About the day » Tuesday June 5, 1917Calender converter

• Arie B L Koole, Canada († 1991)
• Adriana Maria Noordam, 's-Gravenzande, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands († 2004)
• Aaltje Dragt, Bruchterveld († 1994)
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• Anna Schmäing, Gelsenkirchen, Deutschland († 2002)
• Hershman († 1979)
• Arie Bastiaan Leendert Koole, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada († 1991)
• Arend Jacobus (Jan) Wakkee († 2000)
• Akke Maartje de Jong, De Lier († 2002)
• Arie Bastiaan Leendert Koole, Alberta, Canada († 1991)

• Anna Margaretha Catharina Notermans (51), Ulestraten, LI, Netherlands
• Anna Marie HOLSTEENS (100), Diepenbeek
• Adriana Huibregtse (65), Sheboygan County, Wisconsin, Verenigde Staten
• Aagje Geel (90), Rotterdam (Zuid-Holland)
• Amelia Deprez (76), Ichtegem,8480,West-Vlaanderen,België
• Aloijsius Matthias Hoogervorst (1), Ter Aar, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aloijsius Matthias Hoogervorst (1), Ter Aar
• Abel Dekker (75), Ter-Apelkanaal Vlagwedde Westerwolde Groningen Nederland
• Aloysius Matthias Hoogervorst (1), Ter Aar (Papenveer)
• Albertus Ramakers (0), Hoepertingen, België

• 1912 » Dean Amadon, American ornithologist and author († 2003)
• 1912 » Eric Hollies, English cricketer († 1981)
• 1913 » Conrad Marca-Relli, American-Italian painter and academic († 2000)
• 1914 » Beatrice de Cardi, English archaeologist and academic († 2016)
• 1916 » Eddie Joost, American baseball player and manager († 2011)
• 1916 » Sid Barnes, Australian cricketer († 1973)
• 1919 » Richard Scarry, American-Swiss author and illustrator († 1994)
• 1920 » Cornelius Ryan, Irish-American journalist and author († 1974)
• 1920 » Marion Motley, American football player and coach († 1999)
• 1922 » Paul Couvret, Dutch-Australian soldier, pilot, and politician († 2013)

• 1900 » Stephen Crane, American poet, novelist, and short story writer (b. 1871)
• 1906 » Karl Robert Eduard von Hartmann, German philosopher and author (b. 1842)
• 1910 » O. Henry, American short story writer (b. 1862)
• 1913 » Chris von der Ahe, German-American businessman (b. 1851)
• 1916 » Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener, Irish-born British field marshal and politician, Secretary of State for War (b. 1850)
• 1920 » Rhoda Broughton, Welsh-English author (b. 1840)
• 1921 » Georges Feydeau, French playwright (b. 1862)
• 1921 » Will Crooks, English trade unionist and politician (b. 1852)
• 1930 » Eric Lemming, Swedish athlete (b. 1880)
• 1930 » Pascin, Bulgarian-French painter and illustrator (b. 1885)

• 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 25 » The Georgian Orthodox Church restores its autocephaly abolished by Imperial Russia in 1811.
• April 2 » World War I: United States President Woodrow Wilson asks the U.S. Congress for a declaration of war on Germany.
• May 26 » Several powerful tornadoes rip through Illinois, including the city of Mattoon.
• June 5 » World War I: Conscription begins in the United States as "Army registration day".
• November 24 » In Milwaukee, nine members of the Milwaukee Police Department are killed by a bomb, the most deaths in a single event in U.S. police history until the September 11 attacks in 2001.

The temperature on June 5, 1917 was between 8.6 °C and 25.6 °C and averaged 17.6 °C. There was 14.2 hours of sunshine (86%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north.