Jan 1T. E. Lawrence joins the forces of the Arabian sheik Feisal al Husayn, beginning his adventures that will lead him to Damascus by October, 1918

Jan 10 Suffragettes, the "Silent Sentinels," first protest outside the White House in Washington, D.C., led byAlice Paul and the National Woman's Party(NWP)

Jan 10 The Allied Governments respond to US PresidentWoodrow Wilson's December 1916 note, giving their terms for ending the war

Feb 5 The last of the American troops commanded by GeneralJohn Pershing leave Mexico; President Carranza will be assassinated within the next year

Feb 13 Dutch exotic dancerMata Hari is arrested in Paris on suspicion that she is a German spy

Feb 26 Russian February Revolution: TsarNicolas II orders army to quell civil unrest in Petrograd - army mutinies [NS Mar 11]

Mar 25 Canadian flying aceBilly Bishop claims his first victory, shooting down and mortally wounding German Leutnant Theiller

Apr 2Jeannette Rankin (Rep-R-Montana) begins her term as 1st woman member of US House of Reps

Apr 3Alfred Stieglitz opens first one-person show of the paintings ofGeorgia O'Keeffe at 291 art gallery in New York

Apr 3Vladimir Lenin arrives in Petrograd, returning to Russia from exile in Switzerland [NS=April 16]

Apr 7 J.M. Barrie's play "The Old Lady Shows Her Medals" premieres in London

Apr 9Vimy Ridge in France stormed by Canadian troops

May 3Ernest Bloch's "Schelomo: Rhapsodie Hébraïque" and "Israel Symphony" premiere in Carnegie Hall, NYC, with Artur Bodanzky conducting the former, and the composer conducting the latter

May 5Eugene Bullard gains his pilot's license from Aéro-Club de France and becomes the 1st African-American military pilot (French Air Service)

May 7 In a testament to his pitching ability, future Baseball Hall of Fame sluggerBabe Ruth leads Boston Red Sox to a 1-0 victory against Washington Senators legendWalter Johnson

May 11 KingGeorge V grants Royal Letters Patent to New Zealand establishing office of Governor-General as Monarch's representative in the country

Jun 11 King Alexander assumes the throne of Greece after his fatherConstantine I abdicates under pressure by allied armies occupying Athens

Jun 23 Ernie Shore enters game after Boston Red Sox pitcherBabe Ruth is ejected for throwing punch at umpire; retires all 26 batters he faces to win 4-0 vs Washington Senators; ruled combined no-hitter

Jun 27Eleftherios Venizelos takes over as Prime Minister of Greece and severs relations with Central Powers, bringing Greece onside with the Allies in WWI

Jul 4 Troops of the Russian Provisional Government open fire on protesters in Petrograd during the 'July Days' of unrest

Jul 9 British battleship HMS Vanguard explodes at Scapa Flow due to an internal explosion caused by faulty cordite, killing 804 crew members

Jul 10Emma Goldman imprisoned for obstructing draft

Jul 17 Royal Proclamation by KingGeorge V changes name of British Royal family from German Saxe-Coburg-Gotha to Windsor

Jul 26J. Edgar Hoover gets job in US Department of Justice

Jul 27 World War I: Allied troops reach the Yser Canal in the prelude to the Battle of Passchendaele

Jul 28 Silent Parade organized byJames Weldon Johnson, 10,000 African Americans march on Fifth Avenue in NYC to protest against lynching

Aug 15 PoetsWilfred Owen and Siegfried Sassoon first meet at Craiglockhart War Hospital, Edinburgh, and go on to have a profound influence on each other's work

Aug 18 The Queen's Hospital opens to provide pioneering plastic surgery for WWI soldiers, led byHarold Gillies in Sidcup, England

Aug 19 Sunday benefit baseball game at NYC's Polo Grounds results in John McGraw andChristy Mathewson's arrest for violating Blue Laws

Aug 31Sun Yat-sen and his supporters' 'rump' parliament establish a military government in China and elect Sun Yat-sen as Commander-in-Chief

Sep 3Grover Cleveland Alexander pitches complete games in a doubleheader

Sep 17 American baseball shortstopHonus Wagner retires at 43; Pirates retire his #33

Oct 8Leon Trotsky is named chairman of the Petrograd Soviet as Bolsheviks gain control