About the day » Monday July 23, 1917Calender converter

• Albertus Braam, Zutphen († 1917)
• Amelia Sliedregt, Batavia Java, Ned. Indie
• Adriana Wilhelmina Rovers, Oud en Nieuw Gastel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1972)
• Jansen, Nijmegen († 1917)
• Alfons Renaat Albert Ghyssens, Asse,, Vlaams-Brabant, België († 2002)
• Adolphina Geertruida van den Bosch, Amsterdam, Netherlands († 1996)
• Aaltje DALSEM, Meppel, Drenthe, Nederland († 1978)
• Angele Van Hee, Oostnieuwkerke West Vlaanderen België († 1964)
• Agnes Virginia Todd, Parkersburg, Wood, West Virginia, Verenigde Staten († 2001)
• Aleid Lans, Oldebroek († 1988)

• Antonia Cornelia Rooth (0), Boxtel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aatje Andries Miedema (68)
• Angelina Van Achter (78), Londerzeel
• Ariaantje Oudenaarden (66), Haarlem
• Anna Maria Vollenberg (68), Venray, Limburg, Netherlands
• Aaltjen Vels (60), Hengelo, Gelderland, Nederland
• van Holstein (57)
• Anthony Birkhoff (34), Lodi, New Jersey, United States of America
• Anthony Birkhoff (34), Lodi, New Jersey, Verenigde Staten
• Andries Van De Bunt (36), Amsterdam

• 1912 » M. H. Abrams, American author, critic, and academic († 2015)
• 1913 » Michael Foot, English journalist and politician, Secretary of State for Employment († 2010)
• 1914 » Elly Annie Schneider, German-American actress († 2004)
• 1914 » Nassos Daphnis, Greek-American painter (d.2010)
• 1914 » Virgil Finlay, American illustrator († 1971)
• 1916 » Laurel Martyn, Australian ballerina and choreographer († 2013)
• 1918 » Abraham Bueno de Mesquita, Dutch comedian and actor († 2005)
• 1918 » Pee Wee Reese, American baseball player and sportscaster († 1999)
• 1918 » Ruth Duccini, American actress († 2014)
• 1921 » Calvert DeForest, American actor († 2007)

• 1904 » John Douglas, English-Australian politician, 7th Premier of Queensland (b. 1828)
• 1909 » Frederick Holder, Australian politician, 19th Premier of South Australia (b. 1850)
• 1916 » William Ramsay, Scottish-English chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1852)
• 1919 » Spyridon Lambros, Greek historian and politician, 100th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1851)
• 1920 » Conrad Kohrs, German-American rancher and politician (b. 1835)
• 1924 » Frank Frost Abbott, American author and scholar (b. 1850)
• 1926 » Viktor Vasnetsov, Russian painter (b. 1848)
• 1927 » Reginald Dyer, British brigadier general (b. 1864)
• 1930 » Glenn Curtiss, American pilot and engineer (b. 1878)
• 1932 » Tenby Davies, Welsh runner (b. 1884)

• 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 8 » The United States Senate votes to limit filibusters by adopting the cloture rule.
• June 23 » In a game against the Washington Senators, Boston Red Sox pitcher Ernie Shore retires 26 batters in a row after replacing Babe Ruth, who had been ejected for punching the umpire.
• October 12 » World War I: The First Battle of Passchendaele takes place resulting in the largest single-day loss of life in New Zealand history.
• October 31 » World War I: Battle of Beersheba: The "last successful cavalry charge in history".
• December 6 » Finland declares independence from Soviet Russia.

The temperature on July 23, 1917 was between 7.3 °C and 23.5 °C and averaged 16.0 °C. There was 11.9 hours of sunshine (74%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest.