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1917 in the United States

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Events from the year 1917 in the United States

Incumbents

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Events

=January–March=

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=Undated=

  • George Drumm writes the concert march "Hail, America" in New York City.
  • The calendar year is the coolest averaged over the contiguous United States in mean temperature (average of {{convert|50.06|F|C|disp=or}} against a long-term average of {{convert|51.86|F|C|disp=or}})[http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/time-series/us/110/0/tavg/12/12/1895-2015?base_prd=true&firstbaseyear=1895&lastbaseyear=1974&trend=true&trend_base=10&firsttrendyear=1975&lasttrendyear=2015&filter=true&filterType=binomial Contiguous U.S. Average Temperature, January to December] and minimum temperature ({{convert|37.62|F|C|disp=or}} against a long-term average of {{convert|39.84|F|C|disp=or}}).[http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/time-series/us/110/0/tmin/12/12/1895-2015?base_prd=true&firstbaseyear=1895&lastbaseyear=1974&trend=true&trend_base=10&firsttrendyear=1975&lasttrendyear=2015&filter=true&filterType=binomial Contiguous U.S. Minimum Temperature, January to December] it is also the second-driest with a coast-to-coast average precipitation of {{convert|25.35|in|mm|1|disp=or}} against a long-term mean of {{convert|29.57|in|mm|1|disp=or}}.[http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/time-series/us/110/0/pcp/12/12/1895-2015?base_prd=true&firstbaseyear=1895&lastbaseyear=1974&trend=true&trend_base=10&firsttrendyear=1975&lasttrendyear=2015&filter=true&filterType=binomial Contiguous US Precipitation, January to December]

=Ongoing=

Births

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=January–February=

=March–April=

=May=

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=August–September=

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  • August 3 – Les Elgart, bandleader (died 1995)
  • August 6 – Robert Mitchum, actor (died 1997)
  • August 10 – Morgan Porteus, clergyman (died 2019)
  • August 11
  • Dik Browne, cartoonist (died 1989)
  • Jack Smith, American football end (died 2015)
  • August 12
  • LeRoy Grannis, surfing photographer (died 2011)
  • Marjorie Reynolds, actress (died 1997)
  • August 14 – Marty Glickman, sports announcer (died 2001)
  • August 17 – Walter Brown, blues shouter (died 1956)
  • August 18
  • Zvi Keren Israeli pianist, musicologist and composer (died 2008 in Israel)
  • Caspar Weinberger, U.S. Secretary of Defense from 1981 to 1987 and Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare from 1973 to 1975 (died 2006)
  • August 21 – Esther Cooper Jackson, African American civil rights activist (died 2022)[https://www.boston.com/news/local-news/2022/09/06/esther-cooper-jackson-civil-rights-writer-leader-for-decades-dies-at-105/ Esther Cooper Jackson, civil rights writer, leader for decades, dies at 105]
  • August 22
  • John Lee Hooker, African American blues singer-songwriter (died 2001)
  • Raymond G. Perelman, businessman and philanthropist (died 2019)
  • August 23
  • Marjorie G. Horning, biochemist and pharmacologist (died 2020)
  • Tex Williams, country singer (died 1985)
  • August 24 – Dennis James, game show host (died 1997){{cite web|url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F01E5DD163CF935A35755C0A961958260|title=Dennis James, 79, TV Game Show Host and Announcer, Dies|last=Thomas|first=Robert McG. Jr.|date=1997-06-06|work=The New York Times|access-date=May 16, 2010}}
  • August 25 – Mel Ferrer, film actor, director and producer (died 2008)
  • August 28 – Jack Kirby, comic book artist (died 1994)
  • August 29 – Isabel Sanford, African American television actress (died 2004)
  • September 5 – Art Rupe, record producer (died 2022){{cite news|title=Art Rupe, record mogul who helped launch Little Richard and Sam Cooke, dies at 104|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/record-label-owner-art-rupe-dies/2022/04/15/b82b177c-fd2f-11e6-8ebe-6e0dbe4f2bca_story.html|first=Terence|last=McArdle|date=2022-04-15|access-date=2022-04-16|newspaper=The Washington Post}}
  • September 11 – Donald Blakeslee, aviator (died 2008)
  • September 13 – Robert Ward, composer (died 2013)
  • September 15
  • Carola B. Eisenberg, psychiatrist and educator (died 2021)
  • Buddy Jeannette, basketball player and coach (died 1998)
  • September 18 – June Foray, voice actress best known for "Rocky and Bullwinkle" (died 2017){{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2017/jul/30/june-foray-obituary|title=June Foray obituary|date=July 30, 2017|author=Carlson, Michael|newspaper=The Guardian|access-date=March 19, 2018}}
  • September 20 – Red Auerbach, basketball coach and official (died 2006)
  • September 25 – Johnny Sain, baseball player (died 2006)
  • September 27 – Louis Auchincloss, novelist (died 2010)Holcomb B. Noble and Charles McGrath, [https://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/28/nyregion/28auchincloss.html Louis Auchincloss, Chronicler of New York's Upper Crust, Dies at 92] The New York Times. Retrieved on January 27, 2010.
  • September 30 – Buddy Rich, jazz drummer (died 1987)

=October–November=

=December=

Deaths

See also

References

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External links

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  • {{cite web |publisher=Digital Public Library of America |title=1917 |work=Timeline |url=http://dp.la/timeline#1917 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20141122203550/http://dp.la/timeline%231917#1917|archive-date=November 22, 2014 |url-status=dead}}

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