Stamvaders Kurvers » Clara Maria Wilhelmina Josephina Veugelers (1917-2001)

Birthday June 15, 1917

• The temperature on June 15, 1917 was between 11.9 °C and 26.9 °C and averaged 20.6 °C. There was 13.8 hours of sunshine (83%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the 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.
  • January 31 » World War I: Germany announces that its U-boats will resume unrestricted submarine warfare after a two-year hiatus.
  • March 26 » World War I: First Battle of Gaza: British troops are halted after 17,000 Turks block their advance.
  • 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.
  • July 25 » Sir Robert Borden introduces the first income tax in Canada as a "temporary" measure (lowest bracket is 4% and highest is 25%).
  • October 13 » The "Miracle of the Sun" is witnessed by an estimated 70,000 people in the Cova da Iria in Portugal.
  • November 5 » October Revolution: Lenin calls for the October Revolution.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1916 » Herbert A. Simon, American political scientist and economist, Nobel Prize laureate († 2001)
• 1916 » Horacio Salgán, Argentinian pianist, composer, and conductor († 2016)
• 1916 » Olga Erteszek, Polish-American fashion designer († 1989)
• 1917 » John Fenn, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 2010)
• 1917 » Lash LaRue, American actor and producer († 1996)
• 1917 » Michalis Genitsaris, Greek singer-songwriter († 2005)