About the day » Friday February 9, 1917Calender converter

• Anno van Meel, Oude Pekela († 1968)
• Anna Maria MARTENS, Hasselt Belgie († 2012)
• Appolonia Geertruida (Religieuse Zr Marie Tarcise) Ter Doest, Haaksbergen († 2007)
• Annetje de VOS, Brielle (Z-H) († 2012)
• Adrianus Bernardus Veenhof, Mijdrecht († 1976)
• Benno Rabe, Kalisat († 1978)
• Adrianus Johannes KAPITEIJN, Roosendaal († 1989)
• Angeline Marie Westerhoff, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, Verenigde Staten († 1978)
• Age Eelkes Zandstra, Oostermeer († 1982)
• Adrianus Bernardus (Arie) Veenhof, Mijdrecht, Utrecht, Nederland († 1976)

• Adriana Wabeke (55), Wemeldinge, Zeeland, Nederland
• Albertus Linthorst (100), Apeldoorn
• Andries Nicolaas Drijver (35), Utrecht
• Adrianus Vermaat (80), Middleburg, Sioux, Iowa (USA)
• Albertus Linthorst (88), Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Nederland
• Albert Linthorst (88), Apeldoorn {GE}
• Agathe Paulina Smits (81), Middelburg (Walcheren), Nederland
• Andries Bastiaanse (82), Grijpskerke
• Andries Cornelissen (98), Zaamslag (Terneuzen), Zeeland, Nederland
• Aimée Marie Jeanne CHEDEMAIL (72), Janzé, 35150, France

• 1912 » Futabayama Sadaji, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 35th Yokozuna († 1968)
• 1912 » Ginette Leclerc, French actress († 1992)
• 1914 » Ernest Tubb, American singer-songwriter and guitarist († 1984)
• 1916 » Tex Hughson, American baseball player († 1993)
• 1918 » Lloyd Noel Ferguson, African American chemist († 2011)
• 1920 » Fred Allen, New Zealand rugby player and coach († 2012)
• 1922 » C. P. Krishnan Nair, Indian businessman, founded The Leela Palaces, Hotels and Resorts († 2014)
• 1922 » Jim Laker, English cricketer and sportscaster († 1986)
• 1922 » Kathryn Grayson, American actress and soprano († 2010)
• 1922 » Robert E. Ogren, American zoologist († 2005)

• 1891 » Johan Jongkind, Dutch painter (b. 1819)
• 1903 » Charles Gavan Duffy, Irish-Australian politician, 8th Premier of Victoria (b. 1816)
• 1906 » Paul Laurence Dunbar, American author, poet, and playwright (b. 1872)
• 1928 » William Gillies, Australian politician, 21st Premier of Queensland (b. 1868)
• 1930 » Richard With, Norwegian captain and businessman, founded Hurtigruten (b. 1846)
• 1932 » A.K. Golam Jilani, Bangladeshi soldier and activist (b. 1904)
• 1932 » Junnosuke Inoue, Japanese businessman and banker (b. 1869)
• 1945 » Ella D. Barrier, American educator (b. 1852)
• 1950 » Ted Theodore, Australian politician, 20th Premier of Queensland (b. 1884)
• 1951 » Eddy Duchin, American pianist, bandleader, and actor (b. 1910)

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. Arie

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.
• March 4 » Jeannette Rankin of Montana becomes the first female member of the United States House of Representatives.
• March 25 » The Georgian Orthodox Church restores its autocephaly abolished by Imperial Russia in 1811.
• June 28 » World War I: Greece joins the Allied powers.
• August 30 » Vietnamese prison guards led by Trịnh Văn Cấn mutiny at the Thái Nguyên penitentiary against local French authority.
• November 2 » The Military Revolutionary Committee of the Petrograd Soviet, in charge of preparation and carrying out the Russian Revolution, holds its first meeting.
• November 7 » World War I: Third Battle of Gaza ends: British forces capture Gaza from the Ottoman Empire.

The temperature on February 9, 1917 was between -12.1 °C and 2.7 °C and averaged -5.4 °C. There was 7.7 hours of sunshine (81%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.