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Birthday November 4, 1917

• The temperature on November 4, 1917 was between 3.0 °C and 10.5 °C and averaged 6.6 °C. There was 7.8 hours of sunshine (82%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-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.
  • March 25 » The Georgian Orthodox Church restores its autocephaly abolished by Imperial Russia in 1811.
  • May 27 » Pope Benedict XV promulgates the 1917 Code of Canon Law, the first comprehensive codification of Catholic canon law in the legal history of the Catholic Church.
  • July 25 » Sir Robert Borden introduces the first income tax in Canada as a "temporary" measure (lowest bracket is 4% and highest is 25%).
  • July 27 » World War I: The Allies reach the Yser Canal at the Battle of Passchendaele.
  • December 2 » World War I: Russia and the Central Powers sign an armistice at Brest-Litovsk, and peace talks leading to the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk begin.
  • December 7 » World War I: The United States declares war on Austria-Hungary.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1915 » Marguerite Patten, English economist and author († 2015)
• 1916 » John Basilone, American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient († 1945)
• 1916 » Ruth Handler, American businesswoman, created Barbie († 2002)
• 1916 » Walter Cronkite, American journalist, voice actor, and producer († 2009)
• 1918 » Art Carney, American actor († 2003)
• 1918 » Cameron Mitchell, American actor († 1994)