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Birthday March 27, 1917

• The temperature on March 27, 1917 was between -2.6 °C and 5.9 °C and averaged 2.2 °C. There was 8.6 hours of sunshine (68%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north. 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 22 » World War I: President Woodrow Wilson of the still-neutral United States calls for "peace without victory" in Europe.
  • February 5 » The current constitution of Mexico is adopted, establishing a federal republic with powers separated into independent executive, legislative, and judicial branches.
  • April 9 » World War I: The Battle of Arras: The battle begins with Canadian Corps executing a massive assault on Vimy Ridge.
  • July 28 » The Silent Parade took place in New York City, in protest to murders, lynchings, and other violence directed towards African Americans.
  • December 2 » World War I: Russia and the Central Powers sign an armistice at Brest-Litovsk, and peace talks leading to the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk begin.
  • December 7 » World War I: The United States declares war on Austria-Hungary.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1914 » Richard Denning, American actor († 1998)
• 1915 » Robert Lockwood, Jr., American guitarist († 2006)
• 1917 » Cyrus Vance, American lawyer and politician, 57th United States Secretary of State († 2002)
• 1920 » Colin Rowe, English-American architect, theorist and academic († 1999)