About the day » Tuesday June 26, 1917Calender converter

• "Jean-Georges" Arthur Joseph Marie Terlinden, Ixelles, Bruxelles, Belgique († 2015)
• Alfred, Louis, Auguste Devos, Courgain maritime Calais († 2003)
• Anna (Annie) Geertruida Flach, Ridderkerk († 2007)
• Wilborts, Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Alida Laning, Peize († 1945)
• Arie Voskamp, 's Gravenzande († 1972)
• Brooxie Syble Todd, Wright, Missouri, United States († 2002)
• Antonia Meeuwis, Someren, Noord-Brabant, Pays-Bas († 1990)
• Jantje Appelo († 2002)
• Adriana Christina Vogelenzang († 1996)

• Baltus Kampman (53), Rotterdam
• Heijkoop (0), Leerdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Agnes Jane Patterson (64), Union Infry Belfast
• Adriana Kramer (69), Sint Philipsland
• Charles Phillip Lazarus (81), Parish Of Kingston, Jamaica
• Arie Koster (55), Rotterdam Charlois
• Eugenia Seraphina Maria van Regenmortel (2), Koewacht
• Arie Tates (64), Heiloo, Nederland
• Catharina van Ooijen (69), Cothen
• Arij Koster (55), Rotterdam

• 1915 » Charlotte Zolotow, American author and poet († 2013)
• 1915 » George Haigh, English professional footballer († 2019)
• 1915 » Paul Castellano, American gangster († 1985)
• 1916 » Giuseppe Taddei, Italian actor and singer († 2010)
• 1916 » Virginia Satir, American psychotherapist and author († 1988)
• 1917 » Idriz Ajeti, Albanian albanologist († 2019)
• 1918 » J. B. Fuqua, American entrepreneur and philanthropist († 2006)
• 1918 » Leo Rosner, Polish-born Austrian Jewish musician († 2008)
• 1918 » Raleigh Rhodes, American combat fighter pilot († 2007)
• 1919 » Richard Neustadt, American political scientist and academic († 2003)

• 1918 » Peter Rosegger, Austrian poet and author (b. 1843)
• 1922 » Albert I, Prince of Monaco (b. 1848)
• 1927 » Armand Guillaumin, French painter (b. 1841)
• 1932 » Adelaide Ames, American astronomer and academic (b. 1900)
• 1932 » William Murray McPherson, Australian politician, 31st Premier of Victoria (b. 1865)
• 1938 » Daria Pratt, American golfer (b. 1859)
• 1938 » James Weldon Johnson, American poet, lawyer and politician (b. 1871)
• 1939 » Ford Madox Ford, English novelist, poet, and critic (b. 1873)
• 1943 » Karl Landsteiner, Austrian biologist and physician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1868)
• 1945 » Emil Hácha, Czech lawyer and politician, 3rd President of Czechoslovakia (b. 1872)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Pieter
7. Gerrit
8. Petrus
9. Adrianus
10. Jacobus
11. Jacob
12. Albert
13. Gerardus
14. Dirk
15. Wilhelmus
16. Antonius

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Wilhelmina
6. Elisabeth
7. Catharina
8. Hendrika
9. Adriana
10. Petronella
11. Jacoba
12. Geertruida
13. Aaltje
14. Grietje
15. Helena
16. Trijntje

• 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.
• The Netherlands had about 6.5 million citizens.
• February 5 » The current constitution of Mexico is adopted, establishing a federal republic with powers separated into independent executive, legislative, and judicial branches.
• May 18 » World War I: The Selective Service Act of 1917 is passed, giving the President of the United States the power of conscription.
• June 7 » World War I: Battle of Messines: Allied soldiers detonate a series of mines underneath German trenches at Messines Ridge, killing 10,000 German troops.
• July 20 » World War I: The Corfu Declaration, which leads to the creation of the post-war Kingdom of Yugoslavia, is signed by the Yugoslav Committee and Kingdom of Serbia.
• November 25 » World War I: German forces defeat Portuguese army of about 1,200 at Negomano on the border of modern-day Mozambique and Tanzania.
• November 28 » The Estonian Provincial Assembly declares itself the sovereign power of Estonia.

The temperature on June 26, 1917 was between 9.1 °C and 17.2 °C and averaged 14.0 °C. There was 8.7 mm of rain. There was 4.7 hours of sunshine (28%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.