About the day » Thursday February 8, 1917Calender converter

• Albertje Bolt, Uithuizen, Groningen, Nederland († 2017)
• Albertje Bolt, Uithuizen,, Groningen, Nederland († 2017)
• Adriana Nijhoff († 1998)
• Aaltje Harders, Borger, Drenthe, Nederland († 1987)
• Antonia Cornelia Maria Pijnenburg, Tilburg († 2003)
• Anna Susanna Caecilia de Vries, Deinum, Nederland († 2010)
• Agneta Maria Schreuder, Sappemeer († 2003)
• Abraham Johannes Faasse, St. Philipsland, Zeeland, Nederland († 1964)
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• Antoni Mikula, Palmer, Massachusetts, Verenigde Staten († 1918)

• Anna Elisabeth Backhuis (80), Heer (Maastricht), Limburg, Nederland
• Adriana Johanna de Keijser (68), Eck en Wiel, Gelderland, Nederland
• Adelaïde Rudolphine Brants (73), Arnhem,Gemeente Arnhem,Gelderland,Netherlands
• Benignus Baert (81), Westdorpe
• Aagje Fokker (75), Kamerik,, Utrecht, Nederland
• Aaltje Klazes Stegenga (83), Kuinre
• Abraham Wijnand Stolk (57), Delft
• Anna KUURMAN (78), Meppel, 201, Drenthe, Nederland
• Anna Catharina KLÖCKER (79), HERGENRATH, Liège, Belgique
• Adelaïne Reidolphine Brants (73), Arnhem

• 1911 » Elizabeth Bishop, American poet and author († 1979)
• 1913 » Betty Field, American actress († 1973)
• 1913 » Danai Stratigopoulou, Greek singer-songwriter († 2009)
• 1914 » Bill Finger, American author and screenwriter, co-created Batman († 1974)
• 1915 » Georges Guétary, Egyptian-French singer, dancer, and actor († 1997)
• 1918 » Freddie Blassie, American wrestler and manager († 2003)
• 1921 » Barney Danson, Canadian colonel and politician, 21st Canadian Minister of National Defence († 2011)
• 1921 » Lana Turner, American actress († 1995)
• 1921 » Nexhmije Hoxha, Albanian politician († 2020)
• 1922 » Audrey Meadows, American actress and banker († 1996)

• 1907 » Hendrik Willem Bakhuis Roozeboom, Dutch chemist and academic (b. 1854)
• 1910 » Hans Jæger, Norwegian philosopher and activist (b. 1854)
• 1914 » Dayrolles Eveleigh-de-Moleyns, 4th Baron Ventry, Irish hereditary peer (b. 1828)
• 1915 » François Langelier, Canadian journalist, lawyer, and politician, 10th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec (b. 1838)
• 1921 » George Formby Sr, English actor and singer (b. 1876)
• 1921 » Peter Kropotkin, Russian zoologist, geographer, and philologist (b. 1842)
• 1928 » Theodor Curtius, German chemist (b. 1857)
• 1932 » Yordan Milanov, Bulgarian architect, designed the Sveti Sedmochislenitsi Church (b. 1867)
• 1935 » Eemil Nestor Setälä, Finnish linguist and politician, Finnish Minister for Foreign Affairs (b. 1864)
• 1936 » Charles Curtis, American lawyer and politician, 31st Vice President of the United States (b. 1860)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Pieter
7. Gerrit
8. Petrus
9. Adrianus
10. Jacobus
11. Jacob
12. Albert
13. Gerardus
14. Dirk
15. Wilhelmus
16. Antonius

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Wilhelmina
6. Elisabeth
7. Catharina
8. Hendrika
9. Adriana
10. Petronella
11. Jacoba
12. Geertruida
13. Aaltje
14. Grietje
15. Helena
16. Trijntje

• 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.
• The Netherlands had about 6.5 million citizens.
• May 26 » Several powerful tornadoes rip through Illinois, including the city of Mattoon.
• June 28 » World War I: Greece joins the Allied powers.
• 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 31 » World War I: Battle of Beersheba: The "last successful cavalry charge in history".
• December 12 » Father Edward J. Flanagan founds Boys Town as a farm village for wayward boys.

The average temperature on February 8, 1917 was -6.6 °C. There was 8.1 hours of sunshine (85%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast.