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May 19, 1917
On May 19, 1917, the Norwegian football club Rosenborg BK is founded. Gwendolyn Brooks, Gwendolyn Brooks, Gwendolyn Brooks would arrive in the same year.
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Featured · May 19, 1917
The Norwegian football club Rosenborg BK is founded.
Rosenborg Ballklub, commonly referred to simply as Rosenborg or RBK, is a Norwegian professional football club from Trondheim that plays in Eliteserien. The club has won a record 26 league titles, a shared record 12 Norwegian Football Cup titles and have played more UEFA matches than any other Norwegian team. RBK play their home games at the all-seater Lerkendal Stadion which has a capacity of 21,421.
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1917 (MCMXVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar, the 1917th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 917th year of the 2nd millennium, the 17th year of the 20th…
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On May 19, 1917
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1917 The Norwegian football club Rosenborg BK is founded. Association football club in Trondheim, Norway
Rosenborg Ballklub, commonly referred to simply as Rosenborg or RBK, is a Norwegian professional football club from Trondheim that plays in Eliteserien. The club has won a record 26 league titles, a shared record 12 Norwegian Football Cup titles and have played more UEFA matches than any other Norwegian team. RBK play their home games at the all-seater Lerkendal Stadion which has a capacity of 21,421.
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- April 12 World War I: Canadian forces successfully complete the taking of Vimy Ridge from the Germans.
- April 16 Russian Revolution: Vladimir Lenin returns to Petrograd, Russia, from exile in Switzerland.
- April 2 American entry into World War I: President Wilson asks the U.S. Congress for a declaration of war on Germany.
- April 6 World War I: The United States declares war on Germany.
- April 9 World War I: The Battle of Arras: The battle begins with Canadian Corps executing a massive assault on Vimy Ridge.
- August 14 World War I: The Republic of China, which had heretofore been shipping labourers to Europe to assist in the war effort, officially declares war on the Central Powers, although it will continue to send to Europe labourers instead of combatants for the remaining duration of the war.
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