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Thursday, March 22, 1917 [ edit ] The American Protective League was established to allow private citizens to report to U.S. federal enforcement agencies any suspicions of espionage during World War I , growing to 250,000 members in 600 cities.
The February Revolution (Russian: Февральская революция), known in Soviet historiography as the February Bourgeois Democratic Revolution [a] and sometimes as the March Revolution or February Coup [3] [4] [b] was the first of two revolutions which took place in Russia in 1917.
March 8 – The United States Senate adopts the cloture rule in order to limit filibusters. March 26 – The Seattle Metropolitans become the first team based in the United States to win the Stanley Cup. March 31 – The United States takes possession of the Danish West Indies, which become the US Virgin Islands, after paying $25 million to ...
In March 1917, Tsar Nicholas ordered the military to forcibly suppress a wave of strikes in Petrograd but the troops refused to fire on the crowds. [1] Revolutionaries set up the Petrograd Soviet and fearing a left-wing takeover, the State Duma forced Nicholas to abdicate and established the Russian Provisional Government , which confirmed ...
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 ...
On 21 March 1918, the Germans launched a large offensive against the British Fifth Army and the right wing of the British Third Army. The artillery bombardment began at 4.40am on March 21. The bombardment [hit] targets over an area of 150 square miles [390 km 2], the biggest barrage of the entire war. Over 1,100,000 shells were fired in five ...
Abdication statement of Nicholas II, signed 2 March 1917 O.S. Manifesto of abdication. The abdication of Nicholas II on 2 March 1917 O.S. Pictured aboard the Imperial Train: Minister of the Imperial Court Baron Woldemar Freedericksz, Commander of the Northern Front General Nikolai Ruzsky, State Duma deputies Vasily Shulgin and Alexander Guchkov, Nicholas II.
The majority of the businesses in Petrograd had been closed, ceasing mobilization and daily operations within the city. The strikes, though spontaneous and popular among the citizens, came to a halt on March 4. This series of economic and political strikes lasting from February 22 until March 4, 1917, became known as the February Revolution.