1917

Events

 * January 15:
 * Benjamin Cardozo becomes an Associate Judge of the New York Court of Appeals

Births

 * January 3:
 * Vernon Anthony Walters - Director of Central Intelligence (d. 2002)
 * June 8:
 * Byron Raymond White - Associate Justice of the Supreme Court (d. 2002)

Deaths

 * October 18:
 * Oliver Cicero Wiley - Member of the House of Representatives (b. 1851)