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Birthday January 13, 1917

• The temperature on January 13, 1917 was between -0.9 °C and 1.6 °C and averaged 0.4 °C. There was 1.3 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. 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.
  • February 3 » First World War: The American entry into World War I begins when diplomatic relations with Germany are severed due to its unrestricted submarine warfare.
  • May 19 » The Norwegian football club Rosenborg BK is founded.
  • June 28 » World War I: Greece joins the Allied powers.
  • July 27 » World War I: The Allies reach the Yser Canal at the Battle of Passchendaele.
  • August 6 » World War I: Battle of Mărășești between the Romanian and German armies begins.
  • December 20 » Cheka, the first Soviet secret police force, is founded.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1914 » Osa Massen, Danish-American actress († 2006)
• 1914 » Ted Willis, Baron Willis, English author, playwright, and screenwriter († 1992)
• 1919 » Robert Stack, American actor († 2003)
• 1921 » Arthur Stevens, English footballer, outside right (d. 2007}
• 1921 » Dachine Rainer, American-English author and poet († 2000)
• 1921 » Necati Cumalı, Greek-Turkish author and poet († 2001)