese negotiator (d. 2005)
- January 10 - Jerry Wexler, American record producer
- January 12 - Jimmy Skinner, Detroit Red Wings head coach (d. 2007)
- January 19
- John Raitt, American actor and singer (d. 2005)
- Graham Higman, British mathematician
- January 24 - Ernest Borgnine, American actor
- January 25 - Ilya Prigogine, Russian-born physicist and chemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry (d. 2003)
- January 26 - William Verity Jr., American politician (d. 2007)
- February 1 - James Harry Lacey, a.k.a Squadron Leader James "Ginger" Lacey DFM & Bar, the top scoring RAF fighter pilot during the Battle of Britain (d. 1989)
- February 2 - Đỗ Mười, Vietnamese leader
- February 4
- Yahya Khan, President of Pakistan (d. 1980)
- Abdur Rahman Badawi, Egyptian existentialist philosopher (d. 2002)
- February 6 - Zsa Zsa Gabor, Hungarian-born actress
- February 11 - Sidney Sheldon, American author (d. 2007)
- February 14 - Herbert A. Hauptman, American mathematician, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry
- February 17 - Joseph Conombo, Prime Minister of Upper Volta
- February 18 - Tuulikki Pietilä, Finnish artist
- February 19 - Carson McCullers, American author (d. 1967)
- February 25 - Anthony Burgess, English author (d. 1993)
- February 27 - John Connally, Governor of Texas (d. 1993)
- February 28 - Fidel Sánchez Hernández, President of El Salvador (d. 2003)
March-April
- March 1
- Harry Caray, baseball broadcaster (d. 1998)
- Robert Lowell, American poet (d. 1977)
- March 2
- Desi Arnaz, Cuban-born actor, bandleader, and musician (d. 1986)
- John Gardner (composer), British composer
- Laurie Baker, English architect (d. 2007)
- March 4 - Clyde McCullough, American baseball catcher (d. 1982)
- March 5 - Raymond P. Shafer, Governor of Pennsylvania (d. 2006)
- March 12 - Googie Withers, British actress
- March 14 - John McCallum (actor), Australian actor
- March 16 - Samael Aun Weor, Columbian writer (d. 1977)
- March 19 - Dinu Lipatti, Romanian pianist (d. 1950)
- March 20 - Vera Lynn, English actress and singer
- March 22 - Paul Rogers (actor), English actor
- March 24 - John Kendrew, British molecular biologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry (d. 1997)
- March 26 - Rufus Thomas, American singer (d. 2001)
- March 27 - Cyrus Vance, American politician (d. 2002)
- April 1 - Sydney Newman, Canadian-born television producer (d. 1997)
- April 2 - Dabbs Greer, American actor (d. 2007)
- April 5 - Robert Bloch, American writer (d. 1994)
- April 10 - Robert Burns Woodward, American chemist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry laureate (d. 1979)
- April 12 - Helen Forrest, American jazz singer (d. 1999)
- April 14 - Marvin Miller, baseball executive
- April 15 - James Kee, American politician (d. 1989)
- April 17 - Bill Clements, Governor of Texas
- April 22 - Yvette Chauviré, French ballerina
- April 25 - Ella Fitzgerald, American jazz singer (d. 1996)
- April 26 - Virgil Trucks, baseball player
- April 30 - Bea Wain, American singer
May-June
- May 1 - Fyodor Khitruk, Russian animator
- May 3 - Kiro Gligorov, President of the Republic of Macedonia
- May 8 - John Anderson, Jr., American politician
- May 12 - Frank Clair, Canadian football coach (d. 2005)
- May 14 - Lou Harrison, American composer (d. 2003)
- May 16
- May 20 - Bergur Sigurbjörnsson, Icelandic politician (d. 2005)
- May 21 - Raymond Burr, Canadian actor (d. 1993)
- May 22 - Georg Tintner, Austrian conductor (d. 1999)
- May 25 - Theodore Hesburgh, American priest and educator
- May 28 - Papa John Creech, American fiddler (d. 1994)
- May 29 - John F. Kennedy, President of the United States (d. 1963)
- June 1 - William S. Knowles, American chemist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry laureate
