About the day » Friday August 3, 1917Calender converter

• Albrecht Jozef Desideer Eugeen JOYE, Brugge Belgie († 1972)
• Aaltje Zuidema, Emmer-Compascuum, Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland († 2008)
• Anna Catharina Lange de, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1918)
• Aaltje Zuidema, Emmen
• Ann Groot († 2005)
• Adrianus Franciscus Kolsteren, Tilburg, Nederland († 1918)
• Aleida Nijzink, Rijssen († 1917)
• Abraham van Wijland († 1921)
• Arendje Kreuk, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1951)
• Auguste Francois van der Kaa, Le Havre (Frankrijk) († 1999)

• Alida Volkers (30), Den Haag(ZH)
• Dirk Aukes Algera (46), Groningen
• Adrianus Rotscheidt (76), Rotterdam
• Antje Annie Jeltes (65), Valley City/Oakhill cemetery
• Adrianus Rotscheidt (76), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• DINA ABEL (81), KETHEL EN SPALAND
• Andy Boswell (0), Park Hill, Okhaloma, Verenigde Staten
• Celina Paulina Tesse (52), Kortrijk
• Addah Mae Reno (46), Reading, Hamilton Co., Ohio
• Augusto Silveira da Costa (27)

• 1916 » José Manuel Moreno, Argentinian footballer and manager († 1978)
• 1916 » Shakeel Badayuni, Indian poet and songwriter († 1970)
• 1917 » Les Elgart, American trumpet player and bandleader († 1995)
• 1918 » Eddie Jefferson, American singer-songwriter († 1979)
• 1918 » James MacGregor Burns, American historian, political scientist, and author († 2014)
• 1918 » Larry Haines, American actor († 2008)
• 1918 » Sidney Gottlieb, American chemist and theorist († 1999)
• 1920 » Max Fatchen, Australian journalist and author († 2012)
• 1920 » Norman Dewis, English test driver and engineer († 2019)
• 1920 » P. D. James, English author († 2014)

• 1913 » William Lyne, Australian politician, 13th Premier of New South Wales (b. 1844)
• 1916 » Roger Casement, Irish poet and activist (b. 1864)
• 1917 » Ferdinand Georg Frobenius, German mathematician and academic (b. 1849)
• 1920 » Peeter Süda, Estonian organist and composer (b. 1883)
• 1922 » Ture Malmgren, Swedish journalist and politician (b. 1851)
• 1924 » Joseph Conrad, Polish-born British novelist (b. 1857)
• 1925 » William Bruce, Australian cricketer (b. 1864)
• 1929 » Emile Berliner, German-American inventor and businessman, invented the phonograph (b. 1851)
• 1929 » Thorstein Veblen, American economist and sociologist (b. 1857)
• 1936 » Konstantin Konik, Estonian surgeon and politician, 19th Estonian Minister of Education (b. 1873)

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. Arie

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.
• January 31 » World War I: Germany announces that its U-boats will resume unrestricted submarine warfare after a two-year hiatus.
• April 9 » World War I: The Battle of Arras: The battle begins with Canadian Corps executing a massive assault on Vimy Ridge.
• May 21 » The Great Atlanta fire of 1917 causes $5.5million in damages, destroying some 300 acres including 2,000 homes, businesses and churches, displacing about 10,000 people but leading to only one fatality (due to heart attack).
• August 6 » World War I: Battle of Mărășești between the Romanian and German armies begins.
• October 26 » First World War: Brazil declares war on the Central Powers.
• November 5 » October Revolution: Lenin calls for the October Revolution.

The temperature on August 3, 1917 was between 12.3 °C and 16.6 °C and averaged 14.9 °C. There was 14.5 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.