About the day » Thursday August 9, 1917Calender converter

• Akkeline van der Molen, Burum, gem. Kollumerland c.a., Friesland, Nederland († 1987)
• Arendje de Jong, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2005)
• Asia Maria Tarquino, Lackawanna, Erie, New York, Verenigde Staten († 2013)
• August Keuker, Laren (N.H.) († 1986)
• Arendje de Jong, Katwijk († 2005)
• Bauke op de Hoek, Katlijk († 1997)
• Aaltje van der Veen, Surhuizum, gem. Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland († 1995)
• Andries Amsing, Havelte († 1978)
• Beatrice (Beatrix) (Bea) (Bé) Hilgers, Batavia (Ned. Indië) († 1994)
• Arie van den Berg, Amsterdam,Amsterdam,Noord-Holland,Nederland († 2001)

• Bernard Hinrich Ahlers (83), Nieuwe-Pekela, Groningen, Nederland
• Aleida Johanna Kraaijenbrink (39), Arnhem
• Christian van Roekel (32), Sioux Center, Sioux County, Iowa
• Arthur John Ross
• Aaltje Kon (0), Beesd
• Christian van Roekel (32)
• Antje Menkes KLUNDER (77), Oldekerk, Grootegast, Groningen, Nederland
• Arendina Hilverink (57), Neede
• Alida Maria Arends (0), Harderwijk
• Bearl V. Pittenger (23), France

• 1914 » Ferenc Fricsay, Hungarian-Austrian conductor and director († 1963)
• 1914 » Joe Mercer, English footballer and manager († 1990)
• 1914 » Tove Jansson, Finnish author and illustrator († 2001)
• 1915 » Mareta West, American astronomer and geologist († 1998)
• 1918 » Albert Seedman, American police officer († 2013)
• 1918 » Giles Cooper, Irish soldier and playwright († 1966)
• 1918 » Kermit Beahan, American colonel († 1989)
• 1919 » Joop den Uyl, Dutch journalist, economist, and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of the Netherlands († 1987)
• 1919 » Ralph Houk, American baseball player and manager († 2010)
• 1920 » Enzo Biagi, Italian journalist and author († 2007)

• 1886 » Samuel Ferguson, Irish lawyer and poet (b. 1810)
• 1910 » Huo Yuanjia, Chinese martial artist, co-founded the Chin Woo Athletic Association (b. 1868)
• 1919 » Ruggero Leoncavallo, Italian composer and educator (b. 1857)
• 1920 » Samuel Griffith, Welsh-Australian politician, 9th Premier of Queensland (b. 1845)
• 1932 » John Charles Fields, Canadian mathematician, founder of the Fields Medal (b. 1863)
• 1942 » Edith Stein, German nun and saint (b. 1891)
• 1943 » Chaim Soutine, Belarusian-French painter and educator (b. 1893)
• 1945 » Harry Hillman, American runner and coach (b. 1881)
• 1945 » Robert Hampton Gray, Canadian lieutenant and pilot, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1917)
• 1946 » Bert Vogler, South African cricketer (b. 1876)

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 23 » First demonstrations in Saint Petersburg, Russia. The beginning of the February Revolution (March 8 in the Gregorian calendar).
• April 2 » World War I: United States President Woodrow Wilson asks the U.S. Congress for a declaration of war on Germany.
• July 6 » World War I: Arabian troops led by T. E. Lawrence ("Lawrence of Arabia") and Auda ibu Tayi capture Aqaba from the Ottoman Empire during the Arab Revolt.
• September 26 » World War I: The Battle of Polygon Wood begins.
• October 13 » The "Miracle of the Sun" is witnessed by an estimated 70,000 people in the Cova da Iria in Portugal.
• October 31 » World War I: Battle of Beersheba: The "last successful cavalry charge in history".

The temperature on August 9, 1917 was between 14.3 °C and 20.7 °C and averaged 17.0 °C. There was 3.5 mm of rain. There was 9.9 hours of sunshine (66%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.