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Birthday June 11, 1917

• The temperature on June 11, 1917 was between 12.4 °C and 27.0 °C and averaged 19.2 °C. There was 1.6 mm of rain. There was 11.3 hours of sunshine (68%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east. 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 17 » The United States pays Denmark $25 million for the Virgin Islands.
  • 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.
  • June 23 » In a game against the Washington Senators, Boston Red Sox pitcher Ernie Shore retires 26 batters in a row after replacing Babe Ruth, who had been ejected for punching the umpire.
  • October 25 » Old Style date of the October Revolution in Russia.
  • December 9 » World War I: Field Marshal Allenby captures Jerusalem, Palestine.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1915 » Magda Gabor, Hungarian-American actress († 1997)
• 1915 » Nicholas Metropolis, American mathematician and physicist († 1999)
• 1917 » Joseph B. Wirthlin, American businessman and religious leader († 2008)
• 1918 » Ruth Aarons, American table tennis player and manager († 1980)
• 1919 » Richard Todd, Irish-English actor († 2009)
• 1919 » Suleiman Mousa, Jordanian historian and author († 2008)