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May 1, 1917Died on Wednesday May 2, 1917
- Aaltje Everts WILTJER (78), Groningen Groningen Netherlands
- Aaltje van Maanen (84), Nijkerk, Gld, NL
- Aaltje Wijbenga (2), Borger
- Aaltje WILTJER (78), Groningen, 2116, Groningen, Nederland
- Aaltje van Maanen (84), Nijkerk
- Jan van Dijl (83), Rotterdam
- Anna Schwenke (77), Ahlen, Kluse
- Aaltje Groeneveld (69), Brummen, Nederland
- Adam Gerhard (74), Reinsfeld, Deutschland
- Lambertus Kampen (57), Eindhoven
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from May 2, 1917 at Delpher
Born on May 2
- 1913 » Pietro Frua, Italian coachbuilder and car designer († 1983)
- 1915 » Doris Fisher, American singer-songwriter († 2003)
- 1915 » Peggy Mount, English actress († 2001)
- 1917 » Albert Castelyns, Belgian water polo player and bobsledder
- 1917 » Văn Tiến Dũng, Vietnamese general and politician, 6th Minister of Defence for Vietnam († 2002)
- 1920 » Guinn Smith, American pole vaulter, soldier, and pilot († 2004)
- 1920 » Jacob Gilboa, Israeli composer († 2007)
- 1920 » Jean-Marie Auberson, Swiss violinist and conductor († 2004)
- 1920 » Otto Buchsbaum, Austrian-Brazilian journalist and activist († 2000)
- 1920 » Vasantrao Deshpande, Indian singer and sitar player († 1983)
Died on May 2
- 1915 » Clara Immerwahr, German chemist (b. 1870)
- 1918 » Jüri Vilms, Estonian lawyer and politician (b. 1889)
- 1925 » Antun Branko Šimić, Croatian and Bosnian-Herzegovinian poet (b. 1898)
- 1925 » Johann Palisa, Austrian astronomer (b. 1848)
- 1927 » Ernest Starling, English physiologist and academic (b. 1866)
- 1929 » Charalambos Tseroulis, Greek general and politician, Greek Minister for Military Affairs (b. 1879)
- 1941 » Penelope Delta, Greek author (b. 1874)
- 1945 » Joe Corbett, American baseball player and journalist (b. 1875)
- 1945 » Martin Bormann, German politician (b. 1900)
- 1947 » Dorothea Binz, German SS officer (b. 1920)
Names that were popular for boys in 1917
- Johannes
- Jan
- Cornelis
- Hendrik
- Willem
- Petrus
- Pieter
- Jacobus
- Gerrit
- Antonius
- Adrianus
- Wilhelmus
- Albert
- Gerardus
- Jacob
- Hendrikus
Names that were popular for girls in 1917
- Maria
- Johanna
- Cornelia
- Anna
- Elisabeth
- Wilhelmina
- Catharina
- Hendrika
- Adriana
- Petronella
- Jacoba
- Helena
- Geertruida
- Antonia
- Margaretha
- Marie
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.
- February 5 » The Congress of the United States passes the Immigration Act of 1917 over President Woodrow Wilson's veto.
- March 4 » Jeannette Rankin of Montana becomes the first female member of the United States House of Representatives.
- April 12 » World War I: Canadian forces successfully complete the taking of Vimy Ridge from the Germans.
- 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 11 » King Alexander assumes the throne of Greece after his father, Constantine I, abdicates under pressure from allied armies occupying Athens.
- July 28 » The Silent Parade took place in New York City, in protest to murders, lynchings, and other violence directed towards African Americans.
The weather on Wednesday May 2, 1917
The temperature on May 2, 1917 was between 0.4 °C and 17.5 °C and averaged 10.5 °C. There was 11.5 hours of sunshine (77%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north.
Source: KNMI
Source: KNMI