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Birthday January 12, 1917

• The temperature on January 12, 1917 was between 0.1 °C and 4.7 °C and averaged 1.5 °C. There was 8.5 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. 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 24 » World War I: The U.S. ambassador Walter Hines Page to the United Kingdom is given the Zimmermann Telegram, in which Germany pledges to ensure the return of New Mexico, Texas, and Arizona to Mexico if Mexico declares war on the United States.
  • March 25 » The Georgian Orthodox Church restores its autocephaly abolished by Imperial Russia in 1811.
  • April 2 » World War I: United States President Woodrow Wilson asks the U.S. Congress for a declaration of war on Germany.
  • August 18 » A Great Fire in Thessaloniki, Greece destroys 32% of the city leaving 70,000 individuals homeless.
  • November 26 » The Manchester Guardian publishes the 1916 secret Sykes-Picot Agreement between the United Kingdom and France.
  • December 15 » World War I: An armistice between Russia and the Central Powers is signed.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1915 » Paul Jarrico, American screenwriter and producer († 1997)
• 1916 » Mary Wilson, Baroness Wilson of Rievaulx, British poet and Spouse of the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom († 2018)
• 1916 » P. W. Botha, South African politician, 8th Prime Minister of South Africa († 2006)
• 1916 » Ruth R. Benerito, American chemist and inventor († 2013)
• 1917 » Jimmy Skinner, Canadian ice hockey player and coach († 2007)
• 1917 » Walter Hendl, American pianist, composer, and conductor († 2007)