About the day » Tuesday July 10, 1917Calender converter

• Alexander Adolf KOSTER († 2019)
• Brenkman, Gouda († 1917)
• Aart Willem Catharinnus de Jong († 1917)
• Bessie Maynor, Fayetteville, Cumberland, North Carolina, Verenigde Staten († 2002)
• Arie Berkhof, Vleuten, Utrecht, Netherlands († 1917)
• Alvin Valene Engelby, Kossuth Co., IA († 1953)
• André Robert Houdebine, Parijs († 1982)
• Armand Napoleon Liefveld, Semarang, Java, Ned. Indie
• Alberdina Christina Goores, Amsterdam,Amsterdam,Noord-Holland,Nederland († 1992)
• Beertje Koster, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands († 1998)

• Antonetta van Delft (63), 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Kort (4), Tallmadge Township (USA)
• Allegonda Eliëns (65), Lith, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Abbie Lucy Mink (68), Peaks Island, Cumberland, Maine, Verenigde Staten
• "Wilhelm" Karl Friedrich August Gustav Lothar von Schlippenbach (62), Schönermark, Allemagne
• Aart Vijfwinkel (16), Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anthonij Braxhoven (64), Leiden
• Behrend Buskohl (66), Grundy County, Iowa
• Arend Kleis (70), Ruinen, Drenthe, Netherlands(Stuifzand)
• Anthony Braxhoven (64), Leiden, Zuid Holland, Nederland

• 1914 » Joe Shuster, Canadian-American illustrator, co-created Superman († 1992)
• 1916 » Judith Jasmin, Canadian journalist († 1972)
• 1917 » Hugh Alexander, American baseball player and scout († 2000)
• 1917 » Reg Smythe, English cartoonist († 1998)
• 1918 » Chuck Stevens, American baseball player († 2018)
• 1918 » Frank L. Lambert, Professor Emeritus of Chemistry at Occidental College († 2018)
• 1918 » Fred Wacker, American race driver and engineer († 1998)
• 1918 » James Aldridge, Australian-English journalist and author († 2015)
• 1919 » Ian Wallace, English actor and singer († 2009)
• 1919 » Pierre Gamarra, French author, poet, and critic († 2009)

• 1881 » Georg Hermann Nicolai, German architect and academic (b. 1812)
• 1884 » Paul Morphy, American chess player (b. 1837)
• 1908 » Phoebe Knapp, American organist and composer (b. 1839)
• 1915 » Hendrik Willem Mesdag, Dutch painter (b. 1831)
• 1920 » John Fisher, 1st Baron Fisher, British admiral (b. 1841)
• 1929 » Ève Lavallière, French actress (b. 1866)
• 1941 » Huntley Wright, English actor (b. 1868)
• 1941 » Jelly Roll Morton, American pianist, composer, and bandleader (b. 1890)
• 1950 » Richard Maury, American-Argentinian engineer (b. 1882)
• 1952 » Rued Langgaard, Danish organist and composer (b. 1893)

• 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 31 » World War I: Germany announces that its U-boats will resume unrestricted submarine warfare after a two-year hiatus.
• March 2 » The enactment of the Jones–Shafroth Act grants Puerto Ricans United States citizenship.
• July 17 » King George V issues a Proclamation stating that the male line descendants of the British Royal Family will bear the surname Windsor.
• October 31 » World War I: Battle of Beersheba: The "last successful cavalry charge in history".
• November 26 » The Manchester Guardian publishes the 1916 secret Sykes-Picot Agreement between the United Kingdom and France.
• December 6 » Halifax Explosion: A munitions explosion near Halifax, Nova Scotia kills more than 1,900 people in the largest artificial explosion up to that time.

The temperature on July 10, 1917 was between 12.2 °C and 17.8 °C and averaged 14.5 °C. There was 5.1 mm of rain. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.