Family tree Klavers » Hermanna Hendrikje Santman (1917-< 2016)

Birthday June 22, 1917

• The temperature on June 22, 1917 was between 10.2 °C and 15.6 °C and averaged 13.2 °C. There was 19.4 mm of rain. There was 0.5 hours of sunshine (3%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. 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 19 » Silvertown explosion: A blast at a munitions factory in London kills 73 and injures over 400. The resulting fire causes over £2,000,000 worth of damage.
  • February 5 » The Congress of the United States passes the Immigration Act of 1917 over President Woodrow Wilson's veto.
  • March 1 » The Zimmermann Telegram is reprinted in newspapers across the United States after the U.S. government releases its unencrypted text.
  • November 5 » Tikhon is elected the Patriarch of Moscow and of the Russian Orthodox Church.
  • 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 » World War I: USSJacob Jones is the first American destroyer to be sunk by enemy action when it is torpedoed by German submarine SMU-53.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1915 » Dolf van der Linden, Dutch conductor and composer († 1999)
• 1916 » Emil Fackenheim, Jewish philosopher and Reform rabbi († 2003)
• 1916 » Johnny Jacobs, American television announcer († 1982)
• 1916 » Richard Eastham, American actor († 2005)
• 1918 » Cicely Saunders, English Anglican nurse, social worker, physician and writer († 2005)
• 1918 » Yeoh Ghim Seng, Singaporean politician, acting President of Singapore († 1993)