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• Theodorus Albertus Johannes Anthonius de Jong, Druten († 2004)
• Henrica Maria Antonia van der Linden, Waalre († 1944)
• Jacob Spin *, Meppel († 2010)
• Robert Jules Dreese, Den Haag, Zuid Holland, Nederland († 2007)
• Johannes Johanna van der Leeuw, Den Bosch († 2003)
• Meinto Oosterhuis, Beerta, Groningen, Nederland († 1944)
• Gerry Dubbelaar, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1944)
• Krijn de Groot, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1944)
• Lieve Binnendijk, Gouda, Gouda, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2011)
• Jacobus Antonius (Jaak) Awouters, Opglabbeek, België († 1986)

• Bastiaan Jaspers (82), Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
• Catharina Glimmerveen (77), Rotterdam, Gemeente Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Antonius (3) Dekkers (45), Breda
• Annegien Lammerts (77), Groningen
• Anna Maria Elisabeth Maas (65), Den Haag
• Anna KROON (63), Rotterdam
• Arnolda Commerina van der Rest (73), Zeist, Utrecht, Nederland
• Antonie Steenbergen (63), Deventer
• Anna Bolt (73), Veendam,, Groningen, Nederland
• Anne Marie de Nettancourt-Vaubécourt (79), L'Haÿ-les-Roses, Val-de-Marne, France

• 1941 » István Horthy, Jr., Hungarian physicist and architect
• 1942 » Ita Buttrose, Australian journalist and author
• 1942 » Muhammad Ali, American boxer and activist († 2016)
• 1942 » Nigel McCulloch, English bishop
• 1942 » Ulf Hoelscher, German violinist and educator
• 1943 » Chris Montez, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1943 » René Préval, Haitian agronomist and politician, 52nd President of Haiti († 2017)
• 1944 » Ann Oakley, English sociologist, author, and academic
• 1945 » Anne Cutler, Australian psychologist and academic
• 1945 » Javed Akhtar, Indian poet, playwright, and composer

• 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)
• 1951 » Jyoti Prasad Agarwala, Indian poet, playwright, and director (b. 1903)
• 1952 » Walter Briggs Sr., American businessman (b. 1877)

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

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

• 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 July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 9.1 million citizens.
• January 29 » In Bologna, Italy, the Anatomical theatre of the Archiginnasio is completely destroyed in an air-raid, during the Second World War.
• February 3 » World War II: During the Gilbert and Marshall Islands campaign, U.S. Army and Marine forces seize Kwajalein Atoll from the defending Japanese garrison.
• April 24 » World War II: The SBS launches a raid against the garrison of Santorini in Greece.
• July 6 » The Hartford circus fire, one of America's worst fire disasters, kills approximately 168 people and injures over 700 in Hartford, Connecticut.
• August 15 » World War II: Operation Dragoon: Allied forces land in southern France.
• November 24 » World War II: The 73rd Bombardment Wing launches the first attack on Tokyo from the Northern Mariana Islands.

The temperature on January 17, 1944 was between -0.5 °C and 2.7 °C and averaged 0.9 °C. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.