About the day » Monday August 6, 1917Calender converter

• Huisman, Gendt
• Adriaan Jan van der Leun († 1986)
• Alida Johanna Maria Melchers, Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1917)
• Antonius Adrianus Maria Aarts, Tilburg, NB Netherlands († 1960)
• Antonius Arnoldus Van Heumen, Bergharen (Wijchen) († 1996)
• Adriana Cornelia "Sjaan" de Jonge, Krabbendijke, Zeeland, Nederland († 2017)
• Arie Stehouwer, Rotterdam († 1948)
• Antonia Cornelia (Ton) Riel, van, Tilburg († 2016)
• Aparecida Pires de Camargo († 2005)
• Bastiaan Van Wijk, Hillegersberg,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2003)

• Arend de Groot (42), Schoonloo, Rolde
• Albert de Vries (0), Emmen
• Adriana Mieris of Mieres, 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Boldewijn Wolter Adriaan Arend baron van Dedem (67), Passy
• Alida Heijn (31), Amsterdam, NH, Nederland
• Arnoldus den Boer (61), Nieuw-Lekkerland
• Antje Brouwer (32), Barsingerhorn
• Aukje Spaak (22), Groningen
• Bernardo Ramos Toro (3), Sonsón, Colombia
• Anne Jacobus Nagtegaal (16), Weesp,, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1914 » Gordon Freeth, Australian lawyer and politician, 24th Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs († 2001)
• 1916 » Dom Mintoff, Maltese journalist and politician, 8th Prime Minister of Malta († 2012)
• 1916 » Richard Hofstadter, American historian and academic († 1970)
• 1917 » Barbara Cooney, American author and illustrator († 2000)
• 1917 » Robert Mitchum, American actor († 1997)
• 1918 » Norman Granz, American-Swiss record producer and manager († 2001)
• 1919 » Pauline Betz, American tennis player († 2011)
• 1920 » Ella Raines, American actress († 1988)
• 1920 » John Graves, American author († 2013)
• 1920 » Selma Diamond, Canadian-American actress and screenwriter († 1985)

• 1893 » Jean-Jacques Challet-Venel, Swiss lawyer and politician (b. 1811)
• 1904 » Eduard Hanslick, Austrian author and critic (b. 1825)
• 1906 » George Waterhouse, English-New Zealand politician, 7th Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1824)
• 1915 » Jennie de la Montagnie Lozier, American physician (b. 1841)
• 1920 » Stefan Bastyr, Polish pilot and author (b. 1890)
• 1925 » Gregorio Ricci-Curbastro, Italian mathematician (b. 1853)
• 1925 » Surendranath Banerjee, Indian academic and politician (b. 1848)
• 1931 » Bix Beiderbecke, American cornet player, pianist, and composer (b. 1903)
• 1945 » Hiram Johnson, American lawyer and politician, 23rd Governor of California (b. 1866)
• 1945 » Richard Bong, American soldier and pilot, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1920)

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.
• February 5 » The Congress of the United States passes the Immigration Act of 1917 over President Woodrow Wilson's veto.
• March 25 » The Georgian Orthodox Church restores its autocephaly abolished by Imperial Russia in 1811.
• April 2 » World War I: United States President Woodrow Wilson asks the U.S. Congress for a declaration of war on Germany.
• May 19 » The Norwegian football club Rosenborg BK is founded.
• July 17 » King George V issues a Proclamation stating that the male line descendants of the British Royal Family will bear the surname Windsor.
• November 2 » The Balfour Declaration proclaims British support for the "establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people" with the clear understanding "that nothing shall be done which may prejudice the civil and religious rights of existing non-Jewish communities".

The temperature on August 6, 1917 was between 13.1 °C and 24.1 °C and averaged 18.0 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 4.0 hours of sunshine (26%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.