About the day » Monday December 3, 1917Calender converter

• Anna Maria Hubertina van Eijs, Voerendaal, Limburg, Nederland († 1997)
• Berta Backert, Duisburg, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Duitsland († 1992)
• Antonius Marinus Vergouwen, Rucphen, Noord Brabant, Nederland († 1993)
• Antoon Martens, Afferden (Bergen), Limburg, Nederland († 1972)
• George (Sjors) Zuiidgeest, ! Rotterdam († 1981)
• Anne Mason BABCOCK, Glencoe Gallatin County Kentucky U.S.A († 2001)
• Adriaan Cornelis de Bever, Terheijden († 1976)
• Ann Mason Babcock, Glencoe, Gallatin, Kentucky, United States († 2001)
• Anna Cornelia van Waas, Gouda († 1996)
• Cijrillus Antonius van der Ha, Nieuw-Namen,, Zeeland, Nederland († 1997)

• Arie van den Berg (77), Delft, Nederland
• Antje Douwe DE Boer (68), Chicago, Cook, Illinois, Verenigde Staten
• Albert Wind (2), Rectum, Overijssel, Nederland
• Antonij Brinkman (62), Deventer, Ov, Nederland
• Albert Wind (2), Wierden
• Aafke Damave (28), Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aafke Damave (27), Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antonij Brinkman (62), Deventer,Gemeente Deventer, Overijssel, Nederland
• Arnolda Hogendoorn (76), Kamerik
• Antje Douwes de Boer (68), Chicago, Illinois, Verenigde Staten

• 1911 » Nino Rota, Italian pianist, composer, conductor, and academic († 1979)
• 1914 » Irving Fine, American composer and academic († 1962)
• 1918 » Abdul Haris Nasution, Indonesian general and politician, 12th Indonesian Minister of Defence († 2000)
• 1919 » Charles Lynch, Canadian journalist and author († 1994)
• 1921 » John Doar, American lawyer and activist († 2014)
• 1921 » Phyllis Curtin, American soprano and academic († 2016)
• 1922 » Eli Mandel, Canadian poet, critic, and academic († 1992)
• 1922 » Len Lesser, American actor († 2011)
• 1922 » Sven Nykvist, Swedish director and cinematographer († 2006)
• 1923 » Trevor Bailey, English cricketer and sportscaster († 2011)

• 1902 » Robert Lawson, New Zealand architect, designed the Otago Boys' High School and Knox Church (b. 1833)
• 1904 » David Bratton, American water polo player (b. 1869)
• 1910 » Mary Baker Eddy, American religious leader and author, founded Christian Science (b. 1821)
• 1912 » Prudente de Morais, Brazilian lawyer and politician, 3rd President of Brazil (b. 1841)
• 1917 » Harold Garnett, English-French cricketer (b. 1879)
• 1919 » Pierre-Auguste Renoir, French painter and sculptor (b. 1841)
• 1928 » Ezra Meeker, American farmer and politician (b. 1830)
• 1934 » Charles James O'Donnell, Irish lawyer and politician (b. 1849)
• 1935 » Princess Victoria of the United Kingdom (b. 1868)
• 1937 » William Propsting, Australian politician, 20th Premier of Tasmania (b. 1861)

• 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 22 » World War I: President Woodrow Wilson of the still-neutral United States calls for "peace without victory" in Europe.
• January 31 » World War I: Germany announces that its U-boats will resume unrestricted submarine warfare after a two-year hiatus.
• July 28 » The Silent Parade took place in New York City, in protest to murders, lynchings, and other violence directed towards African Americans.
• August 6 » World War I: Battle of Mărășești between the Romanian and German armies begins.
• November 7 » World War I: Third Battle of Gaza ends: British forces capture Gaza from the Ottoman Empire.
• 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.

The temperature on December 3, 1917 was between -1.1 °C and 2.3 °C and averaged 0.5 °C. There was 6.6 mm of rain. There was 2.1 hours of sunshine (26%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the northwest.