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Birthday April 21, 1917

• The temperature on April 21, 1917 was between 3.6 °C and 9.7 °C and averaged 5.7 °C. There was 3.5 hours of sunshine (25%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the north-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.
  • January 9 » World War I: The Battle of Rafa is fought near the Egyptian border with Palestine.
  • May 13 » Three children report the first apparition of Our Lady of Fátima in Fátima, Portugal.
  • June 28 » World War I: Greece joins the Allied powers.
  • July 28 » The Silent Parade took place in New York City, in protest to murders, lynchings, and other violence directed towards African Americans.
  • November 8 » The first Council of People's Commissars is formed, including Vladimir Lenin, Leon Trotsky and Joseph Stalin.
  • November 20 » World War I: Battle of Cambrai begins: British forces make early progress in an attack on German positions but are later pushed back.

Source: Wikipedia

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