Familie Kruip » Lena (Helena Johanna) Righarts (1917-2000)

Birthday September 24, 1917

• The temperature on September 24, 1917 was between 11.7 °C and 21.3 °C and averaged 15.5 °C. There was 7.9 hours of sunshine (65%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-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.
  • March 31 » According to the terms of the Treaty of the Danish West Indies, the islands become American possessions.
  • July 31 » World War I: The Battle of Passchendaele begins near Ypres in West Flanders, Belgium.
  • September 26 » World War I: The Battle of Polygon Wood begins.
  • October 12 » World War I: The First Battle of Passchendaele takes place resulting in the largest single-day loss of life in New Zealand history.
  • November 26 » The National Hockey League is formed, with the Montreal Canadiens, Montreal Wanderers, Ottawa Senators, Quebec Bulldogs, and Toronto Arenas as its first teams.
  • December 6 » Finland declares independence from Soviet Russia.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1914 » Esther Eng, Chinese-American film director († 1970)
• 1914 » John Kerr, Australian politician, 18th Governor-General of Australia († 1991)
• 1916 » Ruth Leach Amonette, American businesswoman and author († 2004)
• 1918 » Audra Lindley, American actress († 1997)
• 1918 » Michael J. S. Dewar, Indian-born American theoretical chemist who developed the Dewar–Chatt–Duncanson model († 1997)