4 January 1917NeutralityThomas Woodrow Wilson
Says "There will be no war...it would be a crime against civilisation for us to go in"
Historical records for United States in 1917, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.
Says "There will be no war...it would be a crime against civilisation for us to go in"
Birth of Ernest Borgnine
Signs the declaration of war against Germany
Declares war on Germany after approval by the Senate & House of Representatives. Declares war as an "associated power" giving the US independence from France & Britain
Transferred to Europe to liaise with the Allied navies
Birth of John Fitzgerald Kennedy, Brookline, Mass
McAdoo launches a national bond campaign to finance United States participation in the war.
Draft registration day for nearly 10 million men aged 21-31
Arrives in Paris to discuss Americas involvement in the war
Baruch leads federal coordination of industrial priorities, materials and production during wartime.
Hoover directs voluntary conservation and federal controls over wartime food distribution.
Wilson subjects gold exports to federal licensing to protect wartime reserves.
The War Revenue Act raises income, corporate and excess-profits taxes to fund mobilisation.
Represents American military interests in Allied planning.
Represents Wilson's views during early Supreme War Council sessions.
Resists full amalgamation of American troops into Allied armies.
Wilson orders temporary federal control of railroads to coordinate wartime transportation.
Serves in France as a senior procurement and supply officer for the American Expeditionary Forces.
Uses the faintness of novae recorded in Andromeda to argue that M31 lies far beyond the Milky Way and is an independent stellar system.
Receives an Army commission after the United States enters World War I.
Participates in the worlds 1st major tank battle
Leads the 304th Brigade US tank Corps with distiction at Meuse-Argonne Forest
Leads the 304th Brigade US tank Corps with distiction at St Mihiel
Appointed brigadier general and serves with the American Expeditionary Forces in France.
Appointed Commander of the American Expeditionary Force in France
Appointed Commander of the American Expeditionary Force in France
Appointed Commander of the US Tank School
Appointed Commander of the US Tank School
Appointed Food Administrator
Publication of "His Family"
Publication of "Prufrock and Other Observations"
Publication of "Summer"
Works on supply procurement for the American Expeditionary Forces.
Appointed Commander of the US Tank School
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