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Birthday March 6, 1917

• The temperature on March 6, 1917 was between -3.6 °C and 2.7 °C and averaged -0.8 °C. There was 4.7 hours of sunshine (42%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east. 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 17 » The United States pays Denmark $25 million for the Virgin Islands.
  • February 24 » World War I: The U.S. ambassador Walter Hines Page to the United Kingdom is given the Zimmermann Telegram, in which Germany pledges to ensure the return of New Mexico, Texas, and Arizona to Mexico if Mexico declares war on the United States.
  • June 26 » World War I: The American Expeditionary Forces begin to arrive in France. They will first enter combat four months later.
  • November 2 » The Military Revolutionary Committee of the Petrograd Soviet, in charge of preparation and carrying out the Russian Revolution, holds its first meeting.
  • November 5 » October Revolution: Lenin calls for the October Revolution.
  • November 26 » The Manchester Guardian publishes the 1916 secret Sykes-Picot Agreement between the United Kingdom and France.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1917 » Donald Davidson, American philosopher and academic († 2003)
• 1917 » Frankie Howerd, English comedian († 1992)
• 1917 » Will Eisner, American illustrator and publisher († 2005)
• 1918 » Howard McGhee, American trumpeter († 1987)
• 1920 » Lewis Gilbert, English director, producer, and screenwriter († 2018)
• 1921 » Leo Bretholz, Austrian-American holocaust survivor and author († 2014)