WHAT ALL HAPPENED JANUARY TO NOVEMBER 1917
Find out what all happened January to November 1917

King Alexander assumes the throne of Greece after his father Constantine I abdicates under pressure by allied armies occupying Athens. (11. June 1917)

The first U.S. troops arrive in France to fight alongside Britain and France against Germany in World War I. (26. June 1917)

Some provinces and cities in the Philippines were incorporated due to the ratification of Act No. 2711 or the Administrative Code of the Philippines. (10. March 1917)

The People's Commissars give authority to Vladimir Lenin, Leon Trotsky, and Joseph Stalin. (8. November 1917)

World War I: Battle of Cambrai begins – British forces make early progress in an attack on German positions but are later pushed back. (20. November 1917)

The Estonian Provincial Assembly declares itself the sovereign power of Estonia. (28. November 1917)

The East St. Louis Riots end. (2. July 1917)

Vladimir Lenin returns to Petrograd, Russia from exile in Switzerland. (16. April 1917)

Alexander I becomes king of Greece. (30. May 1917)

The Congress of the United States passes the Immigration Act of 1917 over President Woodrow Wilson's veto. Also known as the Asiatic Barred Zone Act, it forbade immigration from nearly all of south and southeast Asia. (5. February 1917)

World War I: Battle of Messines – Allied soldiers detonated ammonal mines underneath German trenches at Messines Ridge, killing 10,000 German troops. (7. June 1917)

World War I: Baghdad falls to Anglo-Indian forces commanded by General Stanley Maude. (11. March 1917)

Three children report the first apparition of Our Lady of Fátima in Fátima, Portugal. (13. May 1917)

In a game against the Washington Senators, Boston Red Sox pitcher Ernie Shore retires 26 batters in a row after replacing Babe Ruth, who had been ejected for punching the umpire. (23. June 1917)

World War I: The Corfu Declaration, which leads to the creation of the post-war Kingdom of Yugoslavia, is signed by the Yugoslav Committee and Kingdom of Serbia. (20. July 1917)

World War I: German forces defeat Portuguese army of about 1200 at Negomano on the border of modern-day Mozambique and Tanzania. (25. November 1917)

World War I: Battle of Mărăşeşti between the Romanian and German armies begins. (6. August 1917)

International Women's Day protests in St. Petersburg mark the beginning of the February Revolution (so named because it was February on the Julian calendar). (8. March 1917)

The Love Field in Dallas, Texas is opened. (19. October 1917)

World War I: President Woodrow Wilson of the still-neutral United States calls for "peace without victory" in Europe. (22. January 1917)