1917 Events1917x - Frank Conrad builds a radio station, later KDKA.
x - Condenser microphone aids broadcasting, recording.
x - Silent Film Buster Keaton enters the film industry as a protege of Fatty Arbuckle.
x - Mexican Revolution ends and a new consititution is written establishing an eight-hour work day, minimum wage, the right of peasants to own land, and denying foreigners the right to own land except under special situations.
x - Riots in Russia.
x - Auguste Rodin, sculptor, dies
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