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1917 Calendar

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•  January 23, 1917 – New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Fire Snake in Chinese astrology.
•  March 4, 1917 – Jeannette Rankin of Montana becomes the first female member of the United States House of Representatives.
•  March 8, 1917 – The United States Senate votes to limit filibusters by adopting the cloture rule.
•  May 21, 1917 – The Great Atlanta fire of 1917.
•  July 2, 1917 – The East St. Louis Riots end.
•  July 20, 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.
•  July 25, 1917 – Sir Robert Borden introduces the first income tax in Canada as a “temporary” measure (lowest bracket is 4% and highest is 25%).
•  September 14, 1917 – Russia is officially proclaimed a republic.
•  October 23, 1917 – Lenin calls for the October Revolution.
•  October 26, 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.

•  January 3, 1917 – Roger W. Straus, Jr., American publisher (d. 2004)
•  January 30, 1917 – Paul Frère, Belgian racing driver and motorsport journalist (d. 2008)
•  March 24, 1917 – Constantine Andreou, Greek-Brazilian artist (d. 2007)
•  June 18, 1917 – Richard Boone, American actor (d. 1981)
•  July 29, 1917 – Rochus Misch, German courier, bodyguard and telephone operator for Adolf Hitler, the last survivor of the Führerbunker
•  August 27, 1917 – Peanuts Lowrey, American baseball player (d. 1986)
•  September 10, 1917 – Miguel Serrano, Chilean author and diplomat (d. 2009)
•  September 30, 1917 – Buddy Rich, American big band jazz drummer (d. 1987)
•  November 18, 1917 – Pedro Infante, Mexican actor and singer (d. 1957)
•  December 1, 1917 – Thomas Hayward, American tenor (d.1995)