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Birthday January 3, 1917

• The temperature on January 3, 1917 was between 8.8 °C and 11.0 °C and averaged 10.1 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the west-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.
  • January 9 » World War I: The Battle of Rafa is fought near the Egyptian border with Palestine.
  • February 5 » The current constitution of Mexico is adopted, establishing a federal republic with powers separated into independent executive, legislative, and judicial branches.
  • August 28 » Ten Suffragettes are arrested while picketing the White House.
  • October 13 » The "Miracle of the Sun" is witnessed by an estimated 70,000 people in the Cova da Iria in Portugal.
  • October 15 » World War I: Dutch dancer Mata Hari is executed by France for espionage.
  • November 7 » The Gregorian calendar date of the October Revolution, which gets its name from the Julian calendar date of 25 October. On this date in 1917, the Bolsheviks storm the Winter Palace.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1915 » Jack Levine, American painter and soldier († 2010)
• 1916 » Betty Furness, American actress and television journalist († 1994)
• 1916 » Fred Haas, American golfer († 2004)
• 1917 » Albert Mol, Dutch author and actor († 2002)
• 1917 » Roger Williams Straus, Jr., American journalist and publisher, co-founded Farrar, Straus and Giroux († 2004)
• 1917 » Vernon A. Walters, American general and diplomat, 17th United States Ambassador to the United Nations († 2002)