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Birthday September 24, 1917

• The temperature on September 24, 1917 was between 11.7 °C and 21.3 °C and averaged 15.5 °C. There was 7.9 hours of sunshine (65%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-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.
  • March 1 » The Zimmermann Telegram is reprinted in newspapers across the United States after the U.S. government releases its unencrypted text.
  • March 31 » According to the terms of the Treaty of the Danish West Indies, the islands become American possessions.
  • July 25 » Sir Robert Borden introduces the first income tax in Canada as a "temporary" measure (lowest bracket is 4% and highest is 25%).
  • September 26 » World War I: The Battle of Polygon Wood begins.
  • October 4 » World War I: The Battle of Broodseinde is fought between the British and German armies in Flanders.
  • November 25 » World War I: German forces defeat Portuguese army of about 1,200 at Negomano on the border of modern-day Mozambique and Tanzania.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1914 » Andrzej Panufnik, Polish pianist, composer, and conductor († 1991)
• 1914 » Esther Eng, Chinese-American film director († 1970)
• 1914 » John Kerr, Australian politician, 18th Governor-General of Australia († 1991)
• 1916 » Ruth Leach Amonette, American businesswoman and author († 2004)
• 1918 » Audra Lindley, American actress († 1997)
• 1918 » Michael J. S. Dewar, Indian-born American theoretical chemist who developed the Dewar–Chatt–Duncanson model († 1997)