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Birthday June 30, 1917

• The temperature on June 30, 1917 was between 14.2 °C and 17.7 °C and averaged 15.4 °C. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) 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.
  • June 23 » In a game against the Washington Senators, Boston Red Sox pitcher Ernie Shore retires 26 batters in a row after replacing Babe Ruth, who had been ejected for punching the umpire.
  • July 6 » World War I: Arabian troops led by T. E. Lawrence ("Lawrence of Arabia") and Auda ibu Tayi capture Aqaba from the Ottoman Empire during the Arab Revolt.
  • July 12 » The Bisbee Deportation occurs as vigilantes kidnap and deport nearly 1,300 striking miners and others from Bisbee, Arizona.
  • July 31 » World War I: The Battle of Passchendaele begins near Ypres in West Flanders, Belgium.
  • October 15 » World War I: Dutch dancer Mata Hari is executed by France for espionage.
  • November 20 » World War I: Battle of Cambrai begins: British forces make early progress in an attack on German positions but are later pushed back.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1914 » Allan Houser, American sculptor and painter († 1994)
• 1914 » Francisco da Costa Gomes, Portuguese general and politician, 15th President of Portugal († 2001)
• 1917 » Lena Horne, American actress, singer, and activist († 2010)
• 1917 » Susan Hayward, American actress († 1975)
• 1917 » Willa Kim, American costume designer († 2016)
• 1919 » Ed Yost, American inventor of the modern hot air balloon († 2007)