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Birthday June 1, 1917

• The temperature on June 1, 1917 was between 7.0 °C and 24.5 °C and averaged 16.6 °C. There was 13.8 hours of sunshine (84%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-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 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.
  • February 3 » First World War: The American entry into World War I begins when diplomatic relations with Germany are severed due to its unrestricted submarine warfare.
  • August 30 » Vietnamese prison guards led by Trịnh Văn Cấn mutiny at the Thái Nguyên penitentiary against local French authority.
  • October 24 » First World War: Italy suffers a disastrous defeat on the Austro-Italian front.
  • November 7 » World War I: Third Battle of Gaza ends: British forces capture Gaza from the Ottoman Empire.
  • November 8 » The first Council of People's Commissars is formed, including Vladimir Lenin, Leon Trotsky and Joseph Stalin.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1913 » Bill Deedes, English journalist and politician († 2007)
• 1915 » John Randolph, American actor († 2004)
• 1916 » Jean Jérôme Hamer, Belgian Cardinal († 1996)
• 1917 » William Standish Knowles, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 2012)
• 1920 » Robert Clarke, American actor and producer († 2005)
• 1921 » Nelson Riddle, American composer and bandleader († 1985)