About the day » Thursday July 5, 1917Calender converter

• Agneta Jane Evenhuis, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands († 1993)
• Bonnie Winona Purkiss, Northport, Leelanau County, Michigan, Verenigde Staten († 2012)
• Clark Edward Hoskins Lt. Col, Paloma, Adams County, Illinois, Verenigde Staten († 1987)
• Antoine August Lemmens, Heerlen, Limburg, Netherlands († 1917)
• Charlotta Carolina van Campen, Kerkrade,, Limburg, Nederland († 2003)
• Bernardus Antonius Oostewechel, Heeten (Raalte) († 1994)
• Cecilla Anna Mayer, Staycyville († 2011)
• (Koos) Jacobus Anthonius van Haestregt, Rijpwetering, Nederland († 1978)
• Alida Geertruida (alie) Tol, Edam, Nederland († 2012)
• Clifton E. Lewis († 1978)

• Arjen Roos (55), Hospers, Sioux County, Iowa
• Barbera Johanna Nieboer (87), Utrecht
• Antonie Johannes Arnoldus Heerens (76), ‘s-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands
• Anna Maria Stassen (72), Laurensberg, Aachen (D)
• Aleid Nicolaas Adrianus Kemp (Kimp) (40), Culemborg
• Arendiena Schultz (30), Nieuw-Weerdinge, Drenthe, Netherlands
• Catharina Engelina Maria Wolken (1912), Leiden
• Barbara Cornelia Adolphina Wagenaar (60), Batavia (Nederlands Indië)
• Barbara Cornelia Wagenaar (60), Batavia (Ned.Oost Indië)
• Boele Lourens Zwaanstra (77), Engwierum

• 1914 » John Thomas Dunlop, American administrator and labor scholar († 2003)
• 1915 » Al Timothy, Trinidadian musician and songwriter († 2000)
• 1915 » Babe Paley, American socialite († 1978)
• 1915 » John Woodruff, American runner and commander († 2007)
• 1916 » Ivor Powell, Welsh footballer († 2012)
• 1916 » Lívia Rév, Hungarian classical pianist († 2018)
• 1918 » Brian James, Australian actor († 2009)
• 1918 » George Rochberg, American composer and educator († 2005)
• 1918 » K. Karunakaran, Indian lawyer and politician, 7th Chief Minister of Kerala († 2010)
• 1918 » Zakaria Mohieddin, Egyptian general and politician, 33rd Prime Minister of Egypt († 2012)

• 1908 » Jonas Lie, Norwegian author, poet, and playwright (b. 1833)
• 1920 » Max Klinger, German painter and sculptor (b. 1857)
• 1927 » Albrecht Kossel, German physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1853)
• 1929 » Henry Johnson, American sergeant (b. 1897)
• 1932 » Sasha Chorny, Russian poet and author (b. 1880)
• 1935 » Bernard de Pourtalès, Swiss captain and sailor (b. 1870)
• 1937 » Daniel Sawyer, American golfer (b. 1884)
• 1943 » Karin Swanström, Swedish actress, director, and producer (b. 1873)
• 1943 » Kazimierz Junosza-Stępowski, Polish actor (b. 1880)
• 1945 » John Curtin, Australian journalist and politician, 14th Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1885)

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.
• 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.
• July 12 » The Bisbee Deportation occurs as vigilantes kidnap and deport nearly 1,300 striking miners and others from Bisbee, Arizona.
• July 20 » World War I: The Corfu Declaration, which leads to the creation of the post-war Kingdom of Yugoslavia, is signed by the Yugoslav Committee and Kingdom of Serbia.
• August 18 » A Great Fire in Thessaloniki, Greece destroys 32% of the city leaving 70,000 individuals homeless.
• December 15 » World War I: An armistice between Russia and the Central Powers is signed.

The temperature on July 5, 1917 was between 8.9 °C and 18.4 °C and averaged 14.3 °C. There was 7.9 hours of sunshine (48%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.