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The year 1917 was a very important time in history, filled with big changes around the world. It was a year when major events happened, especially during World War I, and many famous people were born or passed away.

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	19th century – 20th century – 21st century
Decades:	1880s 1890s 1900s – 1910s – 1920s 1930s 1940s
Years:	1914 1915 1916 – 1917 – 1918 1919 1920

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Major Events of 1917
Famous Births in 1917
Notable Deaths in 1917
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Major Events of 1917

World War I and Global Changes

The year 1917 was a key year during World War I. The United States joined the war by declaring war on Germany. This made the war even bigger and brought new power to the side fighting against Germany.

Russian Revolutions

In Russia, huge changes happened with the Russian Revolution. This led to the end of Tsar Nicholas II's rule. Russia then became a communist country, which completely changed its government and society.

Health Concerns

A worldwide flu outbreak, known as the Spanish Flu, began to spread. This pandemic would affect many people around the globe in the years that followed.

Famous Births in 1917

Many well-known people were born in 1917 who would later become famous in different fields.

January 5 - Jane Wyman, an American actress.
January 12 - Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, an Indian spiritual leader.
January 24 - Ernest Borgnine, an American actor.
January 25 - Ilya Prigogine, a Belgian chemist who won a Nobel Prize.
February 4 – Agha Muhammad Yahya Khan, who became the last President of united Pakistan.
February 6 – Zsa Zsa Gabor, a Hungarian-American actress.
February 14 - Herbert Hauptman, an American mathematician and Nobel Prize winner in Chemistry.
March 20 - Vera Lynn, a famous British singer.
March 27 - Cyrus Vance, who served as the United States Secretary of State.
April 6 - Leonora Carrington, a British-Mexican painter.
April 17 - Bill Clements, who became the Governor of Texas.
April 22 - Sidney Nolan, an Australian painter.
April 25 - Ella Fitzgerald, a legendary American singer.
April 26 - I. M. Pei, a Chinese-American architect.
April 26 - Virgil Trucks, an American baseball player.
April 29 - Celeste Holm, an American actress.
May 29 – John F. Kennedy, who became the 35th President of the United States.
June 3 – Leo Gorcey, an American actor.
June 6 - Kirk Kerkorian, an American businessman.
June 9 - Eric Hobsbawm, a British historian.
June 30 - Lena Horne, an American singer.
July 14 - Arthur Laurents, an American playwright.
July 17 - Phyllis Diller, an American actress and comedienne.
August 6 - Robert Mitchum, an American actor.
August 30 - Denis Healey, a British politician.
September 11 - Herbert Lom, a Czech-born British actor.
September 11 - Ferdinand Marcos, who became President of the Philippines.
September 14 - Ettore Sottsass, an Italian architect and designer.
October 2 - Christian de Duve, a biochemist and Nobel Prize winner.
October 20 - Stephane Hessel, a French politician.
October 21 - Dizzy Gillespie, a famous American musician.
October 22 - Joan Fontaine, an American actress.
November 2 - Ann Rutherford, an American actress.
November 7 - Helen Suzman, a South African political activist.
November 19 - Indira Gandhi, who became Prime Minister of India.
November 20 - Robert Byrd, an American politician.
November 22 - Andrew Huxley, a British scientist and Nobel Prize winner.
December 16 - Arthur C. Clarke, a British writer.
December 28 - Ellis Clarke, the 1st President of Trinidad and Tobago.

Notable Deaths in 1917

The year 1917 also saw the passing of several important figures from various fields.

January 2 – Edward Burnett Tylor, an English anthropologist.
January 10 – William F. Cody (Buffalo Bill), a famous American frontiersman.
January 16 – George Dewey, a U.S. admiral.
February 5 – Jaber II Al-Sabah, the Emir of Kuwait.
February 10 – John William Waterhouse, an Italian-born artist.
March 8 – Ferdinand von Zeppelin, a German inventor known for airships.
March 17 – Franz Brentano, a German philosopher and psychologist.
March 31 – Emil von Behring, a German winner of the 1901 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
April 1 – Scott Joplin, an American musician and composer.
April 14 – L. L. Zamenhof, a Polish creator of the Esperanto language.
May 17 – Charles Anthoni Johnson Brooke, a ruler of Sarawak.
May 20 – Philipp von Ferrary, a famous Italian stamp collector.
June 30 – Antonio de La Gandara, a French painter.
July 27 – Emil Kocher, a Swiss medical researcher and Nobel Prize winner.
August 13 – Eduard Buchner, a German chemist and Nobel Prize winner.
August 20 – Adolf von Baeyer, a German chemist and Nobel Prize winner.
August 30 – Alan Leo, a British astrologer.
September 27 – Edgar Degas, a French painter.
October 13 – Florence La Badie, a Canadian actress.
October 15 – Mata Hari, a Dutch dancer and spy (executed).
October 23 – Eugène Grasset, a Swiss artist.
October 28 – Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein.
November 8 – Colin Blythe, an English cricketer.
November 11 – Queen Liliuokalani of Hawai'i.
November 17 – Auguste Rodin, a famous French sculptor.
December 8 – Mendele Moykher Sforim, a Russian Yiddish and Hebrew writer.
December 10 – Mackenzie Bowell, a former Prime Minister of Canada.

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In Spanish: 1917 para niños

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