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.
  • January 22 » World War I: President Woodrow Wilson of the still-neutral United States calls for "peace without victory" in Europe.
  • June 4 » The first Pulitzer Prizes are awarded: Laura E. Richards, Maude H. Elliott, and Florence Hall receive the first Pulitzer for biography (for Julia Ward Howe). Jean Jules Jusserand receives the first Pulitzer for history for his work With Americans of Past and Present Days. Herbert B. Swope receives the first Pulitzer for journalism for his work for the New York World.
  • June 23 » In a game against the Washington Senators, Boston Red Sox pitcher Ernie Shore retires 26 batters in a row after replacing Babe Ruth, who had been ejected for punching the umpire.
  • November 5 » October Revolution: Lenin calls for the October Revolution.
  • December 6 » Finland declares independence from Soviet Russia.
  • December 12 » Father Edward J. Flanagan founds Boys Town as a farm village for wayward boys.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1914 » Andrzej Panufnik, Polish pianist, composer, and conductor († 1991)
• 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)