What Happened In December 1917 In History

Historical Events for December, 1917

• 2nd » World War I: Russia and the Central Powers sign an armistice at Brest-Litovsk, and peace talks leading to the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk begin.
• 6th » Halifax Explosion: A munitions explosion near Halifax (former city) e.g Halifax, Nova Scotia kills more than 1,900 people in the Largest artificial non-nuclear explosions Rank order of largest conventional explosions/detonations by magnitude known as larg
• 6th » World War I: USS Jacob Jones DD-61 6 is the first American destroyer to be sunk by enemy action when it is torpedoed by German submarine ship SM U-53.
• 7th » World War I: The United States declares war on Austria-Hungary.
• 9th » World War I: In Palestine, Field Marshal Edmund Allenby, 1st Viscount Allenby named Edmund Allenby Battle of Jerusalem (1917) e.g captures Jerusalem.
• 11th » World War I: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland named British General Edmund Allenby, 1st Viscount Allenby named Edmund Allenby enters Jerusalem on foot and declares martial law.
• 12th » In Nebraska, Father Edward J. Flanagan founds Girls and Boys Town known as Boys Town as a farm village for wayward boys.
• 15th » World War I: An armistice is reached between the new Bolshevik government and the Central Powers.
• 18th » The resolution containing the language of the Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution named Eighteenth Amendment to enact Prohibition in the United States or Prohibition is passed by the United States Congress.
• 20th » Cheka, the first Soviet Union or Soviet secret police force, is founded.

Famous Birthdays on December in 1917

• 1st » Thomas Hayward (tenor) called Thomas Hayward, American tenor and actor (d. 1995)
• 1st » Marty Marion, American baseball player and manager (d. 2011)
• 2nd » Sylvia Syms (singer) or Sylvia Syms, American singer (d. 1992)
• 4th » Movita Castaneda, American actress and singer
• 5th » Ken Downing, English race car driver (d. 2004)
• 5th » Wenche Foss, Norwegian actress (d. 2011)
• 6th » Kamal Jumblatt, Lebanese politician (d. 1977)
• 6th » Irv Robbins, Canadian-American businessman, co-founded Baskin-Robbins (d. 2008)
• 6th » Waldemar von Gazen, German general and lawyer (d. 2014)
• 9th » James Jesus Angleton, American Central Intelligence Agency or CIA agent (d. 1987)
• 9th » James Rainwater, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize in Physics or Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1986)
• 10th » Yahya Petra of Kelantan (d. 1979)
• 12th » James Wall (actor) e.g James Wall, American actor and manager (d. 2010)
• 13th » John Hart (actor) e.g John Hart, American actor and producer (d. 2009)
• 14th » C.-H. Hermansson, Swedish politician
• 14th » Elyse Knox, American actress and fashion designer (d. 2012)
• 14th » June Taylor, American dancer and choreographer (d. 2004)
• 15th » Shan-ul-Haq Haqqee, Indian-Pakistani linguist and lexicographer (d. 2005)
• 16th » Nabi Bux Khan Baloch, Pakistani author and scholar (d. 2011)
• 16th » Pete T. Cenarrusa, American politician, Secretary of State of Idaho (d. 2013)
• 16th » Arthur C. Clarke, English-Sri Lankan soldier and author (d. 2008)
• 16th » Ruth Johnson Colvin, American educator, founded ProLiteracy Worldwide
• 17th » Kenneth Dike, Nigerian historian, author, and academic (d. 1983)
• 18th » Ossie Davis, American actor and activist (d. 2005)
• 20th » David Bohm, American-English physicist, neuropsychologist, and philosopher (d. 1992)
• 20th » Audrey Totter, American actress and singer (d. 2013)
• 21st » Diana Athill, English author
• 21st » Heinrich Böll, German soldier and author, Nobel Prize in Literature known as Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1985)
• 22nd » Gene Rayburn, American game show host and actor (d. 1999)
• 25th » Lincoln Verduga Loor, Ecuadorian journalist and politician (d. 2009)
• 27th » T. Nadaraja, Sri Lankan lawyer and academic (d. 2004)
• 27th » Onni Palaste, Finnish soldier and author (d. 2009)
• 29th » Tom Bradley (American politician) or Tom Bradley, American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician, 38th Mayor of Los Angeles (d. 1998)
• 29th » Ramanand Sagar, Indian director and producer (d. 2005)
• 30th » Seymour Melman, American engineer and author (d. 2004)
• 31st » Evelyn Knight, American singer (d. 2007)
• 31st » Wilfrid Noyce, English mountaineer and author (d. 1962)

Famous Deaths for December 1917

• 1st » John January, American soccer player (b. 1882)
• 3rd » Harold Garnett, English-French cricketer (b. 1879)
• 7th » Ludwig Minkus, Austrian violinist and composer (b. 1826)
• 8th » Mendele Mocher Sforim, Russian author (b. 1836)
• 10th » Mackenzie Bowell, English-Canadian politician, 5th Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1823)
• 16th » Frank Gotch, American wrestler (b. 1878)
• 17th » Elizabeth Garrett Anderson, English physician and activist (b. 1836)
• 20th » Lucien Petit-Breton, French cyclist (b. 1882)
• 22nd » Frances Xavier Cabrini, Italian-American nun and saint (b. 1850)
• 28th » Alfred Edwin McKay, Canadian captain and pilot (b. 1892)

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