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Day of marriage May 31, 1917

• The temperature on May 31, 1917 was between 9.7 °C and 22.0 °C and averaged 15.5 °C. There was 9.9 hours of sunshine (60%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west. 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 8 » International Women's Day protests in St. Petersburg mark the beginning of the February Revolution (February 23rd in the Julian calendar).
  • April 6 » World War I: The United States declares war on Germany (see President Woodrow Wilson's address to Congress).
  • May 26 » Several powerful tornadoes rip through Illinois, including the city of Mattoon.
  • May 27 » Pope Benedict XV promulgates the 1917 Code of Canon Law, the first comprehensive codification of Catholic canon law in the legal history of the Catholic Church.
  • July 25 » Sir Robert Borden introduces the first income tax in Canada as a "temporary" measure (lowest bracket is 4% and highest is 25%).
  • 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.