Editing 1917 (section)

=== August ===
{{main|August 1917}}
* [[August 2]]–[[August 3|3]] &ndash; The [[Green Corn Rebellion]], an uprising by several hundred farmers against the WWI draft, takes place in central [[Oklahoma]].
* [[August 2]] &ndash; [[Edwin Harris Dunning|Squadron Commander E.H. Dunning]] [https://web.archive.org/web/20060628134612/http://www.royal-navy.mod.uk/server/show/nav.3919 lands his aircraft on the ship] {{HMS|Furious|47|6}} in [[Scapa Flow]], [[Orkney]]. He is killed 5 days later during another landing on the ship.
* [[August 3]] &ndash; The [[New York Guard]] is founded.
* [[August 10]] &ndash; A general strike begins in Spain; it is smashed after 3 days with 70 left dead, hundreds of wounded and 2,000 arrests.
* [[August 14]] &ndash; The [[Republic of China (1912–49)|Republic of China]] declares war on Germany and Austria-Hungary.
* [[August 17]] &ndash; One of English literature's important meetings takes place, when [[Wilfred Owen]] introduces himself to [[Siegfried Sassoon]] at the [[Craiglockhart War Hospital]] in [[Edinburgh]].
* [[August 18]] &ndash; The [[Great Thessaloniki Fire of 1917]] in Greece destroys 32% of the city, leaving 70,000 individuals homeless.
* [[August 29]] &ndash; WWI: The [[Military Service Act (Canada)|Military Service Act]] is passed in the [[House of Commons of Canada]], giving the [[Government of Canada]] the right to conscript men into the army.