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1917 Calendar Trivia
The next time you can reuse this calendar will be on year 2029. Both calendars will be exactly the same! This is assuming you are not interested in the dates for Easter and other irregular holidays that are based on a solar cycle.
April 4 (4/4), June 6 (6/6), August 8 (8/8), October 10 (10/10), December 12 (12/12), and the last day of February always fall on the same day of the week in any given year. This is called the ‘Doomsday rule’. Check these dates using the full 12-month calendar below to verify.
1917 Calendar
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Historical Events Of 1917
- January 9, 1917 – World War I: the Battle of Rafa is fought near the Egyptian border with Palestine.
- January 23, 1917 – New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Fire Snake in Chinese astrology.
- March 31, 1917 – The United States takes possession of the Danish West Indies after paying $25 million to Denmark, and renames the territory the United States Virgin Islands.
- April 16, 1917 – Vladimir Lenin returns to Petrograd, Russia from exile in Switzerland.
- May 18, 1917 – World War I: The Selective Service Act of 1917 is passed, giving the President of the United States the power of conscription.
- May 26, 1917 – Several powerful tornadoes rip through Illinois, including the city of Mattoon, killing 101 people and injuring 689.
- June 11, 1917 – King Alexander assumes the throne of Greece after his father Constantine I abdicates under pressure by allied armies occupying Athens.
- October 26, 1917 – World War I: Brazil declares war on the Central Powers.
- November 2, 1917 – The Military Revolutionary Committee of the Petrograd Soviet, in charge of preparation and carrying out the Russian Revolution, holds its first meeting.
- November 20, 1917 – World War I: Battle of Cambrai begins: British forces make early progress in an attack on German positions but are later pushed back.
Who Were Born On 1917?
- January 1, 1917 – Albert Mol, Dutch actor and author (d. 2004)
- January 14, 1917 – Billy Butterfield, American trumpet player (d. 1988)
- April 16, 1917 – Victoria Eugenia Fernández de Córdoba, 18th Duchess of Medinaceli (d. 2013)
- May 5, 1917 – Pío Leyva, Cuban singer-songwriter (Buena Vista Social Club) (d. 2006)
- May 16, 1917 – Juan Rulfo, Mexican author and photographer (d. 1986)
- May 22, 1917 – Nathan Davis, American actor (d. 2008)
- September 12, 1917 – Han Suyin, Chinese-Swiss physician and author (d. 2012)
- September 25, 1917 – Johnny Sain, American baseball player and coach (d. 2006)
- October 6, 1917 – Fannie Lou Hamer, American activist and philanthropist (d. 1977)
- December 16, 1917 – Pete T. Cenarrusa, American soldier, pilot, and politician, Secretary of State of Idaho (d. 2013)