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Birthday July 23, 1917

• The temperature on July 23, 1917 was between 7.3 °C and 23.5 °C and averaged 16.0 °C. There was 11.9 hours of sunshine (74%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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.
  • March 8 » International Women's Day protests in St. Petersburg mark the beginning of the February Revolution (February 23rd in the Julian calendar).
  • March 26 » World War I: First Battle of Gaza: British troops are halted after 17,000 Turks block their advance.
  • June 26 » World War I: The American Expeditionary Forces begin to arrive in France. They will first enter combat four months later.
  • November 5 » October Revolution: Lenin calls for the October Revolution.
  • 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.
  • December 6 » Finland declares independence from Soviet Russia.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1918 » Abraham Bueno de Mesquita, Dutch comedian and actor († 2005)
• 1918 » Pee Wee Reese, American baseball player and sportscaster († 1999)
• 1918 » Ruth Duccini, American actress († 2014)