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Birthday May 16, 1917

• The temperature on May 16, 1917 was between 9.3 °C and 12.9 °C and averaged 10.3 °C. There was 2.3 hours of sunshine (15%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. 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 31 » World War I: Germany announces that its U-boats will resume unrestricted submarine warfare after a two-year hiatus.
  • February 5 » The Congress of the United States passes the Immigration Act of 1917 over President Woodrow Wilson's veto.
  • April 16 » Vladimir Lenin returns to Petrograd, Russia, from exile in Switzerland.
  • July 20 » World War I: The Corfu Declaration, which leads to the creation of the post-war Kingdom of Yugoslavia, is signed by the Yugoslav Committee and Kingdom of Serbia.
  • September 26 » World War I: The Battle of Polygon Wood begins.
  • November 26 » The National Hockey League is formed, with the Montreal Canadiens, Montreal Wanderers, Ottawa Senators, Quebec Bulldogs, and Toronto Arenas as its first teams.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1915 » Mario Monicelli, Italian director and screenwriter († 2010)
• 1916 » Ephraim Katzir, Israeli biophysicist and politician, 4th President of Israel († 2009)
• 1917 » Ben Kuroki, American sergeant and pilot († 2015)
• 1917 » James C. Murray, American lawyer and politician († 1999)
• 1917 » Juan Rulfo, Mexican author and photographer († 1986)
• 1918 » Wilf Mannion, English footballer and manager († 2000)