What Happened In March 1917 In History

Historical Events for March, 1917

• 1st » The Government of the United States known as U.S. government releases the plaintext named unencrypted text of the Zimmermann Telegram to the public.
• 2nd » The enactment of the Jones-Shafroth Act grants Puerto Rico e.g Puerto Ricans United States citizenship.
• 4th » Jeannette Rankin of Montana becomes the first female member of the United States House of Representatives.
• 8th » The United States Senate votes to limit filibusters by adopting the cloture rule.
• 10th » Some Provinces of the Philippines named provinces and Cities of the Philippines or cities in the Philippines were incorporated due to the ratification of Act No. 2711 or the Administrative Code of the Philippines.
• 11th » World War I:Mesopotamian Campaign — Baghdad Fall of Baghdad (1917) named falls to Anglo-Indian forces commanded by General Frederick Stanley Maude e.g Stanley Maude.
• 15th » Tsar Nicholas II of Russia abdicates the Russian throne and his brother the Grand Duke becomes Tsar.
• 25th » The Georgian Orthodox Church restores its autocephaly abolished by Imperial Russia in 1811.
• 26th » World War I: First Battle of Gaza United Kingdom e.g British troops are halted after 17,000 Turkish people known as Turks block their advance.
• 31st » 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.

Famous Birthdays on March in 1917

• 1st » Robert Lowell, American poet (d. 1977)
• 2nd » Desi Arnaz, Cuban-American actor, singer, and producer (d. 1986)
• 2nd » David Goodis, American author (d. 1967)
• 2nd » Jim Konstanty, American baseball player (d. 1976)
• 3rd » Sameera Moussa, Egyptian physicist (d. 1952)
• 3rd » Albrecht Fleckenstein, German Pharmacologist (d.1992)
• 4th » Clyde McCullough, American baseball player (d. 1982)
• 6th » Donald Davidson (philosopher) called Donald Davidson, American philosopher (d. 2003)
• 6th » Will Eisner, American illustrator (d. 2005)
• 6th » Frankie Howerd, English comedian, actor, and singer (d. 1992)
• 7th » Janet Collins, American ballerina and choreographer (d. 2003)
• 7th » Betty Holberton, American engineer and programmer (d. 2001)
• 10th » C. Balasingham, Sri Lankan lawyer and civil servant (d. 2001)
• 10th » Frank Perconte, American soldier (d. 2013)
• 12th » Millard Kaufman, American author and screenwriter (d. 2009)
• 12th » Googie Withers, Indian-English actress (d. 2011)
• 14th » Alan Smith (RAF officer) called Alan Smith, English lieutenant and pilot (d. 2013)
• 15th » Jürgen Ohlsen, German actor (d. 1994)
• 16th » Samael Aun Weor, Colombian author (d. 1977)
• 16th » Louis C. Wyman, American politician (d. 2002)
• 17th » Takis Sinopoulos, Greek poet (d. 1981)
• 19th » Peggy Ahern, American actress (d. 2012)
• 19th » László Szabó (chess player) known as Laszlo Szabo, Hungarian chess player (d. 1998)
• 20th » Vera Lynn, English singer-songwriter and actress
• 21st » Frank Hardy, Australian author (d. 1994)
• 21st » Yigael Yadin, Israeli archeologist, general, and politician, Deputy leaders of Israel called Deputy Prime Minister of Israel (d. 1984)
• 22nd » Virginia Grey, American actress (d. 2004)
• 22nd » Irving Kaplansky, Canadian-American mathematician (d. 2006)
• 22nd » Paul Rogers (actor) known as Paul Rogers, English actor (d. 2013)
• 23rd » Kenneth Tobey, American actor (d. 2002)
• 24th » Constantine Andreou, Brazilian-Greek painter and sculptor (d. 2007)
• 24th » John Kendrew, English biochemist and crystallographer, Nobel Prize in Chemistry called Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1997)
• 26th » Ed Peck, American actor (d. 1992)
• 27th » Joko Beck, American monk and educator (d. 2011)
• 27th » Reva Gerstein, Canadian psychologist and academic
• 27th » Cyrus Vance, American lawyer and politician, 57th United States Secretary of State (d. 2002)
• 28th » Claude Bertrand (neurosurgeon) known as Claude Bertrand, Canadian neurosurgeon and scholar
• 30th » Els Aarne, Estonian composer and pedagogue (d. 1995)
• 31st » Dorothy DeLay, American violin instructor (d. 2002)

Famous Deaths for March 1917

• 6th » Valdemar Psilander Danish actor (b. 1884)
• 8th » Ferdinand von Zeppelin, German general and businessman, founded the Zeppelin known as Zeppelin Company (b. 1838)
• 17th » Franz Brentano, German philosopher and psychologist (b. 1838)
• 25th » Elizabeth Storrs Mead, American academic (b. 1832)
• 31st » Emil Adolf von Behring, German physician, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine e.g Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1854)

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