Review of the World War and History Making Events of Year 917
A sweeping year in review details the entry of the United States into World War I, major fronts and offensives across Europe, the Russian revolution, and shifting alliances. It notes American troop arrivals, the sinking of ships, and key political changes from January to December, including Greece, Italy, and Japan’s roles, with a broad tally of battles, casualties, and geopolitical shifts.
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United States of America
Germany
Nicholas
Russia
United States
West Front
Arras
Flanders
St. Quentin
Austria
France
Wilson
Cunard
Laconia
Irish
Disasters Reported Across Lands Seas In 1027
The year 1027 saw multiple calamities including a January 5 earthquake in Formosa killing 300, a January 25 quake on Ball Island Malay Archipelago killing 50, a February 2 Chicago tenement blast killing 25, and a February 8 ship explosion near Archangel killing 80 with 344 injured. Additional disasters include a Yokohama explosion killing 100, the sinking of the Mendi with 628 South African workers lost, March tornadoes in Indiana killing over 20 and another March 23 tornado wrecking part of New Albany killing 88 and wounding over 200. An ammunition plant explosion near Chester, Pennsylvania fatally wounded 112.
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Formosa
Ball Island
Malay Archipelago
Chicago
Archangel
Yokohama
Indiana
New Albany
Ind
Chester
Labor Strife and Government Action Mark 1917 War Era
Industrial unrest shaped U S wartime America in 1917 as rail workers faced a threatened strike tied to the Adamson law and Supreme Court ruling. The year saw copper miners strike in Arizona, deportations of I W W members, and the lynching of Frank Little in Butte. Government mediation ended the San Francisco shipyard strike, with Wilson appointing a labor commission to ease tensions, and the American Federation of Labor pledging support to the war effort. Rail wage demands later loomed over 2 million workers, signaling ongoing strain in industry.
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United States
Adamson Iaw
United States Supreme Court
Arizona
Bigbee
Ariz
Industrial Workers of the World
W. W
Gallup
N. M
Little
Butte
Mont
Eastern
San Francisco
Wilson
American Federation of Labor
Buffalo
Union-Labor
Four Brotherhoods
President Wilson appoints Dr Garfeld fuel administrator
In a wartime move, President Wilson names Dr Garfeld as fuel administrator amid talks on rationing. A government heat committee had previously set crop pricing, fixing the basic rate at two dollars and twenty cents per bushel for 1917.
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Wilson
Garfeld
Ites
United Skates
Race Riots Across States Highlight 1920s Tensions
Summary of nationwide race disturbances including East St Louis July riot with over 20 black deaths and 2 whites, Houston August riot with 15 white deaths, Milwaukee bombings injuring officers and a woman, and court martials in Houston leading to hangings. Congress pushes constitutional prohibition amendment as House adopts it after Senate.
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East St.Louis
Twenty-fourth
Wd .8. Infantry
Houston
Tex
Milwaukee
Wis
San Antonio
House of Representatives
Senate
Friction with Mexico dissolves as US enters World War I
The long US Mexican tension fades as US enters World War I. Pershing withdraws troops on February 5 after almost a year in Mexico. Carranza is elected president on March 11 and order returns, though Villa vents activity again in November with a border clash at Ojinaga causing internment of Carranza troops.
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United States
Mexico
Carranza
Wilson
General Pershing
Mexilco
Villa
Aids
Ojunaga
Unrest and Revolutions Across Nations in 1917
A 1917 panorama of global upheaval includes Russia’s czar abdication and Greece’s king's forced departure. Monarchist efforts in China faltered after brief throne restoration attempts, while Cuba faced a threatened civil war and Gomez’s capture. Britain wrestled with Ireland as Lloyd George sought a united constitutional draft.
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Russia
Czar
Nicholas
Constantine
Greece
China
Hsuan Tung
Gomez
Britain
Lloyd: George
Ireland
United States
Sane Wastern Satfern
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Italy
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Duma
Council of Ministers
Prince Lyoff
Soissons
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Memphis
Illnois
Vigilancia
Healdton
Congress
Cube
WAV
Vacuum
Simms
Atlantic
Kron Stadt
Petrograd
Elihu Root
American Railroad Commission
John S. Stevens
Kronstadt
John J. Pershing
London
Balkans
Great Britain
Alexander
Sibert
Eleutherios Venizelos
Austria-Hungary
Bulgaria
Turkey
Kerensky
Galicia
Anny
Landers
Dixmude
Warneton
Tolmine
Adriatic Sea
Monte Santo
Isonzo
Siberia
Korniloff
Kornloff
Ametten
Igonzo
Antilles
Allles
Pert
Uruguay
Aimlilar Netion
Brazil
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Cambrai
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Alcedo
United States Congress
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Kaledines
Kerniloff
Jerusalem
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Ludlow
Dolitra
Tllinois
Kentucky
Tennessee
Alabama
Arkansas
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Salvador
Niagara Gorge
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Cape Breton
Clay
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Africa
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Conn
Saloniki
Toklo
Natal
South Africa
Nat Halifax
N. 8
Mont Blanc
Imo
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