About the day » Wednesday May 17, 1944Calender converter

• Iola Lidia Leon, Rauscedo,It († 2001)
• Johanna (Joke) Cornelia Schaefers, Amsterdam,Amsterdam,Noord Holland,Nederland
• David Leroy Lince, Fargo, Cass, North Dakota, Verenigde Staten († 2001)
• Hugo Joseph Bos, Tessenderlo, Limburg, België († 2020)
• Gaylen D Meester, Dike, Grundy County, Iowa († 2010)
• Johanna Maria Hubertina (Annie) Heijnen, Helden († 1948)
• Jorunn Harriet Nilsen († 2006)
• Cornelis Aloysius Maria van de Wouw, Tilburg († 2023)
• Herbert Bynum Willis († 1990)
• Johanna Aloysia (Joke) Mulders, Amsterdam († 2013)

• Apolonia Asselman (85), Wateringen, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Amram Schwartz, Oswiecim, Malopolskie, Poland
• Antonie Antoniesz Sulkers (72), Rotterdam
• Beta Schelling (70), 's Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana SOER (78), 's Gravenhage
• Antonius Jaspers (81), Hoeven
• Anna Nielsen (78), Franeker, Friesland, Nederland
• Baukje van der Veen (49), Winschoten, Groningen, Nederland
• * Willem van Dijk (31), Sliedrecht
• Berend Ruiter (77), Steenwijk

• 1941 » Ben Nelson, American lawyer and politician, 37th Governor of Nebraska
• 1941 » David Cope, American composer and author
• 1942 » Taj Mahal, American blues singer-songwriter and musician
• 1943 » Johnny Warren, Australian footballer, coach, and sportscaster († 2004)
• 1943 » Sirajuddin of Perlis, Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia
• 1944 » Jesse Winchester, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer († 2014)
• 1945 » B.S. Chandrasekhar, Indian cricketer
• 1945 » Tony Roche, Australian tennis player and coach
• 1946 » Udo Lindenberg, German singer-songwriter and drummer
• 1947 » Stephen Platten, English bishop

• 1927 » Harold Geiger, American pilot and lieutenant (b. 1884)
• 1934 » Cass Gilbert, American architect (b. 1859)
• 1935 » Paul Dukas, French composer, critic, and educator (b. 1865)
• 1936 » Panagis Tsaldaris, Greek lawyer and politician, 124th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1868)
• 1938 » Jakob Ehrlich, Czech-Austrian academic and politician (b. 1877)
• 1943 » Johanna Elberskirchen, German author and activist (b. 1864)
• 1947 » George Forbes, New Zealand farmer and politician, 22nd Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1869)
• 1951 » William Birdwood, Anglo-Indian field marshal (b. 1865)
• 1960 » Jules Supervielle, Uruguayan-French poet and author (b. 1884)
• 1963 » John Wilce, American football player, coach, and physician (b. 1888)

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 4 » World War II: Operation Carpetbagger, involving the dropping of arms and supplies to resistance fighters in Europe, begins.
• February 20 » World War II: The "Big Week" began with American bomber raids on German aircraft manufacturing centers.
• March 24 » Ardeatine massacre: German troops murder 335 Italian civilians in Rome.
• April 26 » Georgios Papandreou becomes head of the Greek government-in-exile based in Egypt.
• June 13 » World War II: German combat elements, reinforced by the 17th SS Panzergrenadier Division, launch a counterattack on American forces near Carentan.
• October 18 » World War II: The state funeral of Field Marshal Erwin Rommel takes place in Ulm Germany.

The temperature on May 17, 1944 was between 2.0 °C and 12.1 °C and averaged 7.5 °C. There was 4.5 mm of rain during 0.8 hours. There was 0.4 hours of sunshine (3%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast.