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Born on Wednesday October 10, 1917
Died on Wednesday October 10, 1917

Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from October 10, 1917 at Delpher


Born on October 10
  • 1914 » Ivory Joe Hunter, American singer-songwriter and pianist († 1974)
  • 1914 » Tommy Fine, American baseball player and businessman († 2005)
  • 1915 » Harry Edison, American trumpet player and composer († 1999)
  • 1917 » Thelonious Monk, American pianist and composer († 1982)
  • 1919 » Edgar Laprade, Canadian ice hockey player († 2014)
  • 1919 » Gerry Gomez, Trinidadian cricketer, manager, and umpire († 1996)
  • 1919 » Kim Ki-young, South Korean director, screenwriter, producer, and editor († 1997)
  • 1919 » Willard Estey, Canadian academic and jurist († 2002)
  • 1919 » William Kruskal, American mathematician and statistician († 2005)
  • 1920 » Gail Halvorsen, American air force pilot known as the "Berlin Candy Bomber."

Died on October 10

Names that were popular for boys in 1917
  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
Names that were popular for girls in 1917
  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

Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1917
  • 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.
  • March 15 » Tsar Nicholas II of Russia abdicates the Russian throne ending the 304-year Romanov dynasty.
  • March 25 » The Georgian Orthodox Church restores its autocephaly abolished by Imperial Russia in 1811.
  • June 26 » World War I: The American Expeditionary Forces begin to arrive in France. They will first enter combat four months later.
  • July 12 » The Bisbee Deportation occurs as vigilantes kidnap and deport nearly 1,300 striking miners and others from Bisbee, Arizona.
  • August 18 » A Great Fire in Thessaloniki, Greece destroys 32% of the city leaving 70,000 individuals homeless.
  • October 15 » World War I: Dutch dancer Mata Hari is executed by France for espionage.
Weather October 10, 1917

The temperature on October 10, 1917 was between 3.7 °C and 11.9 °C and averaged 7.8 °C. There was 3.6 mm of rain. There was 5.9 hours of sunshine (53%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.

Source: KNMI