- June 7 - Dean Martin, American actor (d. 1995)
- June 10 - Eric Hobsbawm, British historian
- June 10 - Ruari McLean, British typographer (d. 2006)
- June 13 - Teddy Turner, comedian (d. 1992)
- June 15 - John Bennett Fenn, American chemist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry laureate
- June 15 - Lash La Rue, American cowboy actor (d. 1996)
- June 16
- Irving Penn, American photographer
- Katharine Graham, American publisher (d. 2001)
- June 17
- Ben Bubar, American presidential candidate. (d. 1994)
- Atle Selberg, Norwegian mathematician (d. 2007)
- June 30 - Lena Horne, American singer
July-August
- July 1 - Humphry Osmond, British psychiatrist (d. 2004)
- July 4 - Manolete, Spanish bullfighter (d. 1947)
- July 7 - Fidel Sánchez Hernández, President of El Salvador (d. 2003)
- July 10
- July 16 - William Woodson, American voice actor
- July 17
- Phyllis Diller, American comedian
- Red Sovine, American country & folk singer & songwriter (d. 1980)
- July 18 - Henri Salvador, French singer
- July 19 - William Scranton, American politician
- August 11 - Dik Browne, American Cartoonist (d. 1989)
- August 15
- August 18 - Caspar Weinberger, United States Secretary of Defense (d. 2006)
- August 22 - John Lee Hooker, American musician (d. 2001)
- August 28 - Jack Kirby, American comic book artist (d. 1994)
- August 29 - Isabel Sanford, American actress (d. 2004)
- August 30 - Denis Healey, British author and politician
September-October
- September 3 - Anthony Robert Klitz, British artist (d 2000)
- September 6 - Philipp von Boeselager, German Wehrmacht officer, failed assassin of Adolf Hitler
- September 7 - John Cornforth, Australian chemist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry laureate
- September 10 - Miguel Serrano, Chilean diplomat, explorer, and journalist
- September 11
- September 13 - Robert Ward, American composer (d. 1994)
- September 15 - Shanul Haq Haqqee, Pakistani poet, author, lexicographer (d. 2005)
- September 20 - Red Auerbach, American basketball coach and official (d. 2006)
- September 25 - Johnny Sain, baseball player (d. 2006)
- September 27 - Louis Auchincloss, American novelist
- October 2 - Christian de Duve, English-born biologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
- October 7 - June Allyson, American actress (d. 2006)
- October 8
- Danny Murtaugh, baseball player and manager (d. 1976)
- Rodney Robert Porter, English biochemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. 1985)
- October 10 - Thelonious Monk, American jazz pianist (d. 1982)
- October 15
- Jan Miner, American actress (d. 2004)
- Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., American historian and political commentator (d. 2007)
- October 21 - Dizzy Gillespie, American musician (d. 1993)
- October 22 - Joan Fontaine, British-born actress
- October 30 - Maurice Trintignant, French race car driver (d. 2005)
- October 31 - Thomas Hill (actor), Canadian actor
November-December
- November 11 - Madeleine Damerment, French World War II heroine (d. 1944)
- November 18 - Pedro Infante, Mexican actor and singer (d. 1957)
- November 19 - Indira Gandhi, Prime Minister of India (d. 1984)
- November 20 - Robert Byrd, U.S. Senator from West Virginia
- November 22 - Andrew Huxley, English scientist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
- December 6 - Kamal Jumblatt, leader of the Lebanese Druze (d. 1977)
- December 9 - James Rainwater, American physicist, Nobel Prize in Physics laureate (d. 1986)
- December 10 - Sultan Yahya Petra, King of Malaysia (d. 1979)
- December 16 - Arthur C. Clarke, British/Sri Lankan science-fiction author
- December 20 - David Bohm, American-born physicist, philosopher, and neuropsychologist (d. 1992)
- December 21 - Heinrich Böll, German writer, Nobel Prize in Literature laureate (d. 1985)
