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Birthday March 19, 1917

• The temperature on March 19, 1917 was between 3.2 °C and 8.5 °C and averaged 5.6 °C. There was 4.8 mm of rain. There was 1.8 hours of sunshine (15%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
• 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.
• In the year 1917: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.5 million citizens.
  • January 17 » The United States pays Denmark $25 million for the Virgin Islands.
  • March 1 » The Zimmermann Telegram is reprinted in newspapers across the United States after the U.S. government releases its unencrypted text.
  • July 25 » Sir Robert Borden introduces the first income tax in Canada as a "temporary" measure (lowest bracket is 4% and highest is 25%).
  • July 27 » World War I: The Allies reach the Yser Canal at the Battle of Passchendaele.
  • September 14 » The Russian Empire is formally replaced by the Russian Republic.
  • October 31 » World War I: Battle of Beersheba: The "last successful cavalry charge in history".

Source: Wikipedia

• 1915 » Patricia Morison, American actress and singer († 2018)
• 1915 » Robert G. Cole, American colonel, Medal of Honor recipient († 1944)
• 1916 » Eric Christmas, English-Canadian actor († 2000)
• 1916 » Irving Wallace, American journalist, author, and screenwriter († 1990)
• 1917 » Laszlo Szabo, Hungarian chess player († 1998)
• 1919 » Lennie Tristano, American pianist, composer, and educator († 1978)