1917
University of Idaho
The Engineering Testing Laboratory is completed.
John C. Wooley is the first faculty person hired with specific duties in regular course instruction in Agricultural Engineering.
860 enrolled students
U.S. Events and Scientific Advances
The Original Dixieland Jazz Band records their first commercial record.
The enactment of the Jones Act grants Puerto Ricans U.S. citizenship.
United States declares war on Germany (World War I).
The first Pulitzer Prizes are awarded.
The U.S. takes possession of the Virgin Islands after paying $25 million to Denmark.
World Events and Scientific Advances
Mexican Revolution
Ukraine is declared a republic.
The National Hockey Association (Canada) is replaced with the National Hockey League.
World-wide influenza pandemic strikes, killing nearly 20 million.
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