Gilman Mechanical
started business in 1917 as a plumbing contractor
from their office on Cary Street in Richmond,
Virginia and later served the Richmond area homes
with heating & cooling services.
World
War I: Germany announces its U-boats will engage in unrestricted
submarine warfare.
The
enactment of the Jones Act grants Puerto Ricans United States
citizenship.
The
United States takes possession of the Virgin Islands after
paying $25 million to Denmark.
World War I: United States
declares war on Germany.
Labor Dispute ignites a Race
Riot in East St. Louis, Illinois. Over 250 dead.
Squadron Commander E.H. Dunning
became the first pilot to land his aircraft on a ship when he
landed his Sopwith Pup on HMS Furious in Scapa Flow, Orkney. He
was killed five days later during another landing on the ship.
The
National Hockey League is formed. In Montreal, Canada, the
National Hockey Association breaks up (on November 26 it was
replaced with the National Hockey League).
