Dreyer Tree » Hester Helena Hugo (1840-1917)

Day of death December 1, 1917

• The temperature on December 1, 1917 was between 4.6 °C and 8.6 °C and averaged 6.7 °C. There was 1.8 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. 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.
  • July 20 » World War I: The Corfu Declaration, which leads to the creation of the post-war Kingdom of Yugoslavia, is signed by the Yugoslav Committee and Kingdom of Serbia.
  • August 6 » World War I: Battle of Mărășești between the Romanian and German armies begins.
  • October 26 » First World War: Brazil declares war on the Central Powers.
  • November 24 » In Milwaukee, nine members of the Milwaukee Police Department are killed by a bomb, the most deaths in a single event in U.S. police history until the September 11 attacks in 2001.
  • December 6 » World War I: USSJacob Jones is the first American destroyer to be sunk by enemy action when it is torpedoed by German submarine SMU-53.
  • December 18 » The resolution containing the language of the Eighteenth Amendment to enact Prohibition is passed by the United States Congress.

Source: Wikipedia

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