About the day » Wednesday June 27, 1917Calender converter

• Clarence Albert Kuehn, Sibley, Minnesota, VS († 2004)
• Aleida Koster, Meppel, Drenthe, Nederland († 2016)
• Amanda Erlene Guarr Robins († 1984)
• Agnes Priscilla Tuttle, Menlo Park, CA († 1976)
• Albert Van Bogaert, Melsele, Beveren, Oost-Vlaanderen, België († 2004)
• Alice Annetta Olhoft, Norcross, Grant, Minnesota, Verenigde Staten († 2010)
• Anna Regina Cornelia Booij Liewers, Tilburg, Gemeente Tilburg, North Brabant, Netherlands († 1985)
• Aleida Carolina Augustina (Uus) Tissing, Lisse, Nederland († 1978)
• Aafke Tjipkes Jager († 1997)
• Albert Maris, Zolder, België († 2000)

• Aren van PROOIJEN Czn (72), Nieuwe-Tonge, Goeree-Overflakkee, NL-ZH
• Adriana Blanken (0), Haastrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Bastiaan Baks (72), Woudrichem, Noord-Brabant, The Netherlands
• Albertus Taal (85), 's-Gravenhage
• Anna Maria Hubertina van den Boorn (75), Oud-Vroenhoven, Maastricht
• Aldegonda Mayer (43), Maastricht
• Aldegonda Mayer (43), Maastricht, Nederland
• Arie Wals, Velsen
• Catharina Reuvers (78)
• Catharina Reuvers (78)

• 1914 » Helena Benitez, Filipina academic and administrator († 2016)
• 1914 » Margaret Ekpo, Nigerian women's rights activist, social mobilizer and politician († 2006)
• 1914 » Robert Aickman, English author and activist, co-founded the Inland Waterways Association († 1981)
• 1915 » Aideu Handique, Indian actress († 2002)
• 1915 » Grace Lee Boggs, American philosopher, author, and activist († 2015)
• 1915 » John Alexander Moore, American zoologist and academic († 2002)
• 1916 » Robert Normann, Norwegian guitarist († 1998)
• 1918 » Adolph Kiefer, American swimmer († 2017)
• 1919 » Amala Shankar, Indian danseuse
• 1919 » M. Carl Holman, American author, educator, poet, and playwright († 1988)

• 1896 » John Berryman, English soldier, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1825)
• 1905 » Harold Mahony, Scottish-Irish tennis player (b. 1867)
• 1907 » Elizabeth Cabot Agassiz, American educator, co-founded Radcliffe College (b. 1822)
• 1911 » Victor Surridge, English motorcycle racer (b. 1882)
• 1912 » George Bonnor, Australian cricketer (b. 1855)
• 1917 » Karl Allmenröder, German soldier and pilot (b. 1896)
• 1919 » Peter Sturholdt, American boxer (b. 1885)
• 1920 » Adolphe-Basile Routhier, Canadian lawyer and judge (b. 1839)
• 1934 » Francesco Buhagiar, Maltese politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Malta (b. 1876)
• 1935 » Eugene Augustin Lauste, French-American inventor (b. 1857)

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 Congress of the United States passes the Immigration Act of 1917 over President Woodrow Wilson's veto.
• June 28 » World War I: Greece joins the Allied powers.
• August 18 » A Great Fire in Thessaloniki, Greece destroys 32% of the city leaving 70,000 individuals homeless.
• October 24 » First World War: Italy suffers a disastrous defeat on the Austro-Italian front.
• October 31 » World War I: Battle of Beersheba: The "last successful cavalry charge in history".
• December 7 » World War I: The United States declares war on Austria-Hungary.

The temperature on June 27, 1917 was between 7.0 °C and 19.8 °C and averaged 14.7 °C. There was 6.7 hours of sunshine (40%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south.