Family tree Klavers » Charles Jean le Roux (1917-< 2016)

Birthday July 19, 1917

• The temperature on July 19, 1917 was between 13.4 °C and 18.5 °C and averaged 17.1 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-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.
  • May 18 » World War I: The Selective Service Act of 1917 is passed, giving the President of the United States the power of conscription.
  • June 28 » World War I: Greece joins the Allied powers.
  • July 17 » King George V issues a Proclamation stating that the male line descendants of the British Royal Family will bear the surname Windsor.
  • October 24 » First World War: Italy suffers a disastrous defeat on the Austro-Italian front.
  • November 26 » The Manchester Guardian publishes the 1916 secret Sykes-Picot Agreement between the United Kingdom and France.
  • December 20 » Cheka, the first Soviet secret police force, is founded.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1917 » William Scranton, American captain and politician, 13th United States Ambassador to the United Nations († 2013)
• 1919 » Miltos Sachtouris, Greek poet and author († 2005)
• 1919 » Patricia Medina, English-American actress († 2012)
• 1919 » Ron Searle, English-Canadian soldier, publisher, and politician, 4th Mayor of Mississauga († 2015)