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Birthday May 14, 1917

• The temperature on May 14, 1917 was between 13.0 °C and 24.3 °C and averaged 17.6 °C. There was 3.6 mm of rain. There was 3.7 hours of sunshine (24%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-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.
  • January 11 » The Kingsland munitions factory explosion occurs as a result of sabotage.
  • May 21 » The Imperial War Graves Commission is established through royal charter to mark, record, and maintain the graves and places of commemoration of the British Empire's military forces.
  • June 26 » World War I: The American Expeditionary Forces begin to arrive in France. They will first enter combat four months later.
  • July 28 » The Silent Parade took place in New York City, in protest to murders, lynchings, and other violence directed towards African Americans.
  • October 24 » First World War: Italy suffers a disastrous defeat on the Austro-Italian front.
  • November 8 » The first Council of People's Commissars is formed, including Vladimir Lenin, Leon Trotsky and Joseph Stalin.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1916 » Lance Dossor, English-Australian pianist and educator († 2005)
• 1916 » Marco Zanuso, Italian architect and designer († 2001)
• 1916 » Robert F. Christy, Canadian-American physicist and astronomer († 2012)
• 1917 » Lou Harrison, American composer and critic († 2003)
• 1917 » Norman Luboff, American composer and conductor († 1987)
• 1919 » Solange Chaput-Rolland, Canadian journalist and politician († 2001)