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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 23, 1917 – New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Fire Snake in Chinese astrology.
- April 16, 1917 – Vladimir Lenin returns to Petrograd, Russia from exile in Switzerland.
- June 13, 1917 – World War I: The deadliest German air raid on London during World War I is carried out by Gotha G bombers and results in 162 deaths, including 46 children, and 432 injuries.
- July 17, 1917 – King George V issues a Proclamation stating that the male line descendants of the British Royal Family will bear the surname Windsor.
- October 31, 1917 – World War I: Battle of Beersheba: The “last successful cavalry charge in history”.
- 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 – Ukraine is declared a republic.
- December 6, 1917 – Finland declares independence from Russia.
- December 12, 1917 – In Nebraska, Father Edward J. Flanagan founds Boys Town as a farm village for wayward boys.
- December 20, 1917 – Cheka, the first Soviet secret police force, is founded.
Who Were Born On 1917?
- January 12, 1917 – Jimmy Skinner, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 2007)
- January 30, 1917 – Paul Frère, Belgian race car driver and journalist (d. 2008)
- February 18, 1917 – José Curbelo, Cuban-American pianist and manager (d. 2012)
- April 2, 1917 – Lou Monte, American singer (d. 1989)
- April 18, 1917 – Frederica of Hanover (d. 1981)
- October 28, 1917 – Jack Soo, American actor and singer (d. 1979)
- October 30, 1917 – Maurice Trintignant, French race car driver (d. 2005)
- December 1, 1917 – Marty Marion, American baseball player and manager (d. 2011)
- December 15, 1917 – Shan-ul-Haq Haqqee, Indian-Pakistani linguist and lexicographer (d. 2005)
- December 27, 1917 – T. Nadaraja, Sri Lankan lawyer and academic (d. 2004)