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Birthday January 26, 1917

• The temperature on January 26, 1917 was between -11.6 °C and -2.4 °C and averaged -6.8 °C. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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.
  • January 19 » Silvertown explosion: A blast at a munitions factory in London kills 73 and injures over 400. The resulting fire causes over £2,000,000 worth of damage.
  • March 26 » World War I: First Battle of Gaza: British troops are halted after 17,000 Turks block their advance.
  • April 6 » World War I: The United States declares war on Germany (see President Woodrow Wilson's address to Congress).
  • 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.
  • November 24 » In Milwaukee, nine members of the Milwaukee Police Department are killed by a bomb, the most deaths in a single event in U.S. police history until the September 11 attacks in 2001.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1915 » William Hopper, American actor († 1970)
• 1917 » Louis Zamperini, American runner and captain († 2014)
• 1918 » Nicolae Ceaușescu, Romanian dictator, 1st President of Romania († 1989)
• 1918 » Philip José Farmer, American author († 2009)
• 1919 » Bill Nicholson, English footballer and manager († 2004)
• 1919 » Valentino Mazzola, Italian footballer († 1949)