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Birthday December 26, 1917

• The temperature on December 26, 1917 was between -5.3 °C and 0.7 °C and averaged -1.9 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 2.8 hours of sunshine (36%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north. 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 23 » First demonstrations in Saint Petersburg, Russia. The beginning of the February Revolution (March 8 in the Gregorian calendar).
  • April 12 » World War I: Canadian forces successfully complete the taking of Vimy Ridge from the Germans.
  • May 26 » Several powerful tornadoes rip through Illinois, including the city of Mattoon.
  • August 6 » World War I: Battle of Mărășești between the Romanian and German armies begins.
  • November 5 » October Revolution: Lenin calls for the October Revolution.
  • December 11 » World War I: British General Edmund Allenby enters Jerusalem on foot and declares martial law.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1913 » Frank Swift, English footballer and journalist († 1958)
• 1914 » Richard Widmark, American actor († 2008)
• 1915 » Rolf Botvid, Swedish actor and screenwriter († 1998)
• 1918 » Georgios Rallis, Greek lieutenant and politician, 173rd Prime Minister of Greece († 2006)
• 1918 » Olga Lopes-Seale, Guyanese-Barbadian singer and radio host († 2011)
• 1921 » Steve Allen, American actor, singer, talk show host, and screenwriter († 2000)