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• Louis, J. Gilain, Amsterdam († 2008)
• James Lee Kuehl, Grundy Center, Grundy County, Iowa († 2004)
• Arendina Altena, Baarn († 1951)
• N.N. Doldersum, Hoogeveen Drenthe, Netherlands († 1944)
• Christopher Ronald MURFETT († 1994)
• Louis Jacob Nies Gilain, Amsterdam († 2008)
• Conny Uden van, Udenhout († 2021)
• Anna Francisca Ploegman († 2008)
• Elisabeth Cornelia Leeflang, Amsterdam († 1951)
• Mellina (Lien) Klasens, Beilen († 2001)

• Adrianus Johannes van den Heuvel (0), Eindhoven
• Anna Alberta America (51), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Adriaan KANTERS (65), Zevenbergen
• Aaltje Hendriks van der Heide (48), Beverwijk, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Catharina Heylen (58), Herentals, België
• anna maria verstappen (29), baarlo
• Albertus Hinderikus Adolfius Korfage (77), Amsterdam
• Aaltje Hendriks van der Heide (48), Beverwijk
• Aaltje van der Heide (45), Beverwijk
• Adrianus Cornelis la Fors (73), Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands

• 1943 » Lauren Hutton, American model and actress
• 1944 » Danny DeVito, American actor, director, and producer
• 1944 » Gene Clark, American singer-songwriter and musician (The Byrds) († 1991)
• 1944 » Jim Boeheim, American basketball player and coach
• 1944 » Lorne Michaels, Canadian-American screenwriter and producer, created Saturday Night Live
• 1944 » Malcolm Bruce, English-Scottish journalist, academic, and politician
• 1944 » Rem Koolhaas, Dutch architect and academic, designed the Seattle Central Library
• 1944 » Sammy Younge Jr., American civil rights activist († 1966)
• 1944 » Tom Seaver, American baseball player and sportscaster
• 1945 » Lesley Abdela, English journalist and activist

• 1932 » Charles W. Chesnutt, American lawyer, author, and activist (b. 1858)
• 1936 » Ernestine Schumann-Heink, German-American singer (b. 1861)
• 1937 » Jack Worrall, Australian footballer, cricketer, and coach (b. 1860)
• 1938 » Ante Trumbić, Croatian lawyer and politician, 20th Mayor of Split (b. 1864)
• 1940 » Eric Gill, English sculptor and typeface designer (b. 1882)
• 1940 » Raymond Pearl, American biologist and academic (b. 1879)
• 1947 » Victor Serge, Russian historian and author (b. 1890)
• 1954 » Yitzhak Lamdan, Russian-Israeli poet and journalist (b. 1899)
• 1955 » James P. Johnson, American pianist and composer (b. 1894)
• 1958 » Mort Cooper, American baseball player (b. 1913)

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. Dirk

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 31 » World War II: During the Anzio campaign, the 1st Ranger Battalion (Darby's Rangers) is destroyed behind enemy lines in a heavily outnumbered encounter at Battle of Cisterna, Italy.
• February 20 » World War II: The United States takes Eniwetok Island.
• April 13 » Relations between New Zealand and the Soviet Union are established.
• July 3 » World War II: The Minsk Offensive clears German troops from the city.
• October 25 » Second World War: The USSTang under Richard O'Kane (the top American submarine ace of the war) is sunk by the ship's own malfunctioning torpedo.
• October 25 » Second World War: The final attempt of the Imperial Japanese Navy to win the war climaxes at the Battle of Leyte Gulf.

The temperature on November 17, 1944 was between 0.3 °C and 8.5 °C and averaged 3.7 °C. There was 30.5 mm of rain during 11.5 hours. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.