About the day » Tuesday September 4, 1917Calender converter

• Arend Offrein, Lonneker († 2000)
• Anna Bölle, Wieresch, Haren (Ems) († 1981)
• Cornelia van Rossum, Rotterdam († 1990)
• Antonio Marcelino Dias, São Paulo, Brasil († 1990)
• Clyde McKinley Dean, GA († 1978)
• Aukje Laanstra, Surhuizum, gem. Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland († 1951)
• Barbara Evelyn Peterson, Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, Verenigde Staten († 1995)
• Arend van Beek, Aardenburg († 2006)
• Anna Bölle, Wieresch, Haren (Ems), Landkreis Emsland, Lower Saxony, Germany († 1981)
• Bastiaantje Looij, Herkingen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1992)

• Buitenpost (0), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelia Alida Mank (13), Ter Aar (Langeraar)
• Angeline Abigail Wright (86), Wilmar, Drew, Arkansas, United States
• Alexander Paul Richard Westerkamp (0), Batavia
• Age Walta (80), Workum
• Catharina Leenders (76), Ubbergen, Arnhem-Nijmegen
• Adriana Cornelia van Hal (83), Zundert
• Arjen Wijnstekers (69), Hedel
• Christiaan Cornelis van Amstel (56), Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
• Christoffel de Hek (71), Hardinxveld

• 1913 » Mickey Cohen, American mob boss († 1976)
• 1913 » Stanford Moore, American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1982)
• 1913 » Victor Kiernan, English historian and academic († 2009)
• 1914 » Rudolf Leiding, German businessman († 2003)
• 1917 » Henry Ford II, American businessman († 1987)
• 1918 » Gerald Wilson, American trumpet player and composer († 2014)
• 1918 » Paul Harvey, American radio host († 2009)
• 1919 » Howard Morris, American actor, director, and screenwriter († 2005)
• 1920 » Clemar Bucci, Argentinian race car driver († 2011)
• 1920 » Craig Claiborne, American journalist, author, and critic († 2000)

• 1864 » John Hunt Morgan, American general (b. 1825)
• 1907 » Edvard Grieg, Norwegian pianist and composer (b. 1843)
• 1909 » Clyde Fitch, American playwright and songwriter (b. 1865)
• 1911 » John Francon Williams, Welsh-born writer, journalist, geographer, historian, cartographer and inventor (b. 1854)
• 1914 » Charles Péguy, French poet and philosopher (b. 1873)
• 1940 » George William de Carteret, French-English journalist and author (b. 1869)
• 1944 » Erich Fellgiebel, German general (b. 1886)
• 1963 » Robert Schuman, Luxembourgian-French politician, 130th Prime Minister of France (b. 1886)
• 1965 » Albert Schweitzer, French-Gabonese physician, theologian, and missionary, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1875)
• 1974 » Creighton Abrams, American general (b. 1914)

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. Antonius

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.
• May 26 » Several powerful tornadoes rip through Illinois, including the city of Mattoon.
• July 27 » World War I: The Allies reach the Yser Canal at the Battle of Passchendaele.
• November 7 » World War I: Third Battle of Gaza ends: British forces capture Gaza from the Ottoman Empire.
• December 9 » World War I: Field Marshal Allenby captures Jerusalem, Palestine.
• December 15 » World War I: An armistice between Russia and the Central Powers is signed.
• December 20 » Cheka, the first Soviet secret police force, is founded.

The temperature on September 4, 1917 was between 5.8 °C and 20.5 °C and averaged 13.6 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 11.3 hours of sunshine (84%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.