About the day » Tuesday August 14, 1917Calender converter

• Augusta Charlotte Briët, Tegal, Ned. Indië
• Antonie Johannes Konings († 2006)
• Stolze, de Lier († 1917)
• Adrianus Geerlings, Noordwijkerhout († 1990)
• Annie Stolker, Bergambacht Z.H († 1997)
• Asseltje Wever, Emmen († 2011)
• Abraham Mug († 1942)
• Anna Maria Rolfes (Roelfes), Onstwedde, Groningen, Nederland († 1985)
• Betje Meeter, Kollumerland, 9291, Nederland († 2005)
• Anna Maria Jozefina Lindelauf, Heerlen († 1993)

• Antonius (Antonie) Constantius Ansems (0), Ossendrecht, Netherlands
• Aaltje Jonkers (23), Havelte
• Arie Leewis (21), Utrecht
• Aaltje van der Scheer (70), Musselkanaal, Onstwedde, Groningen, Nederland
• Auguste ALLIET (58), Zwevezele, West-Vlaanderen, België
• Adrianus Jacobsz Bos (59), Rotterdam, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Alagonda Geertruida Adriani (82), Oude Pekela (gem. Pekela)
• Angeloah Shaw (99), Burton, Keya Paha, Nebraska
• Albertus Jansen (72), Kootwijkerbroek
• Angenieta de Groot (72), Wildervank

• 1912 » Frank Oppenheimer, American physicist and academic († 1985)
• 1913 » Hector Crawford, Australian director and producer († 1991)
• 1913 » Paul Dean, American baseball player († 1981)
• 1914 » Herman Branson, American physicist, chemist, and academic († 1995)
• 1915 » B. A. Santamaria, Australian political activist and publisher († 1998)
• 1916 » Frank and John Craighead, American naturalists (twins, Frank d. 2001, John d. 2016)
• 1916 » Fumio Fujimura, Japanese baseball player and manager († 1992)
• 1916 » Wellington Mara, American businessman († 2005)
• 1918 » Patsy Smart, English actress († 1996)
• 1922 » Leslie Marr, English race car driver

• 1890 » Michael J. McGivney, American priest, founded the Knights of Columbus (b. 1852)
• 1905 » Simeon Solomon, English soldier and painter (b. 1840)
• 1909 » William Stanley, American engineer and philanthropist (b. 1829)
• 1926 » John H. Moffitt, American sergeant and politician, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1843)
• 1928 » Klabund, German author and poet (b. 1890)
• 1938 » Hugh Trumble, Australian cricketer and accountant (b. 1876)
• 1941 » Maximilian Kolbe, Polish martyr and saint (b. 1894)
• 1941 » Paul Sabatier, French chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1854)
• 1943 » Joe Kelley, American baseball player and manager (b. 1871)
• 1943 » Lore Berger, Swiss author and translator (b. 1921)

• 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 17 » The United States pays Denmark $25 million for the Virgin Islands.
• March 31 » According to the terms of the Treaty of the Danish West Indies, the islands become American possessions.
• June 4 » The first Pulitzer Prizes are awarded: Laura E. Richards, Maude H. Elliott, and Florence Hall receive the first Pulitzer for biography (for Julia Ward Howe). Jean Jules Jusserand receives the first Pulitzer for history for his work With Americans of Past and Present Days. Herbert B. Swope receives the first Pulitzer for journalism for his work for the New York World.
• 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.
• June 11 » King Alexander assumes the throne of Greece after his father, Constantine I, abdicates under pressure from allied armies occupying Athens.
• July 31 » World War I: The Battle of Passchendaele begins near Ypres in West Flanders, Belgium.

The temperature on August 14, 1917 was between 11.2 °C and 21.5 °C and averaged 15.9 °C. There was 19.6 mm of rain. There was 1.3 hours of sunshine (9%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.