1917 Fact Sheet

Database: Date of Independence for Modern Countries

Record Name Year Country Previous Ruler Country Date
Finland Country Formation Date 1917 Finland Russia December 6, 1917

Database: Great Inventions by Year and Country

Record Name Year Country Region Source Inventor Name
Hybird Corn 1917 United States North America Encyclopedia Britannica Almanac 2003 Donald F. Jones

Database: Hockey Stanley Cup Winners

Record Name Year Winning Team Winning Coach Losing Team Losing Coach Sport City Note
1917 Stanley Cup Winner 1917 Seattle Metropolitans Pete Muldoon Montreal Canadiens Newsy Lalonde Hockey Seattle

Database: Tour de France Winners

Record Name Year Winning Country Sport Tour Winning Name
No Winner (WWI) Tour 1917 Cycling No Winner (WWI)

Database: Tallest Churches in the World

Record Name Year Complete City Country Church Height (Meters) Height (Feet) Source
St. Mary's Episcopal Cathedral 1917 Edinburgh Scotland St. Mary's Episcopal Cathedral 90.0 m 295 ft Wikipedia

Database: Baseball World Series Winners

Record Name Year Winning Team Losing Team Winning City Losing City Sport Score
World Series 1917 1917 Chicago White Sox New York Giants Chicago NEW YORK Baseball 4 - 2

Database: United States Average Annual Temperature

Record Name Year Country Temperature Rank Source
Average Annual Temperature for 1917 1917 United States 50.85 deg F 1 National Climatic Data Center

Database: Yearly Total Seasonal Rainfall for Los Angeles

Record Name City State Country Season Total Rainfall (inches) Inches above or below average Source
Los Angeles Seasonal Rainfall for 1917-1918 Los Angeles CALIFORNIA United States 1917-1918 13.86 -1.27 National Weather Service
Los Angeles Seasonal Rainfall for 1916-1917 Los Angeles CALIFORNIA United States 1916-1917 15.26 +0.13 National Weather Service

Database: US Presidents

Record Name Birth State Religion Political Party Died Country Term Start Term Finish Birthdate Date of Death Inauguration Age Age at Death Number
Kennedy MASSACHUSETTS Roman Catholic Democrat Assasinated in Office United States 1961 1963 5/29/1917 11/22/1963 43 46 35

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