(Saturday, November 24, 1917, 7:33 p.m. local time) — Nine members of the Milwaukee police department and one civilian were killed and several injured tonight when a bomb, designed to destroy the Italian Evangelical Church, in the heart of the third ward, an Italian settlement, exploded in Central Police Station, where it had been carried for examination. Continue reading Terrorist attack kills 10 in Milwaukee 100 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Nov 24 1917)
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(Wednesday, November 7, 1917/October 25, 1917 (O.S.), 9:45 p.m. MSD; during October Revolution and World War I) — The Russian cruiser Aurora fired a symbolic blank shot from the Neva River tonight, giving the signal to rebellious workers, soldiers and sailors led by the Bolshevik Party and leader Vladimir Lenin to storm the Winter Palace in Petrograd (modern day Saint Petersburg), Russia. Continue reading Bolshevik Red Guards seize power in Russia 100 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Nov 7 1917)
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(Tuesday, November 6, 1917, starting at 6:00 a.m. with completion in less than three hours; on the Western Front during World War I) — The Battle of Passchendaele, fought by the Allies against the German Empire, effectively ended today as Passchendaele village in Belgium was taken by Canadian soldiers and British Field Marshal Douglas Haig used this success as the reason for calling off the three-month battle. Continue reading Battle of Passchendaele effectively ends 100 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Nov 6 1917)
Video: 'The Great War episode 5 Mutiny'(Nov. 3, 1917, at 22:41)
(Saturday, November 3, 1917) — Wilfred Owen, one of the leading poets of World War I, was discharged today from Craiglockhart War Hospital in Edinburgh three months after being diagnosed as suffering from neurasthenia or shell shock. Continue reading War poet Wilfred Owen released from Craiglockhart 100 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Nov 3 1917)
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(Monday, October 15, 1917, at approximately 2:00 p.m.-4:18 p.m. EST) — The Chicago White Sox won the 1917 World Series today, beating the New York Giants 4-2 at the Polo Grounds in Manhattan, New York, in the sixth and deciding game. Continue reading White Sox beat Giants to win World Series 100 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Oct 15 1917)
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(Monday, October 15, 1917, at 6:15 a.m. CET) — Dutch exotic dancer and courtesan Margaretha Geertruida “Margreet” MacLeod, better known by the stage name Mata Hari, was executed today by firing squad in the Parisian suburb of Vincennes having been convicted of spying for Germany during World War I. She was 41. Continue reading Mata Hari executed by firing squad in France 100 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Oct 15 1917)
(Tuesday, September 4, 1917, late evening CEST; on the Western Front during World War I) – The American Expeditionary Forces in France suffered their first fatalities today during the Great War when a German plane attacked a British-run base hospital near Dannes-Camiers in Pas-de-Calais, France.
Lt. W.T. Fitzsimmons was killed along with Pvt. Oscar Tugo, Pvt. Rudolph Rubino and Pvt. Leslie Woods.
(Friday, August 10, 1917, early afternoon; during World War I) — Herbert Hoover was named formally as the first director of the U.S. Food Administration today by President Woodrow Wilson, under authority invested in him by Congress, and immediately served notice on speculators and profiteers that the time of reckoning had come for those who would not cooperate in the efforts of the government to obtain lower prices for the consumer and help the allies of America in the war against Germany.
Video: 'The Great War episode 5 Mutiny'(A Soldier’s Declaration at 20:02)
(Friday, July 27, 1917; during World War I) — A Soldier’s Declaration, an anti-war letter by English poet, writer and soldier Siegfried Sassoon, currently undergoing treatment at Craiglockhart War Hospital near Edinburg for shell shock, was published today in the Bradford Pioneer newspaper. Continue reading Sassoon’s ‘A Soldier’s Declaration’ published 100 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (July 27 1917)
Video: 'The Great War episode 5 Mutiny'(July 23, 1917, at 20:02)
(Monday, July 23, 1917; during World War I) — English poet, writer and soldier Siegfried Sassoon, wounded by a German sniper on April 16, 1917, arrived today at Craiglockhart War Hospital near Edinburgh to be treated for war neurosis as a response to his “Soldier’s Declaration,” an anti-war letter. Continue reading Sassoon arrives at Craiglockhart for war neurosis 100 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (July 23 1917)
