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Birthday January 30, 1917

• The temperature on January 30, 1917 was between -9.0 °C and -3.6 °C and averaged -5.4 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. 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.
  • May 13 » Three children report the first apparition of Our Lady of Fátima in Fátima, Portugal.
  • May 21 » The Great Atlanta fire of 1917 causes $5.5million in damages, destroying some 300 acres including 2,000 homes, businesses and churches, displacing about 10,000 people but leading to only one fatality (due to heart attack).
  • July 12 » The Bisbee Deportation occurs as vigilantes kidnap and deport nearly 1,300 striking miners and others from Bisbee, Arizona.
  • September 26 » World War I: The Battle of Polygon Wood begins.
  • November 20 » World War I: Battle of Cambrai begins: British forces make early progress in an attack on German positions but are later pushed back.
  • December 20 » Cheka, the first Soviet secret police force, is founded.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1914 » Luc-Marie Bayle, French commander and painter († 2000)
• 1915 » Joachim Peiper, German SS officer († 1976)
• 1915 » John Profumo, English soldier and politician, Secretary of State for War († 2006)
• 1917 » Paul Frère, Belgian race car driver and journalist († 2008)
• 1918 » David Opatoshu, American actor and screenwriter († 1996)
• 1919 » Fred Korematsu, American activist († 2005)