WHAT ALL HAPPENED JANUARY TO AUGUST 1917
Find out what all happened January to August 1917

The Great Atlanta fire of 1917 causes $5.5 million in damages, destroying some 300 acres including 2,000 homes, businesses and churches, displacing about 10,000 people but leading to only one fatality (due to heart attack). (21. May 1917)

World War I: Germany announces that its U-boats will resume unrestricted submarine warfare after a two-year hiatus. (31. January 1917)

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

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

Vietnamese prison guards led by Trịnh Văn Cấn mutiny at the Thái Nguyên penitentiary against local French authority. (30. August 1917)

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

World War I: The Battle of Arras – the battle begins with Canadian Corps executing a massive assault on Vimy Ridge. (9. April 1917)

World War I: Canadian forces successfully complete the taking of Vimy Ridge from the Germans. (12. April 1917)

The enactment of the Jones-Shafroth Act grants Puerto Ricans United States citizenship. (2. March 1917)

World War I: the Battle of Rafa is fought near the Egyptian border with Palestine. (9. January 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)

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: First Battle of Gaza – British troops are halted after 17,000 Turks block their advance. (26. March 1917)

Silvertown explosion: 73 are killed and 400 injured in an explosion in a munitions plant in London. (19. January 1917)

The Norwegian football club Rosenborg BK was founded. (19. May 1917)

The Original Dixieland Jass Band records the first jazz record, for the Victor Talking Machine Company in New York. (26. February 1917)

The Commonwealth War Graves Commission is established through Royal Charter to mark, record and maintain the graves and places of commemoration of Commonwealth of Nations military forces. (21. May 1917)

Tsar Nicholas II of Russia abdicates the Russian throne and his brother the Grand Duke becomes Tsar. (15. March 1917)

The U.S. government releases the unencrypted text of the Zimmermann Telegram to the public. (1. March 1917)