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1917
 
   
A massive explosion devastates Halifax, in Canada, after a collision involving a French munitions ship      
1917
 
    
The US Congress passes the Eighteenth Amendment, legislating for the introduction of Prohibition       
1917
 
  
Anti-German feeling causes the British royal family to adopt the name Windsor instead of Saxe-Coburg & Gotha     
1917  March
 
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German troops on the western front begin withdrawal to the recently constructed defences of the Hindenburg Line      
1917  March 1
 
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A deciphered telegram, from the German foreign minister Arthur Zimmermann, inflames US public opinion by promising Texas and more to Mexico      
1917  March 10
 
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A mutiny by soldiers, in support of Petrograd demonstrators, proves a turning point in Russia's February revolution      
1917  March 11
 
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The British commander Stanley Maude captures Baghdad from the Turks      
1917  March 11
 
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Crowds demonstrating in Petrograd are fired on after tsar Nicholas II sanctions the use of force       
1917  March 12
 
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An uprising in Petrograd brings the Peter and Paul fortress into the hands of the rebels      
1917  March 15
 
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With his capital city in the hands of rebels, tsar Nicholas II abdicates