About the day » Monday December 24, 1917Calender converter

• Berend Hendrik Berends, Barger-Compascuum, Emmen († 1917)
• Arij van der Ster, Vlaardingen
• Anna Helena Lübbers, Amsterdamscheveld, Gemeente Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1998)
• Ada Gertrude Zweep, Illinois, United States († 2006)
• Arie Cornelisz de Vries, Rijnsburg († 1987)
• ALbertus Sibon, Klazienaveen, Gemeente Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Arie de Vries († 1987)
• Andreas Wilhelmus Agelink, Doetinchem, Gelderland, Nederland († 2005)
• Antje Bruining, Surhuisterveen († 1960)
• Aaltje Boom, Zalk, Overijssel, Nederland († 2013)

• Anton Hoeke (65)
• Arie Ariesz. van Teeling (86), Numansdorp (ZH Nederland)
• Beugels (0), Westerbork, Drenthe, Nederland
• Adriana Kuijs (30), Vlijmen
• Agnes MERTEZ, Dubuque, Dunleith County, Illinois, United States of America
• Carolus Suanet (66), Antwerpen
• antonia cornelia leewes (1), andelst (Gelderland)
• Antonia Cornelia Leeuwis (1), Andelst
• Augusta Latham HALLIFAX (82), High Wycombe Buckinghamshire England U.K
• aagje van't HOF (64), zuid beijerland

• 1913 » Ad Reinhardt, American painter and academic († 1967)
• 1914 » Herbert Reinecker, German author and screenwriter († 2007)
• 1914 » Ralph Marterie, Italian-American trumpet player and bandleader († 1978)
• 1918 » Dave Bartholomew, American bandleader, composer and arranger († 2019)
• 1919 » Pierre Soulages, French artist
• 1919 » Qateel Shifai, Pakistani poet and songwriter († 2001)
• 1920 » Franco Lucentini, Italian author and screenwriter († 2002)
• 1920 » Yevgeniya Rudneva, Ukrainian-Russian lieutenant and navigator († 1944)
• 1921 » Bill Dudley, American football player († 2010)
• 1922 » Ava Gardner, American actress († 1990)

• 1893 » B. T. Finniss, Australian politician, 1st Premier of South Australia (b. 1807)
• 1898 » Charbel Makhluf, Lebanese priest and saint (b. 1828)
• 1914 » John Muir, Scottish-American geologist, botanist, and author, founded Sierra Club (b. 1838)
• 1920 » Stephen Mosher Wood, American lieutenant and politician (b. 1832)
• 1926 » Wesley Coe, American shot putter, hammer thrower, and discus thrower (b. 1879)
• 1931 » Carlo Fornasini, micropalaeontologist (b. 1854)
• 1931 » Flying Hawk, American warrior, educator and historian (b. 1854)
• 1935 » Alban Berg, Austrian composer and educator (b. 1885)
• 1938 » Bruno Taut, German architect and urban planner (b. 1880)
• 1941 » Siegfried Alkan, German composer (b. 1858)

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 19 » Silvertown explosion: A blast at a munitions factory in London kills 73 and injures over 400. The resulting fire causes over £2,000,000 worth of damage.
• February 3 » First World War: The American entry into World War I begins when diplomatic relations with Germany are severed due to its unrestricted submarine warfare.
• March 8 » International Women's Day protests in St. Petersburg mark the beginning of the February Revolution (February 23rd in the Julian calendar).
• March 15 » Tsar Nicholas II of Russia abdicates the Russian throne ending the 304-year Romanov dynasty.
• June 4 » The first Pulitzer Prizes are awarded: Laura E. Richards, Maude H. Elliott, and Florence Hall receive the first Pulitzer for biography (for Julia Ward Howe). Jean Jules Jusserand receives the first Pulitzer for history for his work With Americans of Past and Present Days. Herbert B. Swope receives the first Pulitzer for journalism for his work for the New York World.
• October 12 » World War I: The First Battle of Passchendaele takes place resulting in the largest single-day loss of life in New Zealand history.

The temperature on December 24, 1917 was between -4.5 °C and 4.9 °C and averaged 0.7 °C. There was 2.1 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.