About the day » Friday June 17, 1921Calender converter

• Anna Osterkamp, Großefehn († 2008)
• Albert J (Bill) Hodgkiss, Birmingham, Warwickshire († 2000)
• Adriana Anna Antonius van Rijen, Oud en Nieuw Gastel († 1979)
• Adriana Francisca van Iersel, Helvoirt († 1927)
• Beatrice Jean MacGillivary *, Hamilton, Wentworth, Ontario, Canada († 1994)
• Alida Elizabeth Veeken, Sijbekarspel
• Adriana Francisca van Iersel, Helvoirt, NB Netherlands († 1927)
• Antonius Adrianus # Huigevoort, Vught († 1921)
• Adriana Johanna Timmermans, Gilze en Rijen († 1955)
• Adriana van Zanten, Utrecht († 2003)

• Anna Catharina Boerrigter (54), Bloemendaal
• Aaltje Boois (63), Dwingeloo
• Arie Asjes (88), Castricum, Noord Holland, Netherlands
• Augustinus Van Laer (79), Zandhoven (Pulle), Antwerpen, Vlaanderen, België
• Aaltje (Booi(s)) Booij (63), Dwingeloo, Drenthe, Nederland
• Ann Button (born Earl) (80), Redhill, Port Pirie Regional Council, South Australia, Australia
• Albert Jan Breukelman (70), Stad Hardenberg, Overijssel, Netherlands
• Anna Maria Lammers (52)
• Alphonsus Steinbusch (4), Bocholtz, Simpelveld
• Alberdina Maria JAGER (56)

• 1919 » Beryl Reid, English actress († 1996)
• 1919 » John Moffat, Scottish lieutenant and pilot († 2016)
• 1919 » William Kaye Estes, American psychologist and academic († 2011)
• 1920 » François Jacob, French biologist and geneticist, Nobel Prize laureate († 2013)
• 1920 » Jacob H. Gilbert, American lawyer and politician († 1981)
• 1920 » Peter Le Cheminant, English air marshal and politician, Lieutenant Governor of Guernsey († 2018)
• 1920 » Setsuko Hara, Japanese actress († 2015)
• 1922 » John Amis, English journalist and critic († 2013)
• 1923 » Arnold S. Relman, American physician and academic († 2014)
• 1923 » Elroy Hirsch, American football player († 2004)

• 1889 » Lozen, Chiracaua Apache warrior woman (b. ~1840)
• 1898 » Edward Burne-Jones, English soldier and painter (b. 1833)
• 1904 » Nikolay Bobrikov, Russian soldier and politician, Governor-General of Finland (b. 1839)
• 1936 » Julius Seljamaa, Estonian journalist, politician, and diplomat, Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1883)
• 1939 » Allen Sothoron, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1893)
• 1939 » Eugen Weidmann, German criminal (b. 1908)
• 1940 » Arthur Harden, English biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1865)
• 1941 » Johan Wagenaar, Dutch organist and composer (b. 1862)
• 1942 » Charles Fitzpatrick, Canadian lawyer and politician, 5th Chief Justice of Canada (b. 1853)
• 1952 » Jack Parsons, American chemist and engineer (b. 1914)

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

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

• 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 September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 6.9 million citizens.
• March 17 » The Second Polish Republic adopts the March Constitution.
• March 20 » The Upper Silesia plebiscite was a plebiscite mandated by the Versailles Treaty to determine a section of the border between Weimar Germany and Poland.
• July 2 » World War I: U.S. President Warren G. Harding signs the Knox–Porter Resolution formally ending the war between the United States and Germany.
• July 11 » The Red Army captures Mongolia from the White Army and establishes the Mongolian People's Republic.
• October 29 » The Harvard University football team loses to Centre College, ending a 25-game winning streak. This is considered one of the biggest upsets in college football.
• October 29 » United States: Second trial of Sacco and Vanzetti in Boston, Massachusetts.

The temperature on June 17, 1921 was between 3.5 °C and 21.7 °C and averaged 14.4 °C. There was 12.6 hours of sunshine (75%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.