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Birthday April 21, 1917

• The temperature on April 21, 1917 was between 3.4 °C and 9.8 °C and averaged 5.8 °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.
  • February 3 » First World War: The American entry into World War I begins when diplomatic relations with Germany are severed due to its unrestricted submarine warfare.
  • March 26 » World War I: First Battle of Gaza: British troops are halted after 17,000 Turks block their advance.
  • March 31 » According to the terms of the Treaty of the Danish West Indies, the islands become American possessions.
  • April 12 » World War I: Canadian forces successfully complete the taking of Vimy Ridge from the Germans.
  • May 19 » The Norwegian football club Rosenborg BK is founded.
  • May 21 » The Great Atlanta fire of 1917 causes $5.5million in damages, destroying some 300 acres including 2,000 homes, businesses and churches, displacing about 10,000 people but leading to only one fatality (due to heart attack).

Source: Wikipedia

• 1915 » Anthony Quinn, Mexican-American actor († 2001)
• 1915 » Garrett Hardin, American ecologist, author, and academic († 2003)
• 1916 » Estella B. Diggs, American businesswoman and politician († 2013)
• 1918 » Eddy Christiani, Dutch singer-songwriter and guitarist († 2016)
• 1919 » Don Cornell, American singer († 2004)
• 1919 » Roger Doucet, Canadian tenor († 1981)