About the day » Sunday October 14, 1917Calender converter

• Alice E. Engstrom, New York, Kings Co., New York, Verenigde Staten († 1990)
• Anne Alderlieste, Vlieland († 1963)
• Aaltje Post († 2001)
• Anton Valkenburg, Scherpenzeel, Weststellingwerf, Friesland, Netherlands († 1980)
• Arnoldus van Ham, Bergeijk († 2005)
• Antje (Anneke) Jongsma, Lonneker, Overijssel, Nederland († 2001)
• Arthur Ernest SHARMAN, Fairfield, Greater Sydney, NSW, Australia 2165 († 2013)
• Arend Jan van 't Slot († 1961)
• Annie Bodaar († 1998)
• Albert Janssens, Stekene (B) († 2003)

• Anna Elisabeth Margarethe Wilhelmine Klöppel (76), Lipporn, RP, D
• Adriaan Gerardus Cornelis Bots (0), Eindhoven
• Aaltje Eising (59), Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Catharina Mulder (67), Groningen
• Aaltje EISING (59), Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Antonia Dolmans (68), Loosduinen
• ANTONIA DOLMANS (68), Loosduinen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alida Burgerhout (44), Den Haag
• Catharina Cornelia Blankendaal (8), Obdam, Koggenland, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Beatrix Muit (62), Bergschenhoek

• 1911 » Lê Đức Thọ, Vietnamese general and politician, Nobel Prize laureate († 1990)
• 1914 » Alexis Rannit, Estonian poet and critic († 1985)
• 1914 » Harry Brecheen, American baseball player and coach († 2004)
• 1914 » Raymond Davis Jr., American chemist and physicist, Nobel Prize laureate († 2006)
• 1915 » Loris Francesco Capovilla, Italian cardinal († 2016)
• 1916 » C. Everett Koop, American admiral and surgeon, 13th United States Surgeon General († 2013)
• 1918 » Doug Ring, Australian cricketer and sportscaster († 2003)
• 1918 » Marcel Chaput, Canadian biochemist, journalist, and politician († 1991)
• 1918 » Thelma Coyne Long, Australian tennis player and captain († 2015)
• 1921 » José Arraño Acevedo, Chilean journalist and historian († 2009)

• 1911 » John Marshall Harlan, American lawyer and politician (b. 1833)
• 1923 » Marcellus Emants, Dutch-Swiss author, poet, and playwright (b. 1848)
• 1929 » Henri Berger, German composer and bandleader (b. 1844)
• 1930 » Samuel van Houten, Dutch lawyer and politician, Dutch Minister of the Interior (b. 1837)
• 1942 » Noboru Yamaguchi, Japanese mob boss (b. 1902)
• 1943 » Sobibór uprising:
• 1944 » Erwin Rommel, German field marshal (b. 1891)
• 1953 » Émile Sarrade, French rugby player and tug of war competitor (b. 1877)
• 1953 » Kyuichi Tokuda, Japanese lawyer and politician (b. 1894)
• 1958 » Douglas Mawson, Australian geologist, academic, and explorer (b. 1882)

• 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 1 » The Zimmermann Telegram is reprinted in newspapers across the United States after the U.S. government releases its unencrypted text.
• March 16 » World War I: A German auxiliary cruiser is sunk in the Action of 16 March 1917.
• April 16 » Vladimir Lenin returns to Petrograd, Russia, from exile in Switzerland.
• August 28 » Ten Suffragettes are arrested while picketing the White House.
• November 20 » World War I: Battle of Cambrai begins: British forces make early progress in an attack on German positions but are later pushed back.
• December 6 » World War I: USSJacob Jones is the first American destroyer to be sunk by enemy action when it is torpedoed by German submarine SMU-53.

The temperature on October 14, 1917 was between 1.8 °C and 10.8 °C and averaged 6.6 °C. There was 7.9 mm of rain. There was 1.4 hours of sunshine (13%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.