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Birthday January 9, 1917

• The temperature on January 9, 1917 was between 1.0 °C and 2.9 °C and averaged 2.1 °C. There was 3.4 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. 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 19 » Silvertown explosion: A blast at a munitions factory in London kills 73 and injures over 400. The resulting fire causes over £2,000,000 worth of damage.
  • March 15 » Tsar Nicholas II of Russia abdicates the Russian throne ending the 304-year Romanov dynasty.
  • April 2 » World War I: United States President Woodrow Wilson asks the U.S. Congress for a declaration of war on Germany.
  • June 28 » World War I: Greece joins the Allied powers.
  • 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.
  • December 9 » World War I: Field Marshal Allenby captures Jerusalem, Palestine.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1914 » Kenny Clarke, American jazz drummer and bandleader († 1985)
• 1915 » Anita Louise, American actress († 1970)
• 1916 » Fernando Lamas, Argentinian-American actor, singer, and director († 1982)
• 1916 » Vic Mizzy, American soldier, pianist, and composer († 2009)
• 1918 » Alma Ziegler, American baseball player and golfer († 2005)
• 1919 » William Morris Meredith, Jr., American poet and academic († 2007)