About the day » Sunday September 9, 1917Calender converter

• Anton van Stek, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1984)
• (Stillborn) VAN DER NOORD, Zuidhorn Groningen Netherlands († 1917)
• Ankje Faber, Hardegarijp († 1965)
• Annigje Verhoeff, Giessendam († 2002)
• Catharina Hendrika Siteur, Harmelen, Utrecht, Nederland († 1918)
• Andrew Murray HOFMEYR, Murraysburg († 1943)
• Aleida Christina Nijhuis, Zuid Lutte (Losser) († 1921)
• Adrianus Buijk, Woensdrecht († 2001)
• Christoffel Theodorus (Theo) Krabbendam, Heemstede, NH, Nederland († 1981)
• Aries Hendrik Kuipers, Leens († 2003)

• (Stillborn) VAN DER NOORD (0), Zuidhorn Groningen Netherlands
• adriana HOOGENBOOM (71), oud-beijerland
• Aagje Groenendijk (73), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana de Man (80), Rotterdam
• Aloijsius Joannes Franciscus Maria Lucassen (0), Laren,Gelderland,Netherlands
• Albert Katerberg (45), Oosterhesselen,Drenthe,Niederlande,Zwinderen
• Donkers, Chaam
• Aaltje Andriesdr Loosman (15), Urk, Nederland
• Anna Maria van Berne (27), Rosmalen
• Albert Jansen Katerberg (45), Zwinderen Oosterhesselen, Drenthe, Nederland

• 1914 » John Passmore, Australian philosopher and academic († 2004)
• 1918 » Oscar Luigi Scalfaro, Italian lawyer and politician, 9th President of Italy († 2012)
• 1919 » Gottfried Dienst, Swiss footballer and referee († 1998)
• 1919 » Jimmy Snyder, American sportscaster († 1996)
• 1920 » Feng Kang, Chinese mathematician and physicist († 1993)
• 1920 » Neil Chotem, Canadian pianist, composer, and conductor († 2008)
• 1920 » Robert Wood Johnson III, American businessman and philanthropist († 1970)
• 1922 » Bernard Bailyn, American historian, author, and academic († 2020)
• 1922 » Hans Georg Dehmelt, German-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 2017)
• 1922 » Hoyt Curtin, American composer and producer († 2000)

• 1891 » Jules Grévy, French politician, 4th President of the French Republic (b. 1813)
• 1893 » Friedrich Traugott Kützing, German pharmacist, botanist and phycologist (b. 1807)
• 1898 » Stéphane Mallarmé, French poet and critic (b. 1842)
• 1901 » Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, French painter and illustrator (b. 1864)
• 1907 » Ernest Wilberforce, English bishop (b. 1840)
• 1909 » E. H. Harriman, American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1848)
• 1910 » Lloyd Wheaton Bowers, American lawyer and politician, United States Solicitor General (b. 1859)
• 1915 » Albert Spalding, American baseball player, manager, and businessman, co-founded Spalding (b. 1850)
• 1934 » Roger Fry, English painter and critic (b. 1866)
• 1941 » Hans Spemann, German embryologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1869)

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.
• May 27 » Pope Benedict XV promulgates the 1917 Code of Canon Law, the first comprehensive codification of Catholic canon law in the legal history of the Catholic Church.
• June 5 » World War I: Conscription begins in the United States as "Army registration day".
• June 13 » World War I: The deadliest German air raid on London of the war is carried out by Gotha G.IV bombers and results in 162 deaths, including 46 children, and 432 injuries.
• July 27 » World War I: The Allies reach the Yser Canal at the Battle of Passchendaele.
• December 6 » Halifax Explosion: A munitions explosion near Halifax, Nova Scotia kills more than 1,900 people in the largest artificial explosion up to that time.
• December 9 » World War I: Field Marshal Allenby captures Jerusalem, Palestine.

The temperature on September 9, 1917 was between 11.6 °C and 18.8 °C and averaged 15.2 °C. There was 0.7 hours of sunshine (5%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.