Apr 21 Foundation of Imperial War Graves Commission, later Commonwealth War Graves Commission The purpose of the commission was to erect and maintain war memorials and cemeteries

Apr 16 Lenin returns to Russia to start Bolshevik Revolution. Workers feel a sense of unity

Apr 26 M Wolf discovers asteroid #868 Lova

Apr 09 Vimy Ridge France stormed by Canadian troops

Apr 09 Capt. Thain Wendell MacDowell (Cdn. 38th Cdn. Infantry Batt.) wins the Victoria Cross at Vimy Ridge France

Apr 11 First Battle of Bullecourt, France

Apr 10 Pvt. John George Pattison (Cdn. 50th Cdn. Infantry Batt.) wins the Victoria Cross at Vimy Ridge France

Nov 03 First class mail now costs $0.03

Nov 05 Supreme Court decision (Buchanan v Warley) strikes down Lousiville KY ordinance requiring blacks & whites to live in separate areas

Nov 06 Bolshevik revolution begins with the capture of the Winter Palace

Nov 19 Indian prime minister Indire Gandhi was born

Nov 07 British capture Gaza Palestine from the Turks

Nov 03 The birth of Conor Cruise O'Brien, Irish writer

Nov 22 NHL founded with Montreal Canadiens, Montreal Maroons, Toronto Arenas, Ottawa Senators andQuebec Bulldogs

Nov 22 National Hockey Association disbands

Nov 19 The birth of Indira Gandhi, Prime Minister of India

Nov 20 USS Kanawha, Noma and Wakiva sink German sub off France.

Nov 02 Lansing-Ishii Agreement; US recognizes Japan's privileges in China

Nov 02 The first American soldiers die in combat in WW I

Nov 20 Ukrainian Republic declared

Nov 05 Gen Pershing & US troops see action on Western Front for first time

Nov 02 Balfour Declaration proclaims support for a Jewish state in Palestine

Nov 20 Lt. Harcus Strahan (The Fort Garry Horse - Cdn.) wins the Victoria Cross at Masnières, France

Nov 06 Prv. James Peter Robertson (27th Cdn. Infantry Batt.) wins the Victoria Cross at Passchendaele, Belgium

Nov 10 41 suffragists are arrested in front of the White House

Nov 06 Cpl. Colin F. Barron (3rd Cdn. Infantry Batt.) wins the Victoria Cross at Passchendaele, Belgium

Sep 21 Latvia proclaims independence

Sep 12 In Buenos Aires, South America, German buildings are destroyed by angry mob

Sep 14 Provisional government of Russia established, Republic proclaimed

Sep 15 Russia proclaimed a republic by Alexander Kerensky

Jun 21 Hawaiian Red Cross founded

Jun 05 Some ten million men begin registering for the draft in World War I.

Jun 08 Walt Disney graduates from Benton High School

Jun 02 Capt. William Avery Bishop Cdn. (Royal Flying Corps.) wins the Victoria Cross for service over France

Jun 14 Gen Pershing & his HQ staff arrived in Paris during WW I

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