WHAT ALL HAPPENED JULY TO OCTOBER 1917
Find out what all happened July to October 1917

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

Ten Suffragettes are arrested while picketing the White House. (28. August 1917)

First British bombing of Germany in World War I. (17. October 1917)

World War I: The First Battle of Passchendaele takes place resulting in the largest single day loss of life in New Zealand history. (12. October 1917)

World War I: Brazil declared in state of war with Central Powers. (26. October 1917)

World War I: Battle of Beersheba – the "last successful cavalry charge in history". (31. October 1917)

The Bisbee Deportation occurs as vigilantes kidnap and deport nearly 1,300 striking miners and others from Bisbee, Arizona. (12. July 1917)

King George V issues a Proclamation stating that the male line descendants of the British Royal Family will bear the surname Windsor. (17. July 1917)

Sir Robert Borden introduces the first income tax in Canada as a "temporary" measure (lowest bracket is 4% and highest is 25%). (25. July 1917)

A Great Fire in Thessaloniki, Greece destroys 32% of the city leaving 70,000 individuals homeless. (18. August 1917)

World War I: At Vincennes outside of Paris, Dutch dancer Mata Hari is executed by firing squad for spying for the German Empire. (15. October 1917)

The "Miracle of the Sun" is witnessed by an estimated 70,000 people in the Cova da Iria in Fátima, Portugal. (13. October 1917)

The Battle of Broodseinde fought between the British and German armies in Flanders. (4. October 1917)

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

World War I: The Battle of Polygon Wood begins. (26. September 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: Arabian troops led by T. E. Lawrence ("Lawrence of Arabia") and Auda ibu Tayi capture Aqaba from the Ottoman Empire during the Arab Revolt. (6. July 1917)

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

Lenin calls for the October Revolution. (23. October 1917)

The Allies reach the Yser Canal at the Battle of Passchendaele. (27. July 1917)