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Birthday July 9, 1917

• The temperature on July 9, 1917 was between 12.3 °C and 14.7 °C and averaged 14.0 °C. There was 7.0 mm of rain. 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 5 » The current constitution of Mexico is adopted, establishing a federal republic with powers separated into independent executive, legislative, and judicial branches.
  • March 16 » World War I: A German auxiliary cruiser is sunk in the Action of 16 March 1917.
  • June 26 » World War I: The American Expeditionary Forces begin to arrive in France. They will first enter combat four months later.
  • July 12 » The Bisbee Deportation occurs as vigilantes kidnap and deport nearly 1,300 striking miners and others from Bisbee, Arizona.
  • October 31 » World War I: Battle of Beersheba: The "last successful cavalry charge in history".
  • December 9 » World War I: Field Marshal Allenby captures Jerusalem, Palestine.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1915 » David Diamond, American composer and educator († 2005)
• 1916 » Dean Goffin, New Zealand composer († 1984)
• 1916 » Edward Heath, English colonel and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom († 2005)
• 1917 » Krystyna Dańko, Polish orphan, survivor of Holocaust († 2019)
• 1918 » Jarl Wahlström, Finnish 12th General of The Salvation Army († 1999)
• 1918 » Nicolaas Govert de Bruijn, Dutch mathematician and academic († 2012)