- December 22 - Gene Rayburn, American television personality (d. 1999)
- December 27 - Onni Palaste, Finnish writer
- December 28 - Ellis Clarke, President of Trinidad and Tobago
- December 29 - Ramanand Sagar, Indian film director (d. 2005)
- December 30 - Seymour Melman, American industrial engineer (d. 2004)
Deaths
January - June
- January 2 - Edward Burnett Tylor, English anthropologist (b. 1832)
- January 4 - Frederick Selous, explorer (killed in action)
- January 10 - Buffalo Bill (Buffalo Bill), American frontiersman (b. 1846)
- January 16 - George Dewey, U.S. admiral (b. 1837)
- February 5 - Jaber II Al-Sabah, Emir of Kuwait (b. 1860)
- February 10 - John William Waterhouse, Italian-born artist (b. 1849)
- March 5 - Manuel de Arriaga, first president of Portugal (b. 1840)
- March 8 - Ferdinand von Zeppelin, German inventor (b. 1838)
- March 17 - Franz Brentano, German philosopher and psychologist (b. 1838)
- March 31 - Emil Adolf von Behring, German winner of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1854)
- April 1 - Scott Joplin, American musician and composer (b. 1867-1868)
- April 14 - L. L. Zamenhof, Polish creator of Esperanto (b. 1859)
- May 17 - Charles Anthoni Johnson Brooke, ruler of Sarawak (b. 1829)
- May 20 - Philipp von Ferrary, Italian stamp collector (b. 1850)
- May 25 - Maksim Bahdanovič, Belarusian poet (b. 1891)
- June 26 - John Dunville, British Army officer (b. 1896)
- June 30 - Antonio de La Gandara, French painter (b. 1861)
July - December
- July 8 - Tom Thomson, Canadian painter (b. 1877)
- July 16 - Philipp Scharwenka, Polish-German composer (b. 1847)
- July 27 - Emil Theodor Kocher, Swiss medical researcher, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1841)
- July 31 - Francis Ledwidge, poet (killed in action) (b. 1887)
- August 13 - Eduard Buchner, German chemist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry laureate (b. 1860)
- August 20 - Adolf von Baeyer, German chemist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry laureate (b. 1835)
- August 30 - Alan Leo, British astrologer (b. 1860)
- September 27 - Edgar Degas, French painter (b. 1834)
- October 13 - Florence La Badie, Canadian actress (b. 1888)
- October 15 - Mata Hari, Dutch dancer and spy (executed) (b. 1876)
- October 23 - Eugène Grasset, Swiss artist (b. 1845)
- October 28 - Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein (b. 1831)
- November 8 - Colin Blythe, English cricketer (b. 1879)
- November 11 - Queen Liliuokalani of Hawai'i (b. 1838)
- November 15 - Émile Durkheim, French sociologist (b. 1858)
- November 17
- December 8 - Mendele Moykher Sforim, Russian Yiddish and Hebrew writer (b. 1836)
- December 10 - Mackenzie Bowell, Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1824)
- December 12 - Andrew Taylor Still, American father of osteopathy (b. 1828)
- December 28 - Alfred Edwin McKay, Canadian World War One flying ace (b. 1892)
Nobel prizes
Notes
External links
Table of Contents
Year
1917 (
Roman numerals) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Sunday "Calendar in year 1917 (Russia)" (Julian calendar), webpage:
http://www.timeanddate.com/calendar/index.html?year=1917&country=19 Julian-1917 (Romania used Julian in 1919, when Russia adopted Gregorian).of the 13-day-slower
Julian calendar).
Events of 1917
January
- January 2 - The Royal Bank of Canada takes over Quebec Bank.
- January 11 - Kingsland Explosion at Kingsland, NJ (now Lyndhurst, NJ) Due to German sabotage, leading to the U.S. involvement in World War I.
- January 19 - Silvertown explosion: a blast at a munitions factory in London kills 73 and injures over 400. The resulting fire causes over £2,000,000 worth of damage.
- January 22 - World War I: President of the United States Woodrow Wilson calls for "peace without victory" in Europe.
