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Birthday March 5, 1917

• The temperature on March 5, 1917 was between -4.2 °C and 0.3 °C and averaged -2.1 °C. There was 1.2 mm of rain. There was 1.2 hours of sunshine (11%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. 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.
  • May 18 » World War I: The Selective Service Act of 1917 is passed, giving the President of the United States the power of conscription.
  • July 27 » World War I: The Allies reach the Yser Canal at the Battle of Passchendaele.
  • November 7 » World War I: Third Battle of Gaza ends: British forces capture Gaza from the Ottoman Empire.
  • November 26 » The Manchester Guardian publishes the 1916 secret Sykes-Picot Agreement between the United Kingdom and France.
  • December 6 » Halifax Explosion: A munitions explosion near Halifax, Nova Scotia kills more than 1,900 people in the largest artificial explosion up to that time.
  • December 7 » World War I: The United States declares war on Austria-Hungary.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1915 » Henry Hicks, Canadian academic and politician, 16th Premier of Nova Scotia († 1990)
• 1915 » Laurent Schwartz, French mathematician and academic († 2002)
• 1918 » James Tobin, American economist and academic († 2002)
• 1918 » Milt Schmidt, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager († 2017)
• 1918 » Red Storey, Canadian football player, referee, and sportscaster († 2006)
• 1920 » José Aboulker, Algerian surgeon and activist († 2009)