About the day » Thursday September 6, 1917Calender converter

• Alexander Jacobs, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1941)
• Alida Petronella van Geest, Monster († 1917)
• Adriaan Keur, Zandvoort, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2012)
• Anna PlaiZier, unbekannt († 2003)
• Adriana Gerarda Mank, Ter Aar (Langeraar) († 1917)
• Aaltje KWAKMAN, Volendam, Edam-Volendam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1918)
• Adriaan Schrier, Wissenkerke, Zeeland, Nederland († 1917)
• André Demey, Gent, Oost-Vlaanderen, België († 1956)
• Antonius Wilhelmus Janssen, Venlo († 1990)
• Arthur François Drion, Semarang, Java, Indonesië († 1981)

• Alida Elizabeth de Ruijter (87), Leiden
• Catherine Besch (57), Porcelette
• Catharina van PEER (0), Rucphen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Maria Maassen (68), Venray,, Limburg, Nederland
• Antje van der Meij (89)
• Catharina de Pooter (55), Axel
• Adriaan Johan Meijerman (19)
• Annigje Oskam (85), Gouda, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelis Blonk (66), Utrecht, Utrecht, Neth
• Anthonia Klinkenberg (33), Hillegom, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1913 » Julie Gibson, American actress and singer († 2019)
• 1913 » Leônidas, Brazilian footballer († 2004)
• 1915 » Ed Oliver, American golfer († 1961)
• 1915 » Franz Josef Strauss, German lieutenant and politician, Minister President of Bavaria († 1988)
• 1917 » George Mann, English cricketer († 2001)
• 1917 » John Berry, American-French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter († 1999)
• 1917 » Philipp von Boeselager, German soldier and economist († 2008)
• 1919 » Wilson Greatbatch, American engineer and philanthropist († 2011)
• 1920 » Elvira Pagã, Brazilian actress, singer, and author († 2003)
• 1921 » Carmen Laforet, Spanish author († 2004)

• 1885 » Narcís Monturiol, Spanish engineer, designed the Ictineo I and Ictineo II (b. 1819)
• 1891 » Charles Jamrach, German-English businessman (b. 1815)
• 1902 » Frederick Abel, English chemist and engineer (b. 1827)
• 1907 » Sully Prudhomme, French poet and critic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1839)
• 1919 » Lord Charles Beresford, English admiral and politician (b. 1846)
• 1927 » William Libbey, American target shooter and geographer (b. 1855)
• 1938 » John Stuart Hindmarsh, English race car driver and pilot (b. 1907)
• 1939 » Arthur Rackham, English illustrator (b. 1867)
• 1944 » James Cannon Jr., American Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South
• 1945 » John S. McCain Sr., American admiral (b. 1884)

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 15 » Tsar Nicholas II of Russia abdicates the Russian throne ending the 304-year Romanov dynasty.
• March 16 » World War I: A German auxiliary cruiser is sunk in the Action of 16 March 1917.
• April 16 » Vladimir Lenin returns to Petrograd, Russia, from exile in Switzerland.
• June 26 » World War I: The American Expeditionary Forces begin to arrive in France. They will first enter combat four months later.
• December 7 » World War I: The United States declares war on Austria-Hungary.
• December 9 » World War I: Field Marshal Allenby captures Jerusalem, Palestine.

The temperature on September 6, 1917 was between 11.2 °C and 24.0 °C and averaged 17.7 °C. There was 11.0 hours of sunshine (83%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast.