About the day » Wednesday September 19, 1917Calender converter

• Anna Bernhardine VAN BEKKUM, Borbeck, Noordrijn-Westfalen, Duitsland († 2013)
• Adrianus Hubertus van der Bijl, Amsterdam († 2003)
• Antonie (Anette) Emelie Schmidt († 2003)
• Berend Schoenmaker, Jipsingboertange Vlagtwedde Westerwolde Groningen Nederland († 1972)
• Bernice E. Parks († 1988)
• Antje Sipkesd ANEMA, Franeker, Friesland, Nederland († 2010)
• KUSÉ († 1939)
• Anna Pannekoek († 1964)
• Antje Schuiten, Groningen († 1994)
• Anje Elsiena Kraster, Wildervank († 1918)

• Arie Moret (33), Strijen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Louisa Shailer (75), Spokane, Spokane, Washington
• Arie Moret (33), Strijen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Abraham Kaashoek (21), Steenbergen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Bernardus Roelf SLEUMER (79), Uithuizen
• Anna Catharina Stedelaers (77), 's-Hertogenbosch
• Bernardus Sleumer (79), Uithuizen, Groningen, Nederland
• Adriana Christina van den Heuvel (0), Tongelre
• Abraham Jongkind (44), Schoten, Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus VERMEULEN (77), Reeuwijk

• 1912 » Reuben David, Indian veterinarian and zoo founder († 1989)
• 1913 » Frances Farmer, American actress († 1970)
• 1913 » Helen Ward, American singer († 1998)
• 1915 » Germán Valdés, Mexican actor, singer, and producer († 1973)
• 1918 » Pablita Velarde, Santa Clara Pueblo (Native American) painter († 2006)
• 1919 » Amalia Hernández, Mexican choreographer and dancer († 2000)
• 1919 » Roger Grenier, French journalist and author († 2017)
• 1920 » Roger Angell, American journalist and author
• 1921 » Billy Ward, American R&B singer-songwriter († 2002)
• 1921 » Paulo Freire, Brazilian philosopher, theorist, and academic († 1997)

• 1893 » Alexander Tilloch Galt, English-Canadian politician, 1st Canadian Minister of Finance (b. 1817)
• 1902 » Masaoka Shiki, Japanese poet, author, and critic (b. 1867)
• 1905 » Thomas John Barnardo, Irish-English philanthropist (b. 1845)
• 1906 » Maria Georgina Grey, English educator, founded the Girls' Day School Trust (b. 1816)
• 1924 » Alick Bannerman, Australian cricketer and coach (b. 1854)
• 1927 » Michael Ancher, Danish painter (b. 1849)
• 1935 » Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, Russian scientist and engineer (b. 1857)
• 1936 » Vishnu Narayan Bhatkhande, Indian singer and musicologist (b. 1860)
• 1942 » Condé Montrose Nast, American publisher, founded Condé Nast Publications (b. 1873)
• 1944 » Guy Gibson, Indian-English commander, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1918)

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 11 » World War I: Mesopotamian campaign: Baghdad falls to Anglo-Indian forces commanded by General Stanley Maude.
• April 16 » Vladimir Lenin returns to Petrograd, Russia, from exile in Switzerland.
• May 13 » Three children report the first apparition of Our Lady of Fátima in Fátima, Portugal.
• November 5 » Tikhon is elected the Patriarch of Moscow and of the Russian Orthodox Church.
• November 26 » The National Hockey League is formed, with the Montreal Canadiens, Montreal Wanderers, Ottawa Senators, Quebec Bulldogs, and Toronto Arenas as its first teams.
• December 6 » Finland declares independence from Soviet Russia.

The temperature on September 19, 1917 was between 15.9 °C and 20.4 °C and averaged 17.0 °C. There was 3.1 mm of rain. There was 2.9 hours of sunshine (23%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.