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Birthday January 21, 1917

• The temperature on January 21, 1917 was between -8.6 °C and -3.0 °C and averaged -6.7 °C. There was 7.2 hours of sunshine (85%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. 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.
  • February 5 » The Congress of the United States passes the Immigration Act of 1917 over President Woodrow Wilson's veto.
  • February 24 » World War I: The U.S. ambassador Walter Hines Page to the United Kingdom is given the Zimmermann Telegram, in which Germany pledges to ensure the return of New Mexico, Texas, and Arizona to Mexico if Mexico declares war on the United States.
  • March 1 » The Zimmermann Telegram is reprinted in newspapers across the United States after the U.S. government releases its unencrypted text.
  • April 2 » World War I: United States President Woodrow Wilson asks the U.S. Congress for a declaration of war on Germany.
  • June 26 » World War I: The American Expeditionary Forces begin to arrive in France. They will first enter combat four months later.
  • November 2 » The Military Revolutionary Committee of the Petrograd Soviet, in charge of preparation and carrying out the Russian Revolution, holds its first meeting.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1916 » Pietro Rava, Italian footballer († 2006)
• 1916 » Zypora Spaisman, Polish midwife; American and Yiddish-language actress; producer of the Yiddish stage († 2002)
• 1917 » Erling Persson, H&M founder († 2002)
• 1918 » Antonio Janigro, Italian cellist and conductor († 1989)
• 1918 » Jimmy Hagan, English footballer († 1998)
• 1918 » Richard Winters, American soldier († 2011)