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• Jan Zwaagman († 2016)
• Gepke Anna Doornkamp, Bellingwolde, Groningen, Netherlands († 1994)
• Jan Geert Immink, Zwartemeer, Drenthe, Nederland († 1945)
• Anna Maria Petronella Johanna van Mierlo, Gilze en Rijen
• Adrianus Gerardus Antonius Cornelis Gijsbrechts, Breda († 2007)
• Jan Pepers, Keldonk(Erp) († 2012)
• Alberdina de Graaf († 1951)
• Dirk Jan Van Zwoll († 2012)
• Diny - Bernardine Hendrika Maria Schoorlemmer, Wijhe, Gem. Olst-Wijhe, Overijssel, Nederland († 2017)
• Bernardine Hendrika Maria Schoorlemmer, Wijhe († 2017)

• Anna Maria Catharina Lambers (51), Wietmarschen (D)
• Adrianus Johannes Planken (49), Kampen, Overijssel, Netherlands
• Alice HYARD (54), Paris (F)
• Albertus Wilhelmus Rudolphus Ermers, Boxmeer, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• adrianus johannes planken (49), Kampen, Overijssel, Netherlands
• Andreas Friedrich Hendrick Spaan (80), Zeist, Netherlands
• Adrianus Hermanus Brandenburg (39), op zee
• Abram Wassenaar (94), Zeist
• Adrianus Petrus van Dongen (54), Tilburg
• Adriana Maria Sprenkels (53), Breda Etten-Leur

• 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
• 1948 » Davíð Oddsson, Icelandic politician, 21st Prime Minister of Iceland

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

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Elisabeth
6. Wilhelmina
7. Hendrika
8. Catharina
9. Adriana
10. Petronella
11. Jacoba
12. Margaretha
13. Geertruida
14. Irene
15. Mary
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 July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from February 23, 1945 to June 24, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy III, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
• From June 24, 1945 till July 3, 1946 the Netherlands had a cabinet Schermerhorn - Drees with the prime ministers Prof. ir. W. Schermerhorn (VDB) and W. Drees (PvdA).
• The Netherlands had about 9.2 million citizens.
• January 20 » World War II: The provisional government of Béla Miklós in Hungary agrees to an armistice with the Allies.
• February 23 » World War II: The German town of Pforzheim is annihilated in a raid by 379 British bombers.
• April 23 » World War II: Adolf Hitler's designated successor, Hermann Göring, sends him a telegram asking permission to take leadership of the Third Reich. Martin Bormann and Joseph Goebbels advise Hitler that the telegram is treasonous.
• August 8 » The London Charter is signed by France, the United Kingdom, the Soviet Union and the United States, establishing the laws and procedures for the Nuremberg trials.
• September 2 » World War II: Combat ends in the Pacific Theater: The Japanese Instrument of Surrender is signed by Japanese Foreign Minister Mamoru Shigemitsu and accepted aboard the battleship USSMissouri in Tokyo Bay.
• September 30 » The Bourne End rail crash, in Hertfordshire, England, kills 43

The temperature on January 17, 1945 was between -0.7 °C and 6.2 °C and averaged 2.2 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.5 hours. There was 2.0 hours of sunshine (24%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.