1917
in
the United States

Decades:
  • 1890s
  • 1900s
  • 1910s
  • 1920s
  • 1930s
See also:

Events from the year 1917 in the United States

Incumbents

Federal government

Events

January–March

President Wilson before Congress, announcing the break in the official relations with Germany
February 24: The Zimmermann Telegram is shown to the U.S. government.

April–June

July–September

October–December

Undated

  • George Drumm writes the concert march "Hail, America" in New York City.
  • The calendar year is the coolest averaged over the contiguous United States in mean temperature (average of 50.06 °F or 10.03 °C against a long-term average of 51.86 °F or 11.03 °C)[10] and minimum temperature (37.62 °F or 3.12 °C against a long-term average of 39.84 °F or 4.36 °C).[11] it is also the second-driest with a coast-to-coast average precipitation of 25.35 inches or 643.9 millimetres against a long-term mean of 29.57 inches or 751.1 millimetres.[12]

Ongoing

Births

JanuaryFebruary

March–April

May

June

July

August–September

October–November

December

Deaths

See also

References

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  7. "Suffrage Wins by 100,000 in State; Kings by 32,640". Brooklyn Daily Eagle. 1917-11-07. p. 1.
  8. Day, Preston C.; ‘Extreme Cold in the Yukon Region’; in ‘The Cold Winter of 1917-18’; Monthly Weather Review; 46(12), pp. 571-572
  9. Naval History & Heritage Command. "Jacob Jones". DANFS. Retrieved 2009-04-24.
  10. Contiguous U.S. Average Temperature, January to December
  11. Contiguous U.S. Minimum Temperature, January to December
  12. Contiguous US Precipitation, January to December
  13. "The long legacy of the U.S. occupation of Haiti". Washington Post. Retrieved 19 August 2022.
  14. Chawkins, Steve; Thursby, Keith (3 July 2014). "Louis Zamperini dies at 97; Olympic track star and WWII hero". Obituary. Los Angeles Times.
  15. "Ella Fitzgerald | Biography, Music, & Facts". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 14 February 2020.
  16. "William Knowles, Nobel Winner in Chemistry, Dies at 95". The New York Times. June 15, 2012.
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  19. Esther Cooper Jackson, civil rights writer, leader for decades, dies at 105
  20. Thomas, Robert McG. Jr. (1997-06-06). "Dennis James, 79, TV Game Show Host and Announcer, Dies". The New York Times. Retrieved May 16, 2010.
  21. McArdle, Terence (2022-04-15). "Art Rupe, record mogul who helped launch Little Richard and Sam Cooke, dies at 104". The Washington Post. Retrieved 2022-04-16.
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