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• Anna DE RUYVER, Nukerke,9681,Flandre Orientale,Flandre,BELGIQUE († 1998)
• Anthonius Adrianus Jacobus Zuijderwijk, Poeldijk († 1986)
• Alberdina ter Welle, Markelo († 2009)
• Adriaan de Bokx († 1997)
• Albert Albertsz Vuil, Egmond aan Zee († 1963)
• Bernard Hoeker, Muskegon-Mi († 1990)
• Anthonius Adrianus Jacobus Zuijderwijk, Poeldijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1986)
• Ate KEMPENAAR, Twijzel (Achtkarspelen) Friesland Netherlands († 1987)
• Alta May Dalryple Ward Meek († 1997)
• Alice** GARDNER, Lund, White Pine County, Nevada, United States of America († 1973)

• Aaltje van der Weide (53), Avereest
• Arien Appel (67), Wognum
• arien appel (67), wognum
• Andrew Jackson Lockwood (81), Butler County, Iowa
• Aart Vastenburg (30), Nijkerk
• Aaltje van der Weide (53), Avereest
• Aagje ten Klooster (2)
• Anna Magdalena Kratz (39), Seelbach, Rheinland-Pfalz, Duitsland
• Alida Overduijn (0)
• Altien (Aaltje) Bonnen (83), Schoonoord (Sleen), Drenthe, Nederland

• 1911 » Jehan Alain, French organist and composer († 1940)
• 1912 » Jacques Soustelle, French anthropologist and politician († 1990)
• 1914 » Mary Carlisle, American actress, singer, and dancer († 2018)
• 1915 » Johannes Kotkas, Estonian wrestler and hammer thrower († 1998)
• 1917 » Shlomo Goren, Polish-Israeli rabbi and general († 1994)
• 1918 » Helen Stephens, American runner, baseball player, and manager († 1994)
• 1918 » Joey Bishop, American actor and producer († 2007)
• 1920 » Henry Heimlich, American physician and author († 2016)
• 1920 » Russell Arms, American actor and singer († 2012)
• 1920 » Tony Gaze, Australian race car driver and pilot († 2013)

• 1922 » John Butler Yeats, Irish painter and illustrator (b. 1839)
• 1924 » Woodrow Wilson, American historian, academic, and politician, 28th President of the United States, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1856)
• 1929 » Agner Krarup Erlang, Danish mathematician and engineer (b. 1878)
• 1935 » Hugo Junkers, German engineer, designed the Junkers J 1 (b. 1859)
• 1944 » Yvette Guilbert, French singer and actress (b. 1865)
• 1945 » Roland Freisler, German lawyer and judge (b. 1893)
• 1947 » Marc Mitscher, American admiral and pilot (b. 1887)
• 1952 » Harold L. Ickes, American journalist and politician, 32nd United States Secretary of the Interior (b. 1874)
• 1955 » Vasily Blokhin, Russian general (b. 1895)
• 1956 » Émile Borel, French mathematician and academic (b. 1871)

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. Arie

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.
• January 17 » The United States pays Denmark $25 million for the Virgin Islands.
• March 31 » According to the terms of the Treaty of the Danish West Indies, the islands become American possessions.
• May 26 » Several powerful tornadoes rip through Illinois, including the city of Mattoon.
• June 4 » The first Pulitzer Prizes are awarded: Laura E. Richards, Maude H. Elliott, and Florence Hall receive the first Pulitzer for biography (for Julia Ward Howe). Jean Jules Jusserand receives the first Pulitzer for history for his work With Americans of Past and Present Days. Herbert B. Swope receives the first Pulitzer for journalism for his work for the New York World.
• July 6 » World War I: Arabian troops led by T. E. Lawrence ("Lawrence of Arabia") and Auda ibu Tayi capture Aqaba from the Ottoman Empire during the Arab Revolt.
• July 12 » The Bisbee Deportation occurs as vigilantes kidnap and deport nearly 1,300 striking miners and others from Bisbee, Arizona.

The temperature on February 3, 1917 was between -15.2 °C and -5.7 °C and averaged -11.1 °C. There was 1.7 hours of sunshine (19%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south east.