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Centuries: Year in Review 20th Century (19th century - 20th century - 21st century)
Decades: 1870s 1880s 1890s 1900s 1910s - 1920s - 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s
Years: 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 - 1922 - 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927
Births
- February 11 - Leslie Nielsen, actor.
- February 11 - Tudor Jarda, composer.
- Thomas Kuhn, philosopher of science
- Jack Kerouac, US author
- Christiaan Barnard, South African surgeon
Deaths
- February 11 - Gerardus J. P. Bolland, Dutch philosopher.
- August 2 - Alexander Graham Bell, father of the telephone.
Events
- The last emperor of the Ottoman Empire, Mehmed VI (Vahdettin) (1918-1922), is forced from the throne.