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Birthday August 6, 1917

• The temperature on August 6, 1917 was between 13.1 °C and 24.1 °C and averaged 18.0 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 4.0 hours of sunshine (26%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) 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.
  • June 13 » World War I: The deadliest German air raid on London of the war is carried out by Gotha G.IV bombers and results in 162 deaths, including 46 children, and 432 injuries.
  • June 26 » World War I: The American Expeditionary Forces begin to arrive in France. They will first enter combat four months later.
  • August 6 » World War I: Battle of Mărășești between the Romanian and German armies begins.
  • October 4 » World War I: The Battle of Broodseinde is fought between the British and German armies in Flanders.
  • October 24 » First World War: Italy suffers a disastrous defeat on the Austro-Italian front.
  • November 7 » The Gregorian calendar date of the October Revolution, which gets its name from the Julian calendar date of 25 October. On this date in 1917, the Bolsheviks storm the Winter Palace.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1916 » Dom Mintoff, Maltese journalist and politician, 8th Prime Minister of Malta († 2012)
• 1916 » Richard Hofstadter, American historian and academic († 1970)
• 1917 » Barbara Cooney, American author and illustrator († 2000)
• 1917 » Robert Mitchum, American actor († 1997)
• 1918 » Norman Granz, American-Swiss record producer and manager († 2001)
• 1919 » Pauline Betz, American tennis player († 2011)