Clarke Family Tree » Helen Laura Cressida Bonham Carter (1917-1998)

Birthday April 22, 1917

• The temperature on April 22, 1917 was between 1.5 °C and 9.6 °C and averaged 5.2 °C. There was 8.6 hours of sunshine (60%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. Source: KNMI
• 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.
• In the year 1917: Source: Wikipedia
  • 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.
  • April 12 » World War I: Canadian forces successfully complete the taking of Vimy Ridge from the Germans.
  • August 6 » World War I: Battle of Mărășești between the Romanian and German armies begins.
  • September 14 » The Russian Empire is formally replaced by the Russian Republic.
  • October 13 » The "Miracle of the Sun" is witnessed by an estimated 70,000 people in the Cova da Iria in Portugal.
  • December 6 » Finland declares independence from Soviet Russia.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1916 » Hanfried Lenz, German mathematician and academic († 2013)
• 1916 » Yehudi Menuhin, American-Swiss violinist and conductor († 1999)
• 1917 » Sidney Nolan, Australian painter († 1992)
• 1917 » Yvette Chauviré, French ballerina († 2016)
• 1918 » Mickey Vernon, American baseball player and coach († 2008)
• 1918 » William Jay Smith, American poet and academic († 2015)