About the day » Tuesday January 2, 1917Calender converter

• Agatha van Velzen, Wormer († 1956)
• Arnoldus van Cromvoirt, Bergen op Zoom († 1996)
• Arie Paans, Werkendam († 1997)
• Aaltje (Ali) Loman, Drouwenermond, Borger, Drenthe, Nederland († 2010)
• Adriana Zuijderduijn, Katwijk († 2001)
• "José" Marie Gérard Ghislain le Clément de Saint-Marcq, Ixelles, Bruxelles, Belgique († 1982)
• Adriana (Adrie) ZUIJDERDUIJN, Katwijk († 2001)
• ANTONI ULICHNOWSKI, RADLOW,POLEN († 2009)
• Adriana Zuijderduijn, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2001)
• Akke Zijlstra, Leeuwarderadeel († 2000)

• Antonius Bernardus Mokkink (1), Aalten
• Anna Geertruda Jacoba van Dinther (13), Lith, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Albertus Mulder (34), Zwolle
• Anna Elizabeth Lorah (79), Ephrata, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten
• Agnita Petronella Smits (75), Raamsdonk nethrlands
• Arij Holierhoek (70), Schipluiden
• Adriana Ju (0), Leiden
• Augustinus Ryngaert (75), Zwevezele
• Alewijn Caljouw (81), Veere,, Zeeland, Nederland
• Agnita Petronella Smits (75), Raamsdonk, Noord Brabant, Nederland

• 1909 » Barry Goldwater, American politician, businessman, and author († 1998)
• 1909 » Riccardo Cassin, Italian mountaineer and author († 2009)
• 1913 » Anna Lee, English-American actress († 2004)
• 1913 » Juanita Jackson Mitchell, American lawyer and activist († 1992)
• 1917 » Vera Zorina, German-Norwegian actress and dancer († 2003)
• 1918 » Willi Graf, German physician and activist († 1943)
• 1919 » Beatrice Hicks, American engineer († 1979)
• 1920 » Isaac Asimov, American writer and professor of biochemistry († 1992)
• 1921 » Glen Harmon, Canadian ice hockey player († 2007)
• 1926 » Gino Marchetti, American football player († 2019)

• 1892 » George Biddell Airy, English mathematician and astronomer (b. 1801)
• 1904 » James Longstreet, American general and diplomat (b. 1821)
• 1913 » Léon Teisserenc de Bort, French meteorologist (b. 1855)
• 1915 » Karl Goldmark, Hungarian violinist and composer (b. 1830)
• 1917 » Léon Flameng, French cyclist (b. 1877)
• 1920 » Paul Adam, French author (b. 1862)
• 1924 » Sabine Baring-Gould, English author and scholar (b. 1834)
• 1939 » Roman Dmowski, Polish politician, Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1864)
• 1941 » Mischa Levitzki, Russian-American pianist and composer (b. 1898)
• 1946 » Joe Darling, Australian cricketer and politician (b. 1870)

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

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

• 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 August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 6.5 million citizens.
• February 23 » First demonstrations in Saint Petersburg, Russia. The beginning of the February Revolution (March 8 in the Gregorian calendar).
• May 21 » The Great Atlanta fire of 1917 causes $5.5million in damages, destroying some 300 acres including 2,000 homes, businesses and churches, displacing about 10,000 people but leading to only one fatality (due to heart attack).
• June 26 » World War I: The American Expeditionary Forces begin to arrive in France. They will first enter combat four months later.
• October 24 » First World War: Italy suffers a disastrous defeat on the Austro-Italian front.
• October 25 » Old Style date of the October Revolution in Russia.
• November 28 » The Estonian Provincial Assembly declares itself the sovereign power of Estonia.

The temperature on January 2, 1917 was between 6.7 °C and 10.0 °C and averaged 8.4 °C. There was 2.5 mm of rain. There was 0.4 hours of sunshine (5%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the west.