Steamship Lady Elgin sinks on Lake Michigan, with the loss of around 400 lives.
Happend on 24. February 1917
World War I: The U.S. ambassador to the United Kingdom is given the Zimmermann Telegram, in which Germany pledges to ensure the return of New Mexico, Texas, and Arizona to Mexico if that country declares war on the United States.
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