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Birthday March 30, 1917

• The temperature on March 30, 1917 was between 1.5 °C and 8.5 °C and averaged 4.2 °C. There was 1.1 mm of rain. There was 4.9 hours of sunshine (38%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1917: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.5 million citizens.
  • January 19 » Silvertown explosion: A blast at a munitions factory in London kills 73 and injures over 400. The resulting fire causes over £2,000,000 worth of damage.
  • February 23 » First demonstrations in Saint Petersburg, Russia. The beginning of the February Revolution (March 8 in the Gregorian calendar).
  • June 26 » World War I: The American Expeditionary Forces begin to arrive in France. They will first enter combat four months later.
  • October 25 » Old Style date of the October Revolution in Russia.
  • November 20 » World War I: Battle of Cambrai begins: British forces make early progress in an attack on German positions but are later pushed back.
  • November 26 » The Manchester Guardian publishes the 1916 secret Sykes-Picot Agreement between the United Kingdom and France.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1913 » Marc Davis, American animator († 2000)
• 1914 » Sonny Boy Williamson I, American singer-songwriter and harmonica player († 1948)
• 1915 » Pietro Ingrao, Italian journalist and politician († 2015)
• 1917 » Els Aarne, Ukrainian-Estonian pianist, composer, and educator († 1995)
• 1919 » McGeorge Bundy, American intelligence officer and diplomat, 6th United States National Security Advisor († 1996)
• 1919 » Robin M. Williams, New Zealand mathematician and academic († 2013)