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Birthday October 13, 1917

• The temperature on October 13, 1917 was between 6.6 °C and 13.7 °C and averaged 10.0 °C. There was 9.3 mm of rain. There was 3.8 hours of sunshine (35%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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.
  • February 3 » First World War: The American entry into World War I begins when diplomatic relations with Germany are severed due to its unrestricted submarine warfare.
  • February 5 » The Congress of the United States passes the Immigration Act of 1917 over President Woodrow Wilson's veto.
  • March 4 » Jeannette Rankin of Montana becomes the first female member of the United States House of Representatives.
  • June 11 » King Alexander assumes the throne of Greece after his father, Constantine I, abdicates under pressure from allied armies occupying Athens.
  • October 31 » World War I: Battle of Beersheba: The "last successful cavalry charge in history".
  • November 24 » In Milwaukee, nine members of the Milwaukee Police Department are killed by a bomb, the most deaths in a single event in U.S. police history until the September 11 attacks in 2001.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1915 » Terry Frost, English painter and academic († 2003)
• 1917 » George Osmond, American talent manager († 2007)
• 1918 » Robert Walker, American actor († 1951)
• 1919 » Jackie Ronne, American explorer († 2009)
• 1920 » Laraine Day, American actress († 2007)