About the day » Saturday July 21, 1917Calender converter

• Albertine Lucie Souweine, Tjimahi, Indonesië († 2004)
• Adrianus Kaarsemaker, Wervershoof, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1917)
• * Pietertje Boom, Gouderak († 1998)
• Annechien Hoiting, Gieten († 1918)
• helena vd oever, den haag († 1979)
• Bernardus Johannes Nijhuis, De Lutte (Losser) († 1997)
• Adrianus Hopman, Egmond aan de Hoef (gem. Bergen, NH) († 1963)
• Casper Melchior Balthazer OP DEN CAMP, Swalmen, Limburg, Netherlands († 1970)
• Alexander Bingham, Clinton (Davis County) (Utah) († 1995)
• Adrianus Johannes (Janus) Wijnants († 1972)

• Antje Vos (77), Anna Paulowna, prov. Noord Holland
• * Franciscus G. de Graaff (0), Kamerik, Utrecht, NL
• Antonius Rovers, Heesch, NL
• Alice Eliza Bingham **** (72), Connecticut, Verenigde Staten
• Auke Holwerda (74), Dokkum
• Antonius Smiers (0), Anna Paulowna
• Blazina de Smit (31), Middelburg, ZL, NL
• Adrianus Verweij (54), Schalkwijk, Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands
• Berendina Christina Heutink (56), Wisch (Oude IJsselstreek), Gelderland, Nederland
• Anton Snijders (66), Groenlo

• 1914 » Aleksander Kreek, Estonian shot putter and discus thrower († 1977)
• 1917 » Alan B. Gold, Canadian lawyer and jurist († 2005)
• 1920 » Constant Nieuwenhuys, Dutch painter, sculptor, and illustrator († 2005)
• 1920 » Isaac Stern, Polish violinist and conductor († 2001)
• 1920 » Jean Daniel, Algerian-French-Jewish journalist and author († 2020)
• 1921 » James Cooke Brown, American sociologist and author († 2000)
• 1921 » John Horsley, English actor († 2014)
• 1921 » Vusamazulu Credo Mutwa, Zulu sangoma († 2020)
• 1922 » Kay Starr, American singer († 2016)
• 1922 » Mollie Sugden, English actress († 2009)

• 1889 » Nelson Dewey, American lawyer and politician, 1st Governor of Wisconsin (b. 1813)
• 1899 » Robert G. Ingersoll, American soldier, lawyer, and politician (b. 1833)
• 1920 » Fiammetta Wilson, English astronomer and educator (b. 1864)
• 1932 » Bill Gleason, American baseball player (b. 1858)
• 1934 » Hubert Lyautey, French general and politician, French Minister of Defence (b. 1854)
• 1938 » Owen Wister, American lawyer and author (b. 1860)
• 1941 » Bohdan Lepky, Ukrainian poet and scholar (b. 1872)
• 1943 » Charley Paddock, American runner and actor (b. 1900)
• 1943 » Louis Vauxcelles, French Jewish art critic (b. 1870)
• 1944 » Claus von Stauffenberg, German soldier (b. 1907)

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. Arie

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.
• January 22 » World War I: President Woodrow Wilson of the still-neutral United States calls for "peace without victory" in Europe.
• February 5 » The current constitution of Mexico is adopted, establishing a federal republic with powers separated into independent executive, legislative, and judicial branches.
• March 8 » International Women's Day protests in St. Petersburg mark the beginning of the February Revolution (February 23rd in the Julian calendar).
• 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 26 » The Manchester Guardian publishes the 1916 secret Sykes-Picot Agreement between the United Kingdom and France.
• December 12 » Father Edward J. Flanagan founds Boys Town as a farm village for wayward boys.

The temperature on July 21, 1917 was between 9.0 °C and 19.6 °C and averaged 14.5 °C. There was 13.5 hours of sunshine (84%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest.