About the day » Saturday January 17, 1931Calender converter

• E.m. Zijdeveld († 1991)
• Áurea Zimelson, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil († 2018)
• Dirkje Hobé, Echteld († 2004)
• Elisabeth Hoogetooren, Amsterdam († 1943)
• Christiaan Lambertus Boon, Schiedam
• Corry Wilting, Spaubeek († 2015)
• Albert Jan Cornelis Dirk Hol, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands († 2015)
• Elisabeth Aafje Hogewoning, Rijnsburg († 1996)
• Aart van Triest, Elburg († 1998)
• bastiaantje van RUIVEN, oud-beijerland († 2003)

• Aaltje Elisabeth Lontoh (17), Tjimahi
• Amalia Maria LAMPE (77), Mettingen,, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Duitsland
• Anna C. Goerndt (55)
• Anna Margaretha Van Toorn (85), Eck en Wiel, Gelderland, NL
• Antonetta Helena Carolina van Thuijl (69), Utrecht
• Antje Johannes Osinga (92), Heerenveen
• Anna Martina Bekkens (83), Sluis, ZL
• Albert Wilhelmus KRIESZ (38), Delft/Rotterdam
• Adrianus Blankers (61)
• Anna Martina Bekkens (83), Sluis

• 1928 » Jean Barraqué, French composer († 1973)
• 1929 » Jacques Plante, Canadian-Swiss ice hockey player, coach, and sportscaster († 1986)
• 1929 » Tan Boon Teik, Malaysian-Singaporean lawyer and politician, Attorney-General of Singapore († 2012)
• 1931 » Don Zimmer, American baseball player, coach, and manager († 2014)
• 1931 » Douglas Wilder, American sergeant and politician, 66th Governor of Virginia
• 1931 » James Earl Jones, American actor
• 1932 » Sheree North, American actress and dancer († 2005)
• 1933 » Dalida, Egyptian-French singer and actress († 1987)
• 1933 » Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan, French-Pakistani diplomat, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees († 2003)
• 1933 » Shari Lewis, American actress, puppeteer/ventriloquist, and television host († 1998)

• 1927 » Juliette Gordon Low, American founder of the Girl Scouts of the USA (b. 1860)
• 1930 » Gauhar Jaan, One of the first performers to record music on 78 rpm records in India. (b. 1873)
• 1931 » Grand Duke Peter Nikolaevich of Russia (b. 1864)
• 1932 » Ahmet Derviş, Turkish general (b. 1881)
• 1932 » Albert Jacka, Australian captain, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1893)
• 1933 » Louis Comfort Tiffany, American stained glass artist (b. 1848)
• 1936 » Mateiu Caragiale, Romanian journalist, author, and poet (b. 1885)
• 1942 » Walther von Reichenau, German field marshal (b. 1884)
• 1947 » Jean-Marie-Rodrigue Villeneuve, Canadian cardinal (b. 1883)
• 1947 » Pyotr Krasnov, Russian historian and general (b. 1869)

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

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

• 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 10, 1929 to May 26, 1933 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck III, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 7.9 million citizens.
• January 7 » Guy Menzies flies the first solo non-stop trans-Tasman flight (from Australia to New Zealand) in 11 hours and 45 minutes, crash-landing on New Zealand's west coast.
• March 14 » Alam Ara, India's first talking film, is released.
• April 14 » The Spanish Cortes deposes King Alfonso XIII and proclaims the Second Spanish Republic.
• May 14 » Five unarmed civilians are killed in the Ådalen shootings, as the Swedish military is called in to deal with protesting workers.
• June 23 » Wiley Post and Harold Gatty take off from Roosevelt Field, Long Island in an attempt to circumnavigate the world in a single-engine plane.
• December 9 » The Constituent Cortes approves a constitution which establishes the Second Spanish Republic.

The temperature on January 17, 1931 was between 2.7 °C and 8.6 °C and averaged 4.6 °C. There was 5.6 mm of rain during 3.6 hours. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The average windspeed was 6 Bft (strong wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.