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Birthday November 26, 1917

• The temperature on November 26, 1917 was between 1.4 °C and 6.5 °C and averaged 4.2 °C. There was 2.8 mm of rain. There was 2.0 hours of sunshine (24%). The average windspeed was 4 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.
  • March 15 » Tsar Nicholas II of Russia abdicates the Russian throne ending the 304-year Romanov dynasty.
  • April 6 » World War I: The United States declares war on Germany (see President Woodrow Wilson's address to Congress).
  • May 26 » Several powerful tornadoes rip through Illinois, including the city of Mattoon.
  • June 28 » World War I: Greece joins the Allied powers.
  • September 26 » World War I: The Battle of Polygon Wood begins.
  • October 24 » First World War: Italy suffers a disastrous defeat on the Austro-Italian front.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1915 » Earl Wild, American pianist and composer († 2010)
• 1915 » Inge King, German-born Australian sculptor († 2016)
• 1917 » Nesuhi Ertegun, Turkish-American record producer († 1989)
• 1918 » Patricio Aylwin, Chilean lawyer and politician, 31st President of Chile († 2016)
• 1919 » Frederik Pohl, American journalist and author († 2013)
• 1919 » Ryszard Kaczorowski, Polish soldier and politician, 6th President of the Republic of Poland († 2010)