- January 25
- The Virgin Islands is sold to the United States for $25 million
- Anti-prostitution drive in San Francisco attracts huge crowds to public meetings. At one meeting attended by 7000 people, 20000 are kept out for lack of room. In a conference with Rev. Paul Smith, an outspoken foe of prostitution, 300 prostitutes make a plea for toleration explaining they had been forced into the practice by poverty. When Smith asked if they would take other work at $8 to $10 a week, the ladies laughed derisively, which lost them public sympathy. The police close about 200 houses of prostitution shortly thereafter
- January 26 - The sea defences at the English village of Hallsands are breached, leading to all but one of the houses becoming uninhabitable
- January 28 - The United States ends search for Pancho Villa
- January 30 - John J. Pershing's troops in Mexico begin to withdraw to USA. They reach Columbus, Ohio February 5
- January 31 - World War I: Germany announces its U-boats will engage in unrestricted submarine warfare.
February
March
- March 1
- March 2 - The enactment of the Jones-Shafroth Act grants Puerto Ricans United States citizenship.
- March 4
- March 8
- March 10 - The Province of Batangas was formally founded as one of the Philippines' first encomienda.
- March 11 - Mexican Revolution - Venustiano Carranza elected president of Mexico - United States gives recognition of his government de jure
- March 15 (N.S.) (March 2, O.S.) - Tsar Nicholas II of Russia abdicates his throne for his brother.
- March 17 (N.S.) (March 4, O.S.) - Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich of Russia refuses the throne and power in Russia passes to the newly-formed Russian Provisional Government under Prince Georgy Lvov.
- March 21 - The Danish West Indies become the Virgin Islands when Denmark transfers control over the islands to the United States after the purchase of the islands on January 25.
- March 26 - World War I: First Battle of Giza - British cavalry troops retreat after 17,000 Turks block their advance.
- March 31 - The United States takes possession of the U.S. Virgin Islands after paying $25 million to Denmark.
April
May
June
July
August
September
- September 11 - Torrance High School opens in Torrance, California, CA
October
- [October Revolution in Russia (old style)
November
- November - Don Republic declares independence from Bolshevist Russia
- November 2 - Zionism: The Balfour Declaration of 1917 proclaims British support for Jewish settlement in Palestine.
- November 6 - World War I: Third Battle of Ypres ends: After three months of fierce fighting, Canadian forces take Passchendaele in Belgium.
- November 7 - October Revolution begins: The workers of St. Petersburg in Russia, led by the Bolsheviks and the Bolshevik leader Vladimir Lenin, attacked the ineffective Aleksandr Kerensky Provisional Government (Russia was still using the Julian Calendar at the time, so period references show an October 25 date). The Soviets of Workers, Farmers and Soldiers took control of the economy and the administration of a country for the first time in history. The Safavid Empire of Persian Empire (which provided weapons for Russia) refuses to support the Allied Forces after the October Revolution and surrenders from the war.
- November 7 - World War I: Third Battle of Giza ends - United Kingdom forces capture Giza from the Ottoman Empire.
- November 15 - Finland takes a step towards full sovereignty recognizing the personal union with Russia finished after the Tsar being dethroned.
- November 16
- United Kingdom troops occupy Tel Aviv and Jaffa in Palestine.
- Georges Clemenceau becomes prime minister of France
- November 18 - Sigma Alpha Rho, Jewish High school fraternities and sororities, is founded in West Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- November 20
- World War I: Battle of Cambrai (1917) begins - British forces make early progress in an attack on German positions but are soon beaten back.
- Ukraine is declared a republic.
- November 22 - In Montreal, Canada, the National Hockey Association breaks up.
- November 26 - The National Hockey League is formed as a replacement.
- November 29 - Striking coal miners at Rostov declare Don Soviet Republic - it lasts two weeks.
December
- December 3 - After nearly 20 years of planning and construction, the Quebec Bridge opens to traffic (the bridge partially collapsed on August 29 1907 and September 11 1916).
- December 6
- Finland's declaration of independence.
- Halifax Explosion: Two freighters collide in Halifax Harbour at City of Halifax Nova Scotia and cause a huge explosion that kills at least 1963 people, injures 9000 and destroys part of the city. Until Hiroshima, this was the biggest manmade explosion in recorded history.
- December 11 - British troops take Jerusalem from the troops of the Ottoman Empire
- December 25 - Why Marry?, first dramatic play to win a Pulitzer Prize, opens at the Astor Theatre in New York City.
