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1999); Robert Cornthwaite, American actor, best known for starring in thrillers The Thing from Another World, The War of the Worlds, and What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?, in St. Helens, Oregon (d. 2006 )
The April Crisis, which occurred in Russia throughout April 1917, broke out in response to a series of political and public controversies. Conflict over Russia's foreign policy goals tested the dual power arrangement between the Petrograd Soviet and the Russian Provisional Government .
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 ...
In April 1917, the United States Army had fewer than 300,000 men, including National Guard units, compared to British and French armies of 4.1 and 8.3 million respectively. The Selective Service Act of 1917 drafted 2.8 million men, although training and equipping such numbers was a huge logistical challenge.
April 1917 sports events (1 P) Pages in category "April 1917" The following 23 pages are in this category, out of 23 total. This list may not reflect recent changes.
The world premiere production of Zimmerman's "The Not-So-Accidental Conviction of Eleven Milwaukee 'Anarchists'" tackles the near-impossibility of dramatizing the 1917 incidents head on.
Bloody April was the (largely successful) British air support operation during the Battle of Arras in April 1917, during which particularly heavy casualties were suffered by the Royal Flying Corps at the hands of the German Luftstreitkräfte.
April 6 – World War I: Congress passes a resolution declaring war on Germany that is signed into law by President Woodrow Wilson that day. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] April 10 – Eddystone explosion : an explosion at an ammunition plant near Chester, Pennsylvania , kills 139, mostly female workers.