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April 22 – Ambrose Schindler, American football player, actor (died 2018) April 23 – Dorian Leigh, model (died 2008) April 25 – Ella Fitzgerald, African American jazz singer (died 1996) [17] April 26 – Virgil Trucks, baseball player (died 2013) April 28 – Robert Cornthwaite, character actor (died 2006) April 29 Celeste Holm, actress ...
1917 – U.S. Virgin Islands purchased from Denmark; 1917 – Temperance movement leads to prohibition laws in 29 states; 1917–1919 – Silent Sentinels hold a vigil outside the White House gates in favor of women's suffrage, a nearly two–and–a–half year demonstration organized by Alice Paul and the National Woman's Party
American imports and exports plunged by more than two thirds, but since international trade was less than 5% of the American economy, the damage done was limited. The entire world economy, led by the United States, had fallen into a downward spiral that got worse and worse, and in 1931–32 began plunging downward even faster.
A Fierce Discontent: The Rise and Fall of the Progressive Movement in America, 1870–1920 (2003) Mowry, George. The Era of Theodore Roosevelt and the Birth of Modern America, 1900–1912. survey by leading scholar; Pease, Otis, ed. The Progressive Years: The Spirit and Achievement of American Reform (1962), primary documents
1917 was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar, the 1917th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 917th year of the 2nd millennium, the 17th year of the 20th century, and the 8th year of the 1910s decade. As of the start of 1917, the ...
1917: China: American troops were landed at Chongqing to protect American lives during a political crisis. [RL30172] 1917–1918 : World War I : On April 6, 1917, the United States declared war against Germany and on December 7, 1917, against Austria-Hungary .
The United States campaigns in World War I began after American entry in the war in early April 1917. The American Expeditionary Force (AEF) served on the Western Front, under General John J. Pershing, and engaged in 13 official military campaigns between 1917 and 1918, for which campaign streamers were designated.
The 13 British North American provinces of Virginia, Massachusetts Bay, Maryland, Connecticut, Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, New York, New Jersey, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania and Delaware, South Carolina, North Carolina, and Georgia united as the United States of America declare their independence from the Kingdom of Great Britain on ...