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Events in the year 1917 in the United States Virgin Islands.
Incumbents[edit]
- President: Woodrow Wilson (D)
- Governor: Edwin Taylor Pollock (March 31, 1917-April 20, 1917)
- Governor: James Harrison Oliver
Events[edit]
- 28 March - James Harrison Oliver is appointed governor of the United States Virgin Islands by Woodrow Wilson. Edwin Taylor Pollock is made acting governor before his arrival.
- 31 March – The United States purchases the Danish West Indies which becomes the United States Virgin Islands.[1]
See also[edit]
Years of the 20th century in the United States Virgin Islands
References[edit]
- ^ Tansill, Charles Callan (1932). The Purchase of the Danish West Indies. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Press.