About the day » Saturday January 20, 1917Calender converter

• Albert Kleine, Treebeek (gem. Brunssum) († 1917)
• Annie Tobias, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1999)
• Hoevenberg, Meppel, Drenthe, Netherlands († 1917)
• Afra Lakeman, Voorhout († 2008)
• Abraham Enns, Arkadak, Saratov Oblast, Russia († 2007)
• Annie Tobias, Rotterdam († 1999)
• Anna Catharina Regina Simons, Grubbenvorst († 1989)
• Albertje Borghardt, Schoonoord, Sleen, Drenthe, Nederland († 2010)
• Adriana Joanna Maria Hultermans, Tilburg († 1990)
• Adrianus Cornelis Hendriks, Bergeijk († 1982)

• Anna Johanna Sobel (77), s-Hertogenbosch
• Alberdina van Diesen (42), Horst, Nederland
• Andries Abraham van der Horst (76), Arnhem
• Anton Bernard Sauer (36), Perry County, Missouri
• Antonie Plasmans (62), Zeelst
• Anthonius Kok (76), Uitgeest
• Abram Glas (75), Broek op Langedijk
• Alida Johanna Eggeraat (41), Avereest,, Overijssel, Nederland
• Adriaan Dollee (62), Rotterdam
• Andries Abraham van der Horst (76), Arnhem, Gelderland, Nederland

• 1913 » W. Cleon Skousen, American author and academic († 2006)
• 1915 » Ghulam Ishaq Khan, Pakistani businessman and politician, 7th President of Pakistan († 2006)
• 1918 » Juan García Esquivel, Mexican pianist, composer, and bandleader († 2002)
• 1918 » Nevin Scrimshaw, American scientist († 2013)
• 1920 » DeForest Kelley, American actor († 1999)
• 1920 » Federico Fellini, Italian director and screenwriter († 1993)
• 1920 » Thorleif Schjelderup, Norwegian ski jumper and author († 2006)
• 1921 » Telmo Zarra, Spanish footballer († 2006)
• 1922 » Don Mankiewicz, American author and screenwriter († 2015)
• 1922 » Ray Anthony, American trumpet player, composer, bandleader, and actor

• 1900 » John Ruskin, English painter and critic (b. 1819)
• 1901 » Zénobe Gramme, Belgian engineer, invented the Gramme machine (b. 1826)
• 1907 » Agnes Mary Clerke, Irish astronomer and author (b. 1842)
• 1908 » John Ordronaux, American surgeon and academic (b. 1830)
• 1913 » José Guadalupe Posada, Mexican engraver and illustrator (b. 1852)
• 1915 » Arthur Guinness, 1st Baron Ardilaun, Irish businessman, philanthropist, and politician (b. 1840)
• 1920 » Georg Lurich, Estonian-Russian wrestler and strongman (b. 1876)
• 1921 » Mary Watson Whitney, American astronomer and academic (b. 1847)
• 1924 » Henry "Ivo" Crapp, Australian footballer and umpire (b. 1872)
• 1936 » George V of the United Kingdom (b. 1865)

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 19 » Silvertown explosion: A blast at a munitions factory in London kills 73 and injures over 400. The resulting fire causes over £2,000,000 worth of damage.
• February 3 » First World War: The American entry into World War I begins when diplomatic relations with Germany are severed due to its unrestricted submarine warfare.
• 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).
• October 31 » World War I: Battle of Beersheba: The "last successful cavalry charge in history".
• November 25 » World War I: German forces defeat Portuguese army of about 1,200 at Negomano on the border of modern-day Mozambique and Tanzania.
• December 20 » Cheka, the first Soviet secret police force, is founded.

The temperature on January 20, 1917 was between -7.4 °C and -4.0 °C and averaged -5.0 °C. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east.