- December 26 - United States president Woodrow Wilson uses the Federal Possession and Control Act to take control of nearly all American railroads under the United States Railroad Administration so they can be more efficiently used to transport troops and materials for the war effort.
Undated
- The last parrots native to the United States dies in Cincinnati Zoo. Carolina parrots once flew the skies from Florida to Maryland, Mississippi and Missouri river valleys down through Texas. With a diet of primarly cockleburs, through the years, farmers killed the cockleburs. When the parrots switched to seeds inside fruit (discarding the fruit pulp) the farmers killed the parrots. The last wild parrots died in Florida in 1904. The first of the Cincinnati Zoo parrots, the female, died during the summer of 1917. The male remained “listless and mournful”, dieing about six months later.
- Lions Clubs International is formed.
- J.R.R. Tolkien begins writing the original The Book of Lost Tales (the first version of The Silmarillion); thus Middle-earth is first written in about this year.
- Female suffrage in the Netherlands
- True Jesus Church is established in Beijing.
- Oreland Boy Scout Troop 1 is established.
Ongoing
- World War I (1914-1918).
- Encephalitis lethargica (1917-1928).
- Russian Revolution of 1917.
Births
- Nur Mohammad Taraki, General Secretary of the People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan (d. 1979)
January-February
- January 2 - Vera Zorina, German dancer and actress (d. 2003)
- January 3 - Roger W. Straus, Jr., American publisher (d. 2004)
- January 5 - Jane Wyman, American actress and philanthropist (d. 2007)
- January 6 - Koo Chen-fu, Chinese negotiator (d. 2005)
- January 10 - Jerry Wexler, American record producer
- January 12 - Jimmy Skinner, Detroit Red Wings head coach (d. 2007)
- January 19
- John Raitt, American actor and singer (d. 2005)
- Graham Higman, British mathematician
- January 24 - Ernest Borgnine, American actor
- January 25 - Ilya Prigogine, Russian-born physicist and chemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry (d. 2003)
- January 26 - William Verity Jr., American politician (d. 2007)
- February 1 - James Harry Lacey, a.k.a Squadron Leader James "Ginger" Lacey DFM & Bar, the top scoring RAF fighter pilot during the Battle of Britain (d. 1989)
- February 2 - Đỗ Mười, Vietnamese leader
- February 4
- February 6 - Zsa Zsa Gabor, Hungarian-born actress
- February 11 - Sidney Sheldon, American author (d. 2007)
- February 14 - Herbert A. Hauptman, American mathematician, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry
- February 17 - Joseph Conombo, Prime Minister of Upper Volta
- February 18 - Tuulikki Pietilä, Finnish artist
- February 19 - Carson McCullers, American author (d. 1967)
- February 25 - Anthony Burgess, English author (d. 1993)
- February 27 - John Connally, Governor of Texas (d. 1993)
- February 28 - Fidel Sánchez Hernández, President of El Salvador (d. 2003)
March-April
- March 1
- Harry Caray, baseball broadcaster (d. 1998)
- Robert Lowell, American poet (d. 1977)
- March 2
- March 4 - Clyde McCullough, American baseball catcher (d. 1982)
- March 5 - Raymond P. Shafer, Governor of Pennsylvania (d. 2006)
- March 12 - Googie Withers, British actress
- March 14 - John McCallum (actor), Australian actor
- March 16 - Samael Aun Weor, Columbian writer (d. 1977)
- March 19 - Dinu Lipatti, Romanian pianist (d. 1950)
- March 20 - Vera Lynn, English actress and singer
- March 22 - Paul Rogers (actor), English actor
- March 24 - John Kendrew, British molecular biologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry (d. 1997)
- March 26 - Rufus Thomas, American singer (d. 2001)
- March 27 - Cyrus Vance, American politician (d. 2002)
- April 1 - Sydney Newman, Canadian-born television producer (d. 1997)
- April 2 - Dabbs Greer, American actor (d. 2007)
- April 5 - Robert Bloch, American writer (d. 1994)
