About the day » Monday August 20, 1917Calender converter

• Adrianus Johannes Michielsen, Chaam († 1919)
• Akke Koopmans, Augustinusga, gem. Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland († 1932)
• Andres Longoria, La Grulla, Starr, Texas, Verenigde Staten († 1930)
• van der Meij, Wageningen († 1917)
• Antonia Johanna Dissel, Amsterdam
• Alida Vlastuin, Veenendaal, Nederland († 2008)
• Adriana Verreijt, Vlijmen († 1917)
• Alexandre Alec de La Rochefoucauld, Paris 7e († 2008)
• Adriaan de Kievit, Oosterhout, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1917)
• Alexander Lodewijk Maria Frans van La Rochefoucauld Hertog van Estissac, Parijs († 2008)

• Cornelis de Vries, Ilpendam
• Anna Maria Elisabeth Pieper (73), Schoonebeek, Nederland
• Adriana Gottschall (81), nieuw helvoet (zuid holland)
• Charley Visser (6), Holland, Ottawa County, Michigan, Verenigde Staten
• Cente van der Zande (77), Zierikzee
• Antje Smeekes (78), Nijenrode, Breukelen, Utrecht, Nederland
• Abraham van Westbroek (68), Leiden
• Caroline Lydia Lord Noyes (89), Ramsey, Minnesota
• Abraham Westbroek van (68), Leiden
• Adelaide Felicite Isabella Marie van den Heuvel (86), Nijmegen

• 1912 » John H. Michaelis, American general († 1985)
• 1913 » Roger Wolcott Sperry, American neuropsychologist and neurobiologist, Nobel Prize laureate († 1994)
• 1916 » Paul Felix Schmidt, Estonian-German chess player and chemist († 1984)
• 1917 » Terry Sanford, 65th Governor of North Carolina († 1998)
• 1918 » Jacqueline Susann, American actress and author († 1974)
• 1919 » Adamantios Androutsopoulos, Greek lawyer, educator and politician, Prime Minister of Greece († 2000)
• 1919 » Walter Bernstein, American screenwriter and producer
• 1921 » Jack Wilson, Australian cricketer († 1985)
• 1921 » Keith Froome, Australian rugby league player († 1978)
• 1923 » Jim Reeves, American singer-songwriter († 1964)

• 1893 » Alexander Wassilko von Serecki, Austrian lawyer and politician (b. 1827)
• 1897 » Charles Lilley, English-Australian politician, 4th Premier of Queensland (b. 1827)
• 1912 » William Booth, English preacher, co-founded The Salvation Army (b. 1829)
• 1914 » Pope Pius X (b. 1835)
• 1915 » Paul Ehrlich, German physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1854)
• 1917 » Adolf von Baeyer, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1835)
• 1919 » Greg MacGregor, Scottish cricketer and rugby player (b. 1869)
• 1930 » Charles Bannerman, Australian cricketer and umpire (b. 1851)
• 1936 » Edward Weston, English-American chemist (b. 1850)
• 1939 » Agnes Giberne, Indian-English astronomer and author (b. 1845)

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.
• January 31 » World War I: Germany announces that its U-boats will resume unrestricted submarine warfare after a two-year hiatus.
• March 4 » Jeannette Rankin of Montana becomes the first female member of the United States House of Representatives.
• October 4 » World War I: The Battle of Broodseinde is fought between the British and German armies in Flanders.
• November 25 » World War I: German forces defeat Portuguese army of about 1,200 at Negomano on the border of modern-day Mozambique and Tanzania.
• 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.
• December 6 » World War I: USSJacob Jones is the first American destroyer to be sunk by enemy action when it is torpedoed by German submarine SMU-53.

The temperature on August 20, 1917 was between 8.7 °C and 20.5 °C and averaged 14.4 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain. There was 5.9 hours of sunshine (41%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.