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Birthday April 27, 1917

• The temperature on April 27, 1917 was between 3.7 °C and 9.5 °C and averaged 6.7 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 4 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.
  • March 25 » The Georgian Orthodox Church restores its autocephaly abolished by Imperial Russia in 1811.
  • March 31 » According to the terms of the Treaty of the Danish West Indies, the islands become American possessions.
  • June 7 » World War I: Battle of Messines: Allied soldiers detonate a series of mines underneath German trenches at Messines Ridge, killing 10,000 German troops.
  • October 15 » World War I: Dutch dancer Mata Hari is executed by France for espionage.
  • October 24 » First World War: Italy suffers a disastrous defeat on the Austro-Italian front.
  • December 15 » World War I: An armistice between Russia and the Central Powers is signed.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1916 » Enos Slaughter, American baseball player and manager († 2002)
• 1916 » Robert Hugh McWilliams, Jr., American sergeant, lawyer, and judge († 2013)
• 1917 » Roman Matsov, Estonian violinist, pianist, and conductor († 2001)
• 1918 » Sten Rudholm, Swedish lawyer and jurist († 2008)
• 1920 » Guido Cantelli, Italian conductor († 1956)
• 1920 » Mark Krasnosel'skii, Ukrainian mathematician and academic († 1997)