- April 10 - Robert Burns Woodward, American chemist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry laureate (d. 1979)
- April 12 - Helen Forrest, American jazz singer (d. 1999)
- April 14 - Marvin Miller, baseball executive
- April 15 - James Kee, American politician (d. 1989)
- April 17 - Bill Clements, Governor of Texas
- April 22 - Yvette Chauviré, French ballerina
- April 25 - Ella Fitzgerald, American jazz singer (d. 1996)
- April 26 - Virgil Trucks, baseball player
- April 30 - Bea Wain, American singer
May-June
- May 1 - Fyodor Khitruk, Russian animator
- May 3 - Kiro Gligorov, President of the Republic of Macedonia
- May 8 - John Anderson, Jr., American politician
- May 12 - Frank Clair, Canadian football coach (d. 2005)
- May 14 - Lou Harrison, American composer (d. 2003)
- May 16
- May 20 - Bergur Sigurbjörnsson, Icelandic politician (d. 2005)
- May 21 - Raymond Burr, Canadian actor (d. 1993)
- May 22 - Georg Tintner, Austrian conductor (d. 1999)
- May 25 - Theodore Hesburgh, American priest and educator
- May 28 - Papa John Creech, American fiddler (d. 1994)
- May 29 - John F. Kennedy, President of the United States (d. 1963)
- June 1 - William S. Knowles, American chemist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry laureate
- June 7 - Dean Martin, American actor (d. 1995)
- June 10 - Eric Hobsbawm, British historian
- June 10 - Ruari McLean, British typographer (d. 2006)
- June 13 - Teddy Turner, comedian (d. 1992)
- June 15 - John Bennett Fenn, American chemist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry laureate
- June 15 - Lash La Rue, American cowboy actor (d. 1996)
- June 16
- Irving Penn, American photographer
- Katharine Graham, American publisher (d. 2001)
- June 17
- Ben Bubar, American presidential candidate. (d. 1994)
- Atle Selberg, Norwegian mathematician (d. 2007)
- June 30 - Lena Horne, American singer
July-August
- July 1 - Humphry Osmond, British psychiatrist (d. 2004)
- July 4 - Manolete, Spanish bullfighter (d. 1947)
- July 7 - Fidel Sánchez Hernández, President of El Salvador (d. 2003)
- July 10
- July 16 - William Woodson, American voice actor
- July 17
- Phyllis Diller, American comedian
- Red Sovine, American country & folk singer & songwriter (d. 1980)
- July 18 - Henri Salvador, French singer
- July 19 - William Scranton, American politician
- August 11 - Dik Browne, American Cartoonist (d. 1989)
- August 15
- August 18 - Caspar Weinberger, United States Secretary of Defense (d. 2006)
- August 22 - John Lee Hooker, American musician (d. 2001)
- August 28 - Jack Kirby, American comic book artist (d. 1994)
- August 29 - Isabel Sanford, American actress (d. 2004)
- August 30 - Denis Healey, British author and politician
September-October
- September 3 - Anthony Robert Klitz, British artist (d 2000)
- September 6 - Philipp von Boeselager, German Wehrmacht officer, failed assassin of Adolf Hitler
- September 7 - John Cornforth, Australian chemist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry laureate
- September 10 - Miguel Serrano, Chilean diplomat, explorer, and journalist
- September 11
- September 13 - Robert Ward, American composer (d. 1994)
- September 15 - Shanul Haq Haqqee, Pakistani poet, author, lexicographer (d. 2005)
- September 20 - Red Auerbach, American basketball coach and official (d. 2006)
- September 25 - Johnny Sain, baseball player (d. 2006)
- September 27 - Louis Auchincloss, American novelist
- October 2 - Christian de Duve, English-born biologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
- October 7 - June Allyson, American actress (d. 2006)
- October 8
- Danny Murtaugh, baseball player and manager (d. 1976)
- Rodney Robert Porter, English biochemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. 1985)
- October 10 - Thelonious Monk, American jazz pianist (d. 1982)
- October 15
- October 21 - Dizzy Gillespie, American musician (d. 1993)
- October 22 - Joan Fontaine, British-born actress
- October 30 - Maurice Trintignant, French race car driver (d. 2005)
- October 31 - Thomas Hill (actor), Canadian actor
November-December
- November 11 - Madeleine Damerment, French World War II heroine (d. 1944)
- November 18 - Pedro Infante, Mexican actor and singer (d. 1957)
- November 19 - Indira Gandhi, Prime Minister of India (d. 1984)
- November 20 - Robert Byrd, U.S. Senator from West Virginia
- November 22 - Andrew Huxley, English scientist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
- December 6 - Kamal Jumblatt, leader of the Lebanese Druze (d. 1977)
- December 9 - James Rainwater, American physicist, Nobel Prize in Physics laureate (d. 1986)
- December 10 - Sultan Yahya Petra, King of Malaysia (d. 1979)
- December 16 - Arthur C. Clarke, British/Sri Lankan science-fiction author
- December 20 - David Bohm, American-born physicist, philosopher, and neuropsychologist (d. 1992)
- December 21 - Heinrich Böll, German writer, Nobel Prize in Literature laureate (d. 1985)
- December 22 - Gene Rayburn, American television personality (d. 1999)
- December 27 - Onni Palaste, Finnish writer
- December 28 - Ellis Clarke, President of Trinidad and Tobago
- December 29 - Ramanand Sagar, Indian film director (d. 2005)
- December 30 - Seymour Melman, American industrial engineer (d. 2004)
Deaths
January - June
- January 2 - Edward Burnett Tylor, English anthropologist (b. 1832)
- January 4 - Frederick Selous, explorer (killed in action)
- January 10 - Buffalo Bill (Buffalo Bill), American frontiersman (b. 1846)
- January 16 - George Dewey, U.S. admiral (b. 1837)
- February 5 - Jaber II Al-Sabah, Emir of Kuwait (b. 1860)
- February 10 - John William Waterhouse, Italian-born artist (b. 1849)
- March 5 - Manuel de Arriaga, first president of Portugal (b. 1840)
- March 8 - Ferdinand von Zeppelin, German inventor (b. 1838)
- March 17 - Franz Brentano, German philosopher and psychologist (b. 1838)
- March 31 - Emil Adolf von Behring, German winner of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1854)
- April 1 - Scott Joplin, American musician and composer (b. 1867-1868)
- April 14 - L. L. Zamenhof, Polish creator of Esperanto (b. 1859)
- May 17 - Charles Anthoni Johnson Brooke, ruler of Sarawak (b. 1829)
- May 20 - Philipp von Ferrary, Italian stamp collector (b. 1850)
- May 25 - Maksim Bahdanovič, Belarusian poet (b. 1891)
- June 26 - John Dunville, British Army officer (b. 1896)
- June 30 - Antonio de La Gandara, French painter (b. 1861)
July - December
- July 8 - Tom Thomson, Canadian painter (b. 1877)
- July 16 - Philipp Scharwenka, Polish-German composer (b. 1847)
- July 27 - Emil Theodor Kocher, Swiss medical researcher, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1841)
- July 31 - Francis Ledwidge, poet (killed in action) (b. 1887)
- August 13 - Eduard Buchner, German chemist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry laureate (b. 1860)
- August 20 - Adolf von Baeyer, German chemist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry laureate (b. 1835)
- August 30 - Alan Leo, British astrologer (b. 1860)
- September 27 - Edgar Degas, French painter (b. 1834)
- October 13 - Florence La Badie, Canadian actress (b. 1888)
- October 15 - Mata Hari, Dutch dancer and spy (executed) (b. 1876)
- October 23 - Eugène Grasset, Swiss artist (b. 1845)
- October 28 - Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein (b. 1831)
- November 8 - Colin Blythe, English cricketer (b. 1879)
- November 11 - Queen Liliuokalani of Hawai'i (b. 1838)
- November 15 - Émile Durkheim, French sociologist (b. 1858)
- November 17
- December 8 - Mendele Moykher Sforim, Russian Yiddish and Hebrew writer (b. 1836)
- December 10 - Mackenzie Bowell, Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1824)
- December 12 - Andrew Taylor Still, American father of osteopathy (b. 1828)
- December 28 - Alfred Edwin McKay, Canadian World War One flying ace (b. 1892)
Nobel prizes
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