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Birthday March 2, 1917

• The average temperature on March 2, 1917 was 1.1 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-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 8 » The United States Senate votes to limit filibusters by adopting the cloture rule.
  • March 25 » The Georgian Orthodox Church restores its autocephaly abolished by Imperial Russia in 1811.
  • June 26 » World War I: The American Expeditionary Forces begin to arrive in France. They will first enter combat four months later.
  • August 30 » Vietnamese prison guards led by Trịnh Văn Cấn mutiny at the Thái Nguyên penitentiary against local French authority.
  • October 13 » The "Miracle of the Sun" is witnessed by an estimated 70,000 people in the Cova da Iria in Portugal.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1915 » John Burton, Australian public servant and diplomat, Australian High Commissioner to Ceylon († 2010)
• 1917 » David Goodis, American author and screenwriter († 1967)
• 1917 » Desi Arnaz, Cuban-American actor, singer, and producer († 1986)
• 1917 » Jim Konstanty, American baseball player and coach († 1976)
• 1919 » Eddie Lawrence, American actor, singer, and playwright († 2014)
• 1919 » Jennifer Jones, American actress († 2009)