Family tree Klavers » Jan Ebelties (1917-< 2016)

Birthday July 30, 1917

• The temperature on July 30, 1917 was between 13.4 °C and 20.9 °C and averaged 17.2 °C. There was 2.0 hours of sunshine (13%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. 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 11 » World War I: Mesopotamian campaign: Baghdad falls to Anglo-Indian forces commanded by General Stanley Maude.
  • March 15 » Tsar Nicholas II of Russia abdicates the Russian throne ending the 304-year Romanov dynasty.
  • May 21 » The Imperial War Graves Commission is established through royal charter to mark, record, and maintain the graves and places of commemoration of the British Empire's military forces.
  • October 12 » World War I: The First Battle of Passchendaele takes place resulting in the largest single-day loss of life in New Zealand history.
  • 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.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1910 » Edgar de Evia, Mexican-American photographer († 2003)
• 1913 » Lou Darvas, American soldier and cartoonist († 1987)
• 1914 » Michael Morris, 3rd Baron Killanin, Irish journalist and author, 6th President of the International Olympic Committee († 1999)
• 1920 » Walter Schuck, German lieutenant and pilot († 2015)
• 1921 » Grant Johannesen, American pianist and educator († 2005)
• 1922 » Henry W. Bloch, American banker and businessman, co-founded H&R Block († 2019)