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Birthday December 4, 1917

• The temperature on December 4, 1917 was between -6.7 °C and 3.9 °C and averaged -1.5 °C. There was 6.7 hours of sunshine (84%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. 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.
  • 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.
  • March 25 » The Georgian Orthodox Church restores its autocephaly abolished by Imperial Russia in 1811.
  • May 19 » The Norwegian football club Rosenborg BK is founded.
  • July 25 » Sir Robert Borden introduces the first income tax in Canada as a "temporary" measure (lowest bracket is 4% and highest is 25%).
  • October 24 » First World War: Italy suffers a disastrous defeat on the Austro-Italian front.
  • December 11 » World War I: British General Edmund Allenby enters Jerusalem on foot and declares martial law.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1914 » Claude Renoir, French cinematographer († 1993)
• 1914 » Rudolf Hausner, Austrian painter and sculptor († 1995)
• 1915 » Eddie Heywood, American pianist and composer († 1989)
• 1916 » Ely Jacques Kahn, Jr., American journalist and author († 1994)
• 1919 » I. K. Gujral, Indian poet and politician, 12th Prime Minister of India († 2012)
• 1920 » Nadir Afonso, Portuguese painter and architect († 2013)