About the day » Thursday July 19, 1917Calender converter

• Betty Smiley, Nebraska († 2007)
• Adrianus Theodorus van Asselen, Vinkeveen († 1917)
• Adrianus Theodorus van Asselen-, Vinkeveen, Nederland († 1917)
• Christiaan Boone, Gemeente Vlissingen, Zeeland, Nederland († 2011)
• Anna Theresia Kral, Vlagtwedde († 2009)
• Agnes Waldahl, Todd, Minnesota, Verenigde Staten († 1927)
• Catharina C.H. van Dalen († 1993)
• Arendje Meijvogel, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1918)
• Adriana Elisabeth Bentvelzen, Naaldwijk († 1994)
• Adrianus Leonardus Wildenberg, Delft († 1982)

• Anna Barbara Vrancken (62), Maastricht
• Albert Schouten, Princenhage, Nederland
• Abraham de Vlieger (0), Waddinxveen
• Augustinus Bervoets (35), Alphen en Riel
• Bailey Paul "Pomp" Woodall (71), Lebanon, Wilson County, Tennessee, Verenigde Staten
• Albertus Pieter Johannes Schoonemeijer (62), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Wanten (1), Elsloo (Stein), Limburg, Nederland
• Ate Nienhuis (63), Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Agraphina Augustina van der Does (81), Batavia, Java Indonesia
• Augustinus Bervoets (35), Alphen en Riel, Gemeente Alphen en Riel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1913 » Kay Linaker, American actress and screenwriter († 2008)
• 1914 » Marius Russo, American baseball player († 2005)
• 1915 » Åke Hellman, Finnish painter († 2017)
• 1916 » Phil Cavarretta, American baseball player and manager († 2010)
• 1917 » William Scranton, American captain and politician, 13th United States Ambassador to the United Nations († 2013)
• 1919 » Miltos Sachtouris, Greek poet and author († 2005)
• 1919 » Patricia Medina, English-American actress († 2012)
• 1919 » Ron Searle, English-Canadian soldier, publisher, and politician, 4th Mayor of Mississauga († 2015)
• 1920 » Richard Oriani, Salvadoran-American metallurgist and engineer († 2015)
• 1920 » Robert Mann, American violinist, composer, and conductor († 2018)

• 1896 » Abraham H. Cannon, American publisher and religious leader (b. 1859)
• 1913 » Clímaco Calderón, Colombian lawyer and politician, 15th President of Colombia (b. 1852)
• 1925 » John Indermaur, British lawyer (b. 1851)
• 1930 » Robert Stout, Scottish-New Zealand politician, 13th Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1844)
• 1933 » Kaarle Krohn, Finnish historian and academic (b. 1863)
• 1939 » Rose Hartwick Thorpe, American poet and author (b. 1850)
• 1943 » Yekaterina Budanova, Russian captain and pilot (b. 1916)
• 1947 » Aung San, Burmese general and politician (b. 1915)
• 1947 » Lyuh Woon-hyung, South Korean politician (b. 1886)
• 1947 » U Razak, Burmese educator and politician (b. 1898)

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.
• June 7 » World War I: Battle of Messines: Allied soldiers detonate a series of mines underneath German trenches at Messines Ridge, killing 10,000 German troops.
• July 25 » Sir Robert Borden introduces the first income tax in Canada as a "temporary" measure (lowest bracket is 4% and highest is 25%).
• November 2 » The Military Revolutionary Committee of the Petrograd Soviet, in charge of preparation and carrying out the Russian Revolution, holds its first meeting.
• November 8 » The first Council of People's Commissars is formed, including Vladimir Lenin, Leon Trotsky and Joseph Stalin.
• December 7 » World War I: The United States declares war on Austria-Hungary.
• December 9 » World War I: Field Marshal Allenby captures Jerusalem, Palestine.

The temperature on July 19, 1917 was between 13.4 °C and 18.5 °C and averaged 17.1 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.