About the day » Thursday February 17, 1910Calender converter

• Adrianus Jacobus van Dongen, Kaatsheuvel,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1992)
• Alida Adriana Colijn, Den Haag († 1991)
• Aleida Johanna Maria Tangelder, Herwen en Aerdt
• Alice J. Shuey
• Aartje Kleijer, Putten († 1988)
• Aloijsius Bernardus Marneef, Nijmegen,Nijmegen,Gelderland,Nederland († 1910)
• Adriana van der Weele, Goes (Zln) († 1998)
• Aartje Kleijer, Putten († 1988)
• Aalbert Buitenhuis, Apeldoorn {GE}, Zevenhuizen
• Alex Lievens, Nieuwerkerken († 1990)

• Antoni Hendrikus van Bokhoven (0), Vlijmen
• Arend Jan Leurink (69), Haaksbergen
• Aaltje Prins (85), Huizen, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adolphus Franciscus IJsebaert (78), Aardenburg, Sluis, Zeeland, Nederland
• Aaltje jacobsd Prins (85), Huizen
• Van Rheede (0), Arnhem
• Alida Wilhelmina Gruiterman (5), Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands
• Alida Wilhelmina Grütermann (5), Rotterdam
• Antone Arnoldussen (47), Freedom, Outagamie County, Wisconsin, United States of America
• Arnold Cornelis Maria Leesberg (57), Leiden

• 1905 » Rózsa Politzer, Hungarian mathematician († 1977)
• 1905 » Ruth Baldwin, British socialite († 1937)
• 1906 » Mary Brian, American actress († 2002)
• 1908 » Bo Yibo, Chinese general and politician, Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China († 2007)
• 1908 » Red Barber, American sportscaster († 1992)
• 1910 » Marc Lawrence, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter († 2005)
• 1911 » Oskar Seidlin, German-American author, poet, and scholar († 1984)
• 1912 » Andre Norton, American author († 2005)
• 1914 » Arthur Kennedy, American actor († 1990)
• 1914 » Wayne Morris, American actor and producer († 1959)

• 1874 » Adolphe Quetelet, Belgian astronomer, mathematician, and sociologist (b. 1796)
• 1890 » Christopher Latham Sholes, American publisher and politician (b. 1819)
• 1905 » William Bickerton, English-American religious leader, leader in the Latter Day Saint movement (b. 1815)
• 1909 » Geronimo, American tribal leader (b. 1829)
• 1912 » Edgar Evans, Welsh sailor and explorer (b. 1876)
• 1919 » Wilfrid Laurier, Canadian lawyer and politician, 7th Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1841)
• 1934 » Albert I of Belgium (b. 1875)
• 1934 » Siegbert Tarrasch, German chess player and theoretician (b. 1862)
• 1939 » Willy Hess, German violinist and educator (b. 1859)
• 1946 » Dorothy Gibson, American actress and singer (b. 1889)

• 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 February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 5.9 million citizens.
• March 28 » Henri Fabre becomes the first person to fly a seaplane, the Fabre Hydravion, after taking off from a water runway near Martigues, France.
• May 11 » An act of the U.S. Congress establishes Glacier National Park in Montana.
• July 4 » The Johnson–Jeffries riots occur after African-American boxer Jack Johnson knocks out white boxer Jim Jeffries in the 15th round. Between 11 and 26 people are killed and hundreds more injured.
• August 20 » Extremely dry and windy weather in the Inland Northwest of the United States causes several small wildfires to coalesce into the Great Fire of 1910, burning approximately 3million acres (12,000km) and killing 87 people.
• September 12 » Premiere performance of Gustav Mahler's Symphony No. 8 in Munich (with a chorus of 852 singers and an orchestra of 171 players. Mahler's rehearsal assistant conductor was Bruno Walter).
• October 1 » A large bomb destroys the Los Angeles Times building, killing 21.

The temperature on February 17, 1910 was between 3.1 °C and 10.9 °C and averaged 7.8 °C. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.