WHAT ALL HAPPENED FEBRUARY TO OCTOBER 1917
Find out what all happened February to October 1917

The Allies reach the Yser Canal at the Battle of Passchendaele. (27. July 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 Battle of Arras – the battle begins with Canadian Corps executing a massive assault on Vimy Ridge. (9. April 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 first Pulitzer Prizes are awarded: Laura E. Richards, Maude H. Elliott, and Florence Hall receive the first Pulitzer for biography (for Julia Ward Howe). Jean Jules Jusserand receives the first Pulitzer for history for his work With Americans of Past and Present Days. Herbert B. Swope receives the first Pulitzer for journalism for his work for the New York World. (4. June 1917)

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

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

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

First demonstrations in Saint Petersburg, Russia. The beginning of the February Revolution. (23. February 1917)

Russia is officially proclaimed a republic. (14. September 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)

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)

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

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

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

World War I: Battle of Caporetto; Italy suffers a catastrophic defeat at the forces of Austria-Hungary and Germany. The young unknown Oberleutnant Erwin Rommel captures Mount Matajur with only 100 Germans against a force of over 7000 Italians. (26. October 1917)

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

The United States takes possession of the Danish West Indies after paying $25 million to Denmark, and renames the territory the United States Virgin Islands. (31. March 1917)

World War I: The U.S. ambassador to the United Kingdom is given the Zimmermann Telegram, in which Germany pledges to ensure the return of New Mexico, Texas, and Arizona to Mexico if Mexico declares war on the United States. (24. February 1917)