About the day » Sunday December 2, 1917Calender converter

• Bouwe Klarenberg († 1995)
• ? MacLean, Prince Edward Island, Canada († 1917)
• Adrianus Well, Waalwijk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1982)
• Albertien de Jonge, Barger-Oosterveen, Emmen († 1949)
• Ada van de Kolk, Ermelo († 2022)
• Anna (Ans) van der Steeg Pijck, amsterdam, Nederland († 2006)
• Benjamin George MORRIS, 30 St Dunstans Road, Mile End, Tower Hamlets, Middlesex († 2001)
• Annie Appelmelk († 1993)
• Anna van der STEEG PIJCK, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2006)
• CORNELIA WAGENSVELD, Utrecht († 2018)

• Antje Jelkes Tamboeser (64), Hallum, Ferwerderadeel, Friesland, Nederland
• B(a)ertha Schinning (Scheening) (85), Arnhem, Gelderland Nederland
• Adrianus Fransiscus Beullens (47), sint Katelijne Waver
• Albertus Bernardus Suitbertus Schoenaeker (65), Warnsveld
• Anna Gertraud Kammann (75), Essen
• Antoon Besseling (0), Grootebroek,, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Agneta Enochsdotter Takko (78), Hyvinkää, Finland
• Aagje Kleijwegt (41), Rotterdam, Nederland
• Adriana Bogers (78), Haarlem
• Antje Jelkes Tamboeser (64), Hallum

• 1912 » George Emmett, English cricketer and coach († 1976)
• 1913 » Marc Platt, American actor, singer, and dancer († 2014)
• 1914 » Adolph Green, American playwright and composer († 2002)
• 1914 » Bill Erwin, American actor († 2010)
• 1915 » Takahito, Prince Mikasa of Japan († 2016)
• 1916 » Howard Finster, American minister and painter († 2001)
• 1917 » Sylvia Syms, American singer († 1992)
• 1921 » Carlo Furno, Italian cardinal († 2015)
• 1922 » Iakovos Kambanelis, Greek author, poet, and screenwriter († 2011)
• 1923 » Maria Callas, American-Greek soprano and actress († 1977)

• 1892 » Jay Gould, American businessman and financier (b. 1836)
• 1899 » Gregorio del Pilar, Filipino general and politician, 1st Governor of Bulacan (b. 1875)
• 1918 » Edmond Rostand, French poet and playwright (b. 1868)
• 1924 » Kazimieras Būga, Lithuanian linguist and philologist (b. 1879)
• 1927 » Paul Heinrich von Groth, German scientist who systematically classified minerals and founded the journal Zeitschrift für Krystallographie und Mineralogie (b. 1843)
• 1931 » Vincent d'Indy, French composer and educator (b. 1851)
• 1936 » John Ringling, American businessman, co-founded Ringling Brothers Circus (b. 1866)
• 1943 » Nordahl Grieg, Norwegian journalist and author (b. 1902)
• 1944 » Filippo Tommaso Marinetti, Egyptian-Italian poet and composer (b. 1876)
• 1944 » Josef Lhévinne, Russian pianist and educator (b. 1874)

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.
• March 1 » The Zimmermann Telegram is reprinted in newspapers across the United States after the U.S. government releases its unencrypted text.
• March 26 » World War I: First Battle of Gaza: British troops are halted after 17,000 Turks block their advance.
• May 18 » World War I: The Selective Service Act of 1917 is passed, giving the President of the United States the power of conscription.
• May 27 » Pope Benedict XV promulgates the 1917 Code of Canon Law, the first comprehensive codification of Catholic canon law in the legal history of the Catholic Church.
• June 11 » King Alexander assumes the throne of Greece after his father, Constantine I, abdicates under pressure from allied armies occupying Athens.
• December 6 » World War I: USSJacob Jones is the first American destroyer to be sunk by enemy action when it is torpedoed by German submarine SMU-53.

The temperature on December 2, 1917 was between -0.2 °C and 6.1 °C and averaged 3.4 °C. There was 5.5 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 6 Bft (strong wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.