За три дня сентября 1917 года германцы взяли Ригу почти без боя - потому что оборонять её было уже некому, кроме горстки латышских стрелков и других частей, ещё сохранивших волю драться ....
Шемен-де-Дам, Пасшендейль, Камбре, Рига, Аррас, Капоретто. Год, когда обе стороны собрали все элементы прорыва по отдельности и не свели их в общую операционную концепцию ....
... not seen since 1917. "Paul Skenes, who has a 1.98 ERA, could become the first pitcher since Grover Cleveland Alexander in 1915-1917 to post three consecutive sub-2.00 ERA seasons," Nightengale writes.
Oldest known FordsonTractor... a 1917ExperimentalFordson tractor, widely believed to be the oldest known Fordson in existence, selling at an online-only auction on May 5 ... The engine is free, though the transmission condition is unknown ... SOURCE ... ....
An illustration of a bottle of Grapico, along with clippings from two 1917Montgomery Advertiser stories announcing that the grape soda would be bottled at a Montgomery plant that year ... .
At first glance, there’s nothing especially remarkable about Dick Durette. In reality, Durette is a 109-year-old supercentenarian who is anything but typical ....