Genealogische data Golse Genen » Benedict Vaessen (1917-± 1997)

Birthday August 27, 1917

• The temperature on August 27, 1917 was between 11.7 °C and 16.7 °C and averaged 13.6 °C. There was 11.9 mm of rain. There was 3.9 hours of sunshine (28%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong 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.
  • April 9 » World War I: The Battle of Arras: The battle begins with Canadian Corps executing a massive assault on Vimy Ridge.
  • July 17 » King George V issues a Proclamation stating that the male line descendants of the British Royal Family will bear the surname Windsor.
  • October 4 » World War I: The Battle of Broodseinde is fought between the British and German armies in Flanders.
  • October 24 » First World War: Italy suffers a disastrous defeat on the Austro-Italian front.
  • November 5 » October Revolution: Lenin calls for the October Revolution.
  • 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.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1916 » Gordon Bashford, English engineer, co-designed the Range Rover († 1991)
• 1916 » Martha Raye, American actress and comedian († 1994)
• 1916 » Tony Harris, South African cricketer and rugby player († 1993)
• 1917 » Peanuts Lowrey, American baseball player, coach, and manager († 1986)
• 1918 » Jelle Zijlstra, Dutch economist and politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands († 2001)