Family tree Kuiper » Ansing (1917)

Birthday June 24, 1917

• The temperature on June 24, 1917 was between 10.8 °C and 19.4 °C and averaged 15.3 °C. There was 4.4 hours of sunshine (26%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 2 » The enactment of the Jones–Shafroth Act grants Puerto Ricans United States citizenship.
  • April 6 » World War I: The United States declares war on Germany (see President Woodrow Wilson's address to Congress).
  • October 12 » World War I: The First Battle of Passchendaele takes place resulting in the largest single-day loss of life in New Zealand history.
  • November 28 » The Estonian Provincial Assembly declares itself the sovereign power of Estonia.
  • December 20 » Cheka, the first Soviet secret police force, is founded.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1916 » Saloua Raouda Choucair, Lebanese painter and sculptor († 2017)
• 1916 » William B. Saxbe, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 70th United States Attorney General († 2010)
• 1917 » David Easton, Canadian-American political scientist and academic († 2014)
• 1917 » Joan Clarke, English cryptanalyst and numismatist († 1996)
• 1917 » Lucy Jarvis, American television producer († 2020)
• 1917 » Ramblin' Tommy Scott, American singer and guitarist († 2013)