About the day » Sunday December 30, 1917Calender converter

• Alvin Lesniewski, Milwaukee, Wisconsin († 2005)
• Adriana Langbroek, Alphen aan den Rijn († 1918)
• Antonius Te Meij, Den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2005)
• Aleida Elisabeth Boudrie, Oldenzaal († 1994)
• Antonia Catharina van 't Wel, Amersfoort, Gemeente Amersfoort, Utrecht, Nederland († 1980)
• Aaltje Maria Drijver, Oosterend (Texel, NH) († 1971)
• Alida Maria Drijver, Oosterend, Texel († 1971)
• Anna Maria Peters, Schaesberg, Landgraaf († 1987)
• Agnes Louise Sensenbrenner, Ladysmith, Rusk, Wisconsin, Verenigde Staten († 2007)
• Alida Anna van Leeuwen, Schoten, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1995)

• Alida Geertruida Brockhausen (65), Rotterdam
• van den Heuvel (0), Oudewater
• Adrianus Johannes Mennen (44), Asten
• Anna Elizabeth TE GEMPT (82), Den Haag
• Andriesa Sietke Hottinga (56), Amsterdam
• Albertina Antonia Moll (80)
• Klaaske Johannes Visser (81), Wetering
• Allegonda de Bruijn (0), Groesbeek, Arnhem-Nijmegen
• Abraham van Beetz (64), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje Willems Karel (56), Deventer

• 1911 » Jeanette Nolan, American actress († 1998)
• 1913 » Elyne Mitchell, Australian author († 2002)
• 1913 » Lucio Agostini, Italian-Canadian conductor and composer († 1996)
• 1914 » Bert Parks, American actor, singer, television personality, and beauty pageant host († 1992)
• 1917 » Seymour Melman, American engineer and author († 2004)
• 1919 » David Willcocks, English organist, composer, and conductor († 2015)
• 1919 » Dick Spooner, English cricketer († 1997)
• 1921 » Rashid Karami, Lebanese lawyer and politician, 32nd Prime Minister of Lebanon († 1987)
• 1922 » Jane Langton, American author and illustrator († 2018)
• 1923 » Prakash Vir Shastri, Indian academic and politician († 1977)

• 1896 » José Rizal, Filipino ophthalmologist, journalist, and author (b. 1861)
• 1906 » Josephine Butler, English feminist and social reformer (b. 1828)
• 1908 » Thomas-Alfred Bernier, Canadian journalist, lawyer, and politician (b. 1844)
• 1916 » Grigori Rasputin, Russian mystic (b. 1869)
• 1928 » Jean Collas, French rugby player and tug of war competitor (b. 1874)
• 1937 » Hans Niels Andersen, Danish businessman, founded the East Asiatic Company (b. 1852)
• 1940 » Childe Wills, American engineer (b. 1878)
• 1941 » El Lissitzky, Russian photographer and architect (b. 1890)
• 1944 » Romain Rolland, French author and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1866)
• 1945 » Song Jin-woo, South Korean journalist and politician (b. 1889)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Pieter
7. Gerrit
8. Petrus
9. Adrianus
10. Jacobus
11. Jacob
12. Albert
13. Gerardus
14. Dirk
15. Wilhelmus
16. Antonius

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Wilhelmina
6. Elisabeth
7. Catharina
8. Hendrika
9. Adriana
10. Petronella
11. Jacoba
12. Geertruida
13. Aaltje
14. Grietje
15. Helena
16. Trijntje

• 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.
• The Netherlands had about 6.5 million citizens.
• January 19 » Silvertown explosion: A blast at a munitions factory in London kills 73 and injures over 400. The resulting fire causes over £2,000,000 worth of damage.
• March 11 » World War I: Mesopotamian campaign: Baghdad falls to Anglo-Indian forces commanded by General Stanley Maude.
• June 13 » World War I: The deadliest German air raid on London of the war is carried out by Gotha G.IV bombers and results in 162 deaths, including 46 children, and 432 injuries.
• July 6 » World War I: Arabian troops led by T. E. Lawrence ("Lawrence of Arabia") and Auda ibu Tayi capture Aqaba from the Ottoman Empire during the Arab Revolt.
• 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 25 » Old Style date of the October Revolution in Russia.

The temperature on December 30, 1917 was between -1.4 °C and 0.8 °C and averaged -0.2 